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Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library by Snøhetta rises in North Dakota
Architecture studio Snøhetta has begun work on the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, releasing the first construction images as well as renderings of the building’s green roof that appears to merge with the landscape.
The library is located just outside of Medora, North Dakota, and is dedicated to Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, who was born in New York but held property and served in administrative roles in the state.
The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library (TRPL) comprises a long narrow structure built into the rolling Badlands of North Dakota, with a central passageway that runs through the centre of the structure. It will have exhibition areas as well as a large theatre.
From the outside, the building appears as a large berm with plantings on top and sculptural protruding lightwells.
The final structure elements for the sloping roof structure were completed last month, according to Snøhetta, which utilised a mass-timber and steel hybrid system for support.
Elements of the mass-timber structure will be left exposed, especially in the massive breezeway that will serve as the primary circulation between the two main indoor spaces.
As of last month, many of the wood exterior cladding elements as well as the rammed-earth walls that mark the primary entrance to the library have been completed.
The green roof and the natural materials, such as mass timber and rammed earth, are elements of the low-impact, sustainable brief for the project, which Snøhetta wanted to reflect Roosevelt’s commitment to preservation.
“Our design for the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library is informed by the president’s personal reflections on the landscape, his commitment to environmental stewardship, and the periods of quiet introspection and civic engagement that marked his life,” said Snøhetta.
“The design functions in harmony with the unique ecology of the region and expresses the conservation ethos for which Roosevelt is remembered.”
Outside, a 1.3-mile (2.1 kilometre) boardwalk will run in a circle around the ridge, connecting the library to overlooks and pavilions to observe the landscape, as well as to hiking trails that lead into Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Snøhetta is also aiming for ambitious sustainability goals for the building to echo the formal and material gestures of the building towards environmental “harmony”.
“The sustainable ambition of the project’s design can be best broken down into four categories: zero energy, zero emissions, zero water, zero waste,” said the team.
“This approach relies on a carefully calibrated combination of passive strategies and active technologies throughout the site and building.”
With the onset of North Dakota’s harsh winter, enclosures are being erected to continue work on the facades and interior spaces, and the green roof installation is set to take place next year.
Limited exhibitions will begin to take place late next year, with full completion slated for July 2026.
Currently, 15 dedicated presidential libraries exist in the United States, administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
However, TRPL is being driven by private non-profits, and the land was purchased for construction by the Roosevelt family.
Snøhetta was selected from a group of competing studios in 2020 that included Studio Gang and Henning Larsen.
In Chicago, work is underway on the Barack Obama Presidential Library, designed by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects. It topped out this year.
The photography and renderings are courtesy of Snøhetta.
FARGO, N.D. (KELO) — The Sioux Falls Stampede staved off elimination with a 2-1 overtime win over the Fargo Force in game four of the USHL Western Conference Finals Saturday night.
Thomas Zocco scored the game-winner 12 minutes into the extra period. Arseni Marchenko put Fargo on the board first in the first period. Noah Mannausau tied the game for the Herd in the second period.
Sioux Falls outshot Fargo 53-49, including 9-5 in overtime. Linards Feldbergs made 48 saves.
Three of the four games of the series have gone to overtime. The winner-take-all game five is Tuesday at the Premier Center.
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BISMARCK (North Dakota Monitor) — A federal district court judge indicated he will nullify a nearly $28 million judgment against the federal government related to costs North Dakota incurred during the Dakota Access Pipeline protests so the parties can reach a settlement.
North Dakota is still set to receive a payment Attorney General Drew Wrigley described as satisfactory, but attorneys would not disclose the amount during a Friday hearing.
Attorneys for the United States and North Dakota said the settlement would allow the parties to avoid litigating the case in appeals court,putting the nearly seven-year-old lawsuit to rest.
“We’re hoping we really don’t need to fight any further,” Department of Justice attorney Jonathan Guynn said during the hearing.
The lawsuit, filed in 2019, concerns demonstrations against the construction of the crude oil pipeline, also known as DAPL, that took place in rural south-central North Dakota in 2016 and 2017.
North Dakota claims the federal government caused the protests to grow in size and intensity by unlawfully allowing demonstrators to camp on federal land. The state says it had to pay millions of dollars on policing and cleaning up the encampments as a result. The United States denies the state’s allegations.
North Dakota U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Traynor in April 2025 sided with the state and ordered the executive branch to pay North Dakota the $28 million sum, a decision the U.S. Department of Justice later appealed to the 8th Circuit.
If the settlement moves forward, North Dakota would receive a “substantial monetary payment” from the United States, attorneys said Friday. As a condition of the agreement, the Department of Justice wants Traynor’s judgment and three other orders in which he ruled against the United States to be voided. That includes the court’s 120-page ruling from April 2025.
Both parties said Friday that having the rulings nullified wouldn’t have a significant negative impact on the public, since the documents could still be cited even if they no longer hold the weight of court orders.
At the same time, Guynn said the Department of Justice wants the orders vacated because it doesn’t want the legal conclusions Traynor made to influence the outcome of future lawsuits.
“The downstream consequences of keeping these on the books is troublesome for the United States,” he said during the hearing. If Traynor does not agree to axe the rulings, the United States would likely no longer be willing to settle and move forward with its appeal instead, Guynn added.
Traynor’s orders make findings about the federal government’s responsibility under the Federal Tort Claims Act — the law North Dakota filed the suit under — which the state noted previously in court filings “could have utility holding the federal government to account” in the future.
Still, attorneys for the state said they believe this trade-off is outweighed by the time and money the public would save by not going through the appeals process. North Dakota would also avoid the risk of having Traynor’s judgment overturned by higher courts.
Wrigley said the settlement will be made public once it’s finalized.
The United States’ appeal of Traynor’s decision has been on hold since last summer, when the state and federal government informed the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals they had started settlement negotiations and wished to pause the case.
The 8th Circuit will have to first send the case back to Traynor before he could grant the parties’ requests.
The case went to trial in Bismarck in early 2024. During the four-week trial, the court heard from witnesses including former governors Doug Burgum and Jack Dalrymple, Native activists, federal officials and law enforcement.
The Dakota Access Pipeline carries crude oil from northwest North Dakota to Illinois. It crosses the Missouri River just north of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, which prompted the tribe to begin protesting the pipeline on the grounds that it poses a threat to its water supply and sovereignty.
North Dakota’s lawsuit originally requested $38 million in damages from the federal government. Traynor ordered the executive branch to pay $28 million since the U.S. Department of Justice previously gave the state $10 million as compensation for costs it spent related to the protests.
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