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PHOTOS: COREY GAFFER Mid-Century Primary Project type: Remodel Originally designed in 1963 and situated amongst the leafy cover of the West River Parkway, this home exhibits clear influences from leading architectural thinkers of its day: Eames, Breuer, Neutra, Corbusier, and Utzon. Light, form, color, and texture clearly drove the original architect’s design. The home’s current owners desired a remodel that updated and freshened their kitchen and powder room while clarifying and accentuating the era. A clunky kitchen renovation years prior had made the space cramped, dark and out of sync with the rest of the well-proportioned home. The clients also enlisted our help to arrange their living spaces to better enjoy their classic modern furniture, books and art collected from around the world. The original home was designed by Minneapolis architects Herbert B. Crommett of Crommett and Associates and is an excellent example of Mid-Century Modern design. The design required an architect to understand the home’s historic importance, and to bring the necessary sensitivity to make well-considered design changes that would bring back the character of the home is specific areas where it had been lost, such as the kitchen, and to bring harmonious updates throughout each space that was renovated. Each design decision was carefully considered in how it would both provide the owners with the function they needed while complementing the Modern character of the home This can be seen in the selection of a light gray wash to the kitchen cabinetry which provides a brighter space, while also visually connecting to the grain pattern of existing darker stained wood in the home. It is also found in the use of thin black steel accents in the library shelving as well as the powder room sink supports derived from the existing stair rail. Strong primary colors were employed throughout the interiors to harken back the mid-century roots of the home and play off the original red and blue exterior accent colors. 46 The powder room was transformed into it’s own unique space with a wall of vibrant blue elongated hex-tile set between deep-slatted end-walls of Baltic birch plywood. The slatted wall is sculpturally shaped to provide display shelving as well as hidden storage compartments. SALA Architects www.salaarc.com • (612) 379-3037 Design team: David O’Brien Wagner, AIA; Marta Snow, AIA
PHOTOS: TROY THIES Swan Architecture www.swanarchitecture.com • (612) 338-5976 Design team: Andrea Swan, AIA; Constance Chen, AIA Modern Farmhouse Project type: New Construction This new home design began with looking back to rural farmhouse vernacular forms and detailing which the client found so appealing. In this spirit, we broke apart the house forms, starting with four-stall garage requested by the client, and placed a detached two-stall garage in the backyard allowing the two-stall attached garage in the front to play a supporting role in the front façade massing. There is no question that the lead role goes to the two-story front entry stair hall—a curtain wall of steel and glass that draws guests in. The client sought a balance between refined and authentic materials with a somewhat utilitarian approach often found in true working farms, where everything has a purpose —one example of that is the gutters and downspouts. Oftentimes we try to avoid them, as they can be viewed as unappealing. But they do serve a purpose, and we sought to celebrate them, matching the standing seam roofing material. Authentic detailing to an otherwise minimal and clean aesthetic results in balanced fusion between traditional and contemporary. A notable feature of this home is that there are no TVs — this client chooses reading as their pastime, and the only television in the entire home is in the lower level library. The main level music room features a grand piano and nook for listening. 47
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