2014 Homes by Architects Tour 6990 Tupa Drive, Edina, MN
From the outside, the house with the asymmetrical gable roof on an Edina cul-de-sac could be the home of the Brady Brunch. Step inside and you’ll find a setting worthy of a European design magazine. In their nine-month interior renovation of the Soranno-Bolter house, Peterssen/ Keller Architecture’s Lars Peterssen, AIA, and Carl Olson, Assoc. AIA, pursued a modern minimalism rare in the Midwest. Four separate rooms were opened to each other and rearranged to create a stunning, spacious living suite. “They appreciate minimalist design and details—things architects love,” Peterssen says of the clients. “We’d go there, and they’d be right there with us.” The transformation is even more remarkable because it was achieved within the existing shell. The only change to the exterior was squaring off a bay window.
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