Union Deport Art Project Case Study

December 2014 issue of Floor Covering Installer magazine


Union Depot Art Project

In the Fall of 2013, Hohn & Hohn, Inc. was contracted to install a public art piece in the carriageway of St. Paul’s Union Depot. Titled “Trainscape,” the piece consists of 704 ceramic tiles and its two sections span over 146 feet long and are seven feet high. A multitude of vivid images depicting St. Paul’s Union Depot, Lowertown district and the history and present state of Locomotion were fused onto each tile, and flow seamlessly throughout the installation. Finished in early October, the project is illuminated year round and is available for public viewing twenty-four hours a day.

Jan Hohn Quoted in Her Life Magazine - Working Women - Non-Traditional Careers.
(April 2014)
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Five Star Contractor Spotligh: Hohn & Hohn Tile Inc. - TADA: Tile for Architects, Designers & Affiliates
(2014 by Michelle Chapman)
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TileLetter Magazine
(March 2014)

TileLetter Magazine
(November 2013)
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Tile Contractor Jan Hohn Finds Herself at a Crossroads - St. Paul Pioneer Press
(October 20, 2013 by Nick Woltman)
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Five Star Contractor Spotlight – October 2012 – Hohn & Hohn, Inc.
(July 30, 2013 by Lesley Goddin)
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Coverings 2013 Seminar Speaker
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Custom Insight Article: Jan Hohn Builds Business One Tile at a Time
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Handmade Tile Association Spotlight: Hohn & Hohn Inc
(February, 2013)
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TileLetter Magazine
(October 2011)
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Hohn & Hohn Inc. honored as Grand Prize Residential Winner in NTCA’s
8th Annual TileLetter Installation Awards Competition
(April 11, 2011 -- JACKSON, Miss.)
The National Tile Contractors Association (NTCA) recently honored St. Paul,Minn.-based Hohn & Hohn, Inc. with the Grand Prize Residential Award in the 8th Annual TileLetter Installation Awards Competition. The tile contractor’s work on creating a historically-appropriate breakfast room floor for a circa 1906 St. Paul home was recognized during a special ceremony that took place on March 17, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada at the 2011 Coverings Tile + Stone Expo. The award is a tribute to the technical excellence and craftsmanship exhibited in the project.

Hohn & Hohn Inc. Participates in Park Inn Renovation
(Spring 2011)

Hohn & Hohn, Inc. was contracted for glass tile installation work at the historic Park Inn Hotel in Mason City, Iowa – the only remaining Frank Lloyd Wright-designed hotel (of the six for which he was the architect of record) in the world.

During the renovation process, the general contractor discovered iridescent glass tile in the brick mortar joints of the columns in one portion of the building. The decision was made to have new glass installed in the brick mortar joints of the upper columns in what would become the hotel’s ballroom. Hohn & Hohn, Inc. completed the project in early August. Check out photos of the hotel and the restoration process on the Park Inn’s web site.

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