Designs that Blend
While residents in some city neighborhoods and first-ring suburbs complain about new houses and out-of-scale remodels that ruin their views and block their light, members of the Fulton Neighborhood Association in southwest Minneapolis took a different tact when they started the BLEND awards in 2007. The acronym may be belabored (it stands for “Buildings and Landscapes Enhancing the Neighborhood through Design”), but the idea of recognizing newly constructed and remodeled homes that blend into the fabric of a neighborhood rather than clashing with it is at least as constructive as posting those “No Monster Houses” signs. This year, six projects received a BLEND award through the program, which expanded beyond the Fulton neighborhood and now includes the Armatage, East Harriet Farmstead, Kenny, Linden Hills, Lynnhurst, and West Calhoun neighborhoods.
This year’s winners:
4623 Humboldt Ave S (remodel/addition)
Architect: Rehkamp Larson Architects, Mark Larson, AIA, and Ryan Bicek, AIA
Builder: Reuter Walton Construction Inc.
Homeowner: Nick and Wendy Brown
Homeowner: Nick and Wendy Brown
4027 Sheridan Ave S (new construction)
Architect: Domain Architecture & Design, Gabriel Keller, Associate AIA, and Lars Peterssen, AIA
Builder: Elevation Homes
Builder: Elevation Homes
Homeowner: Elevation Homes
4741 Emerson Ave S (addition/remodel)
Architect: Domain Architecture & Design, Gabriel Keller, Associate AIA, Dan Peterson, Associate AIA, and Jason Briles, Associate AIA
Builder: SilverMark, Inc. Design & Build Residential Remodeling
Builder: SilverMark, Inc. Design & Build Residential Remodeling
Homeowner: Stephen and Suzanne Fry
5155 Xerxes Ave S (remodel/addition)
Architect: Mackey Malin Architects
Builder: ProWork Builders LLC
Builder: ProWork Builders LLC
Homeowner: Eric Faith and Ethel Faith-Nahmad
4546 Fremont Ave S (remodel/addition)
Architect: TreHus Builders, Inc., in-house design
Builder: TreHus Builders, Inc.
Homeowner: Steve Sigmond and Jenny Goloboy
Builder: TreHus Builders, Inc.
Homeowner: Steve Sigmond and Jenny Goloboy
5124 Colfax Ave S (remodel/addition)
Architect: TreHus Builders, Inc., in-house design
Builder: TreHus Builders, Inc.
Homeowner: Toby and Kelly Bent
Builder: TreHus Builders, Inc.
Homeowner: Toby and Kelly Bent