The CTC addition design, his first major commission in the Twin Cities, is a four-story L-shaped addition that uses geometric shapes. The proposed expansion has the look of a storybook castle at one end, while the rest echoes the existing design of the white-brickbuilding on Third Avenue and 25th Street in south Minneapolis. Japanese architect Kenzo Tange designed the original building in 1972.

The Children's Theater has raised $9 million on its own for the project. At the state Capitol in St. Paul, the Senate has put aside $5 million for the project; the House has not earmarked anything for it. A conference committee will come up with a final proposal that will go to the desk of Gov. Jesse Ventura.

The proposal may end up vying with a $35-million request from the Guthrie Theater, which is in the middle of its own $125-million campaign to build a new home on the Mississippi riverfront.

If it can land the state aid, the theater company could start construction work this summer and finish by 2004. The group is determined to go forward even if the state does not come through, although the project could be delayed.

Graves has designed museums and libraries from coast to coast and is known for his line of kitchen tools and appliances in Target stores. Graves is also designing a new wing for the adjacent Minneapolis Institute of Arts.

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