On an ordinary night in early 2020, the family came home to discover a fire burning in the attic of their one-story home. The damage was substantial, and the majority of the home could not be saved. They had lived in the home for 10 years, made it their own, and loved the location. Instead of moving away, they chose to use this as a rare opportunity to rethink the home from the ground up. Could they create a home that represented who they were and how they wanted to live, supported their busy lives, and inspired them every day?

The original home was a single-story, spread-out ranch with low-slung rooflines. They liked the general flow and the position of the primary rooms, but it was a classic home of the 1960s with low ceilings and disconnected rooms. Now, all that was gone. Only the foundation and floorplate remained. The charge was to bring them something new: to envision a completely new home with the same footprint as the original, to provide more light, to explore what might be possible with new soaring rooflines, to relocate the owner’s suite and a home office to a new 2nd floor, and to create a backdrop for their art and objects from around the world.

The home is serious at times and playful at others. It was designed for a family with real stuff who loves space and light as well as the beauty found in things. Craftsmanship is celebrated all through the house, and it makes good company with the vibrant art collection!

Bluebird emerged from the ashes to reach for the daylight, to open to the outside, to create space made from organic, rich materials that flowed with ease, and to beautifully hold an eclectic life full of eclectic things.

Location: St. Louis Park, MN

Completed: 2022

Project Team: Ben Awes, AIA, Principal-in-Charge Perri Kinsman Sophie Olund

On an ordinary night in early 2020, the family came home to discover a fire burning in the attic of their one-story home. The damage was substantial, and the majority of the home could not be saved. They had lived in the home for 10 years, made it their own, and loved the location. Instead of moving away, they chose to use this as a rare opportunity to rethink the home from the ground up. Could they create a home that represented who they were and how they wanted to live, supported their busy lives, and inspired them every day?

The original home was a single-story, spread-out ranch with low-slung rooflines. They liked the general flow and the position of the primary rooms, but it was a classic home of the 1960s with low ceilings and disconnected rooms. Now, all that was gone. Only the foundation and floorplate remained. The charge was to bring them something new: to envision a completely new home with the same footprint as the original, to provide more light, to explore what might be possible with new soaring rooflines, to relocate the owner’s suite and a home office to a new 2nd floor, and to create a backdrop for their art and objects from around the world.

The home is serious at times and playful at others. It was designed for a family with real stuff who loves space and light as well as the beauty found in things. Craftsmanship is celebrated all through the house, and it makes good company with the vibrant art collection!

Bluebird emerged from the ashes to reach for the daylight, to open to the outside, to create space made from organic, rich materials that flowed with ease, and to beautifully hold an eclectic life full of eclectic things.

Location: St. Louis Park, MN

Completed: 2022

Project Team: Ben Awes, AIA, Principal-in-Charge Perri Kinsman Sophie Olund

On an ordinary night in early 2020, the family came home to discover a fire burning in the attic of their one-story home. The damage was substantial, and the majority of the home could not be saved. They had lived in the home for 10 years, made it their own, and loved the location. Instead of moving away, they chose to use this as a rare opportunity to rethink the home from the ground up. Could they create a home that represented who they were and how they wanted to live, supported their busy lives, and inspired them every day?

The original home was a single-story, spread-out ranch with low-slung rooflines. They liked the general flow and the position of the primary rooms, but it was a classic home of the 1960s with low ceilings and disconnected rooms. Now, all that was gone. Only the foundation and floorplate remained. The charge was to bring them something new: to envision a completely new home with the same footprint as the original, to provide more light, to explore what might be possible with new soaring rooflines, to relocate the owner’s suite and a home office to a new 2nd floor, and to create a backdrop for their art and objects from around the world.

The home is serious at times and playful at others. It was designed for a family with real stuff who loves space and light as well as the beauty found in things. Craftsmanship is celebrated all through the house, and it makes good company with the vibrant art collection!

Bluebird emerged from the ashes to reach for the daylight, to open to the outside, to create space made from organic, rich materials that flowed with ease, and to beautifully hold an eclectic life full of eclectic things.

Location: St. Louis Park, MN

Completed: 2022

Project Team: Ben Awes, AIA, Principal-in-Charge Perri Kinsman Sophie Olund

On an ordinary night in early 2020, the family came home to discover a fire burning in the attic of their one-story home. The damage was substantial, and the majority of the home could not be saved. They had lived in the home for 10 years, made it their own, and loved the location. Instead of moving away, they chose to use this as a rare opportunity to rethink the home from the ground up. Could they create a home that represented who they were and how they wanted to live, supported their busy lives, and inspired them every day?

The original home was a single-story, spread-out ranch with low-slung rooflines. They liked the general flow and the position of the primary rooms, but it was a classic home of the 1960s with low ceilings and disconnected rooms. Now, all that was gone. Only the foundation and floorplate remained. The charge was to bring them something new: to envision a completely new home with the same footprint as the original, to provide more light, to explore what might be possible with new soaring rooflines, to relocate the owner’s suite and a home office to a new 2nd floor, and to create a backdrop for their art and objects from around the world.

The home is serious at times and playful at others. It was designed for a family with real stuff who loves space and light as well as the beauty found in things. Craftsmanship is celebrated all through the house, and it makes good company with the vibrant art collection!

Bluebird emerged from the ashes to reach for the daylight, to open to the outside, to create space made from organic, rich materials that flowed with ease, and to beautifully hold an eclectic life full of eclectic things.

Location: St. Louis Park, MN

Completed: 2022

Project Team: Ben Awes, AIA, Principal-in-Charge Perri Kinsman Sophie Olund

On an ordinary night in early 2020, the family came home to discover a fire burning in the attic of their one-story home. The damage was substantial, and the majority of the home could not be saved. They had lived in the home for 10 years, made it their own, and loved the location. Instead of moving away, they chose to use this as a rare opportunity to rethink the home from the ground up. Could they create a home that represented who they were and how they wanted to live, supported their busy lives, and inspired them every day?

The original home was a single-story, spread-out ranch with low-slung rooflines. They liked the general flow and the position of the primary rooms, but it was a classic home of the 1960s with low ceilings and disconnected rooms. Now, all that was gone. Only the foundation and floorplate remained. The charge was to bring them something new: to envision a completely new home with the same footprint as the original, to provide more light, to explore what might be possible with new soaring rooflines, to relocate the owner’s suite and a home office to a new 2nd floor, and to create a backdrop for their art and objects from around the world.

The home is serious at times and playful at others. It was designed for a family with real stuff who loves space and light as well as the beauty found in things. Craftsmanship is celebrated all through the house, and it makes good company with the vibrant art collection!

Bluebird emerged from the ashes to reach for the daylight, to open to the outside, to create space made from organic, rich materials that flowed with ease, and to beautifully hold an eclectic life full of eclectic things.

Location: St. Louis Park, MN

Completed: 2022

Project Team: Ben Awes, AIA, Principal-in-Charge Perri Kinsman Sophie Olund

On an ordinary night in early 2020, the family came home to discover a fire burning in the attic of their one-story home. The damage was substantial, and the majority of the home could not be saved. They had lived in the home for 10 years, made it their own, and loved the location. Instead of moving away, they chose to use this as a rare opportunity to rethink the home from the ground up. Could they create a home that represented who they were and how they wanted to live, supported their busy lives, and inspired them every day?

The original home was a single-story, spread-out ranch with low-slung rooflines. They liked the general flow and the position of the primary rooms, but it was a classic home of the 1960s with low ceilings and disconnected rooms. Now, all that was gone. Only the foundation and floorplate remained. The charge was to bring them something new: to envision a completely new home with the same footprint as the original, to provide more light, to explore what might be possible with new soaring rooflines, to relocate the owner’s suite and a home office to a new 2nd floor, and to create a backdrop for their art and objects from around the world.

The home is serious at times and playful at others. It was designed for a family with real stuff who loves space and light as well as the beauty found in things. Craftsmanship is celebrated all through the house, and it makes good company with the vibrant art collection!

Bluebird emerged from the ashes to reach for the daylight, to open to the outside, to create space made from organic, rich materials that flowed with ease, and to beautifully hold an eclectic life full of eclectic things.

Location: St. Louis Park, MN

Completed: 2022

Project Team: Ben Awes, AIA, Principal-in-Charge Perri Kinsman Sophie Olund

On an ordinary night in early 2020, the family came home to discover a fire burning in the attic of their one-story home. The damage was substantial, and the majority of the home could not be saved. They had lived in the home for 10 years, made it their own, and loved the location. Instead of moving away, they chose to use this as a rare opportunity to rethink the home from the ground up. Could they create a home that represented who they were and how they wanted to live, supported their busy lives, and inspired them every day?

The original home was a single-story, spread-out ranch with low-slung rooflines. They liked the general flow and the position of the primary rooms, but it was a classic home of the 1960s with low ceilings and disconnected rooms. Now, all that was gone. Only the foundation and floorplate remained. The charge was to bring them something new: to envision a completely new home with the same footprint as the original, to provide more light, to explore what might be possible with new soaring rooflines, to relocate the owner’s suite and a home office to a new 2nd floor, and to create a backdrop for their art and objects from around the world.

The home is serious at times and playful at others. It was designed for a family with real stuff who loves space and light as well as the beauty found in things. Craftsmanship is celebrated all through the house, and it makes good company with the vibrant art collection!

Bluebird emerged from the ashes to reach for the daylight, to open to the outside, to create space made from organic, rich materials that flowed with ease, and to beautifully hold an eclectic life full of eclectic things.

Location: St. Louis Park, MN

Completed: 2022

Project Team: Ben Awes, AIA, Principal-in-Charge Perri Kinsman Sophie Olund

On an ordinary night in early 2020, the family came home to discover a fire burning in the attic of their one-story home. The damage was substantial, and the majority of the home could not be saved. They had lived in the home for 10 years, made it their own, and loved the location. Instead of moving away, they chose to use this as a rare opportunity to rethink the home from the ground up. Could they create a home that represented who they were and how they wanted to live, supported their busy lives, and inspired them every day?

The original home was a single-story, spread-out ranch with low-slung rooflines. They liked the general flow and the position of the primary rooms, but it was a classic home of the 1960s with low ceilings and disconnected rooms. Now, all that was gone. Only the foundation and floorplate remained. The charge was to bring them something new: to envision a completely new home with the same footprint as the original, to provide more light, to explore what might be possible with new soaring rooflines, to relocate the owner’s suite and a home office to a new 2nd floor, and to create a backdrop for their art and objects from around the world.

The home is serious at times and playful at others. It was designed for a family with real stuff who loves space and light as well as the beauty found in things. Craftsmanship is celebrated all through the house, and it makes good company with the vibrant art collection!

Bluebird emerged from the ashes to reach for the daylight, to open to the outside, to create space made from organic, rich materials that flowed with ease, and to beautifully hold an eclectic life full of eclectic things.

Location: St. Louis Park, MN

Completed: 2022

Project Team: Ben Awes, AIA, Principal-in-Charge Perri Kinsman Sophie Olund

On an ordinary night in early 2020, the family came home to discover a fire burning in the attic of their one-story home. The damage was substantial, and the majority of the home could not be saved. They had lived in the home for 10 years, made it their own, and loved the location. Instead of moving away, they chose to use this as a rare opportunity to rethink the home from the ground up. Could they create a home that represented who they were and how they wanted to live, supported their busy lives, and inspired them every day?

The original home was a single-story, spread-out ranch with low-slung rooflines. They liked the general flow and the position of the primary rooms, but it was a classic home of the 1960s with low ceilings and disconnected rooms. Now, all that was gone. Only the foundation and floorplate remained. The charge was to bring them something new: to envision a completely new home with the same footprint as the original, to provide more light, to explore what might be possible with new soaring rooflines, to relocate the owner’s suite and a home office to a new 2nd floor, and to create a backdrop for their art and objects from around the world.

The home is serious at times and playful at others. It was designed for a family with real stuff who loves space and light as well as the beauty found in things. Craftsmanship is celebrated all through the house, and it makes good company with the vibrant art collection!

Bluebird emerged from the ashes to reach for the daylight, to open to the outside, to create space made from organic, rich materials that flowed with ease, and to beautifully hold an eclectic life full of eclectic things.

Location: St. Louis Park, MN

Completed: 2022

Project Team: Ben Awes, AIA, Principal-in-Charge Perri Kinsman Sophie Olund

On an ordinary night in early 2020, the family came home to discover a fire burning in the attic of their one-story home. The damage was substantial, and the majority of the home could not be saved. They had lived in the home for 10 years, made it their own, and loved the location. Instead of moving away, they chose to use this as a rare opportunity to rethink the home from the ground up. Could they create a home that represented who they were and how they wanted to live, supported their busy lives, and inspired them every day?

The original home was a single-story, spread-out ranch with low-slung rooflines. They liked the general flow and the position of the primary rooms, but it was a classic home of the 1960s with low ceilings and disconnected rooms. Now, all that was gone. Only the foundation and floorplate remained. The charge was to bring them something new: to envision a completely new home with the same footprint as the original, to provide more light, to explore what might be possible with new soaring rooflines, to relocate the owner’s suite and a home office to a new 2nd floor, and to create a backdrop for their art and objects from around the world.

The home is serious at times and playful at others. It was designed for a family with real stuff who loves space and light as well as the beauty found in things. Craftsmanship is celebrated all through the house, and it makes good company with the vibrant art collection!

Bluebird emerged from the ashes to reach for the daylight, to open to the outside, to create space made from organic, rich materials that flowed with ease, and to beautifully hold an eclectic life full of eclectic things.

Location: St. Louis Park, MN

Completed: 2022

Project Team: Ben Awes, AIA, Principal-in-Charge Perri Kinsman Sophie Olund

On an ordinary night in early 2020, the family came home to discover a fire burning in the attic of their one-story home. The damage was substantial, and the majority of the home could not be saved. They had lived in the home for 10 years, made it their own, and loved the location. Instead of moving away, they chose to use this as a rare opportunity to rethink the home from the ground up. Could they create a home that represented who they were and how they wanted to live, supported their busy lives, and inspired them every day?

The original home was a single-story, spread-out ranch with low-slung rooflines. They liked the general flow and the position of the primary rooms, but it was a classic home of the 1960s with low ceilings and disconnected rooms. Now, all that was gone. Only the foundation and floorplate remained. The charge was to bring them something new: to envision a completely new home with the same footprint as the original, to provide more light, to explore what might be possible with new soaring rooflines, to relocate the owner’s suite and a home office to a new 2nd floor, and to create a backdrop for their art and objects from around the world.

The home is serious at times and playful at others. It was designed for a family with real stuff who loves space and light as well as the beauty found in things. Craftsmanship is celebrated all through the house, and it makes good company with the vibrant art collection!

Bluebird emerged from the ashes to reach for the daylight, to open to the outside, to create space made from organic, rich materials that flowed with ease, and to beautifully hold an eclectic life full of eclectic things.

Location: St. Louis Park, MN

Completed: 2022

Project Team: Ben Awes, AIA, Principal-in-Charge Perri Kinsman Sophie Olund

On an ordinary night in early 2020, the family came home to discover a fire burning in the attic of their one-story home. The damage was substantial, and the majority of the home could not be saved. They had lived in the home for 10 years, made it their own, and loved the location. Instead of moving away, they chose to use this as a rare opportunity to rethink the home from the ground up. Could they create a home that represented who they were and how they wanted to live, supported their busy lives, and inspired them every day?

The original home was a single-story, spread-out ranch with low-slung rooflines. They liked the general flow and the position of the primary rooms, but it was a classic home of the 1960s with low ceilings and disconnected rooms. Now, all that was gone. Only the foundation and floorplate remained. The charge was to bring them something new: to envision a completely new home with the same footprint as the original, to provide more light, to explore what might be possible with new soaring rooflines, to relocate the owner’s suite and a home office to a new 2nd floor, and to create a backdrop for their art and objects from around the world.

The home is serious at times and playful at others. It was designed for a family with real stuff who loves space and light as well as the beauty found in things. Craftsmanship is celebrated all through the house, and it makes good company with the vibrant art collection!

Bluebird emerged from the ashes to reach for the daylight, to open to the outside, to create space made from organic, rich materials that flowed with ease, and to beautifully hold an eclectic life full of eclectic things.

Location: St. Louis Park, MN

Completed: 2022

Project Team: Ben Awes, AIA, Principal-in-Charge Perri Kinsman Sophie Olund

On an ordinary night in early 2020, the family came home to discover a fire burning in the attic of their one-story home. The damage was substantial, and the majority of the home could not be saved. They had lived in the home for 10 years, made it their own, and loved the location. Instead of moving away, they chose to use this as a rare opportunity to rethink the home from the ground up. Could they create a home that represented who they were and how they wanted to live, supported their busy lives, and inspired them every day?

The original home was a single-story, spread-out ranch with low-slung rooflines. They liked the general flow and the position of the primary rooms, but it was a classic home of the 1960s with low ceilings and disconnected rooms. Now, all that was gone. Only the foundation and floorplate remained. The charge was to bring them something new: to envision a completely new home with the same footprint as the original, to provide more light, to explore what might be possible with new soaring rooflines, to relocate the owner’s suite and a home office to a new 2nd floor, and to create a backdrop for their art and objects from around the world.

The home is serious at times and playful at others. It was designed for a family with real stuff who loves space and light as well as the beauty found in things. Craftsmanship is celebrated all through the house, and it makes good company with the vibrant art collection!

Bluebird emerged from the ashes to reach for the daylight, to open to the outside, to create space made from organic, rich materials that flowed with ease, and to beautifully hold an eclectic life full of eclectic things.

Location: St. Louis Park, MN

Completed: 2022

Project Team: Ben Awes, AIA, Principal-in-Charge Perri Kinsman Sophie Olund

On an ordinary night in early 2020, the family came home to discover a fire burning in the attic of their one-story home. The damage was substantial, and the majority of the home could not be saved. They had lived in the home for 10 years, made it their own, and loved the location. Instead of moving away, they chose to use this as a rare opportunity to rethink the home from the ground up. Could they create a home that represented who they were and how they wanted to live, supported their busy lives, and inspired them every day?

The original home was a single-story, spread-out ranch with low-slung rooflines. They liked the general flow and the position of the primary rooms, but it was a classic home of the 1960s with low ceilings and disconnected rooms. Now, all that was gone. Only the foundation and floorplate remained. The charge was to bring them something new: to envision a completely new home with the same footprint as the original, to provide more light, to explore what might be possible with new soaring rooflines, to relocate the owner’s suite and a home office to a new 2nd floor, and to create a backdrop for their art and objects from around the world.

The home is serious at times and playful at others. It was designed for a family with real stuff who loves space and light as well as the beauty found in things. Craftsmanship is celebrated all through the house, and it makes good company with the vibrant art collection!

Bluebird emerged from the ashes to reach for the daylight, to open to the outside, to create space made from organic, rich materials that flowed with ease, and to beautifully hold an eclectic life full of eclectic things.

Location: St. Louis Park, MN

Completed: 2022

Project Team: Ben Awes, AIA, Principal-in-Charge Perri Kinsman Sophie Olund

On an ordinary night in early 2020, the family came home to discover a fire burning in the attic of their one-story home. The damage was substantial, and the majority of the home could not be saved. They had lived in the home for 10 years, made it their own, and loved the location. Instead of moving away, they chose to use this as a rare opportunity to rethink the home from the ground up. Could they create a home that represented who they were and how they wanted to live, supported their busy lives, and inspired them every day?

The original home was a single-story, spread-out ranch with low-slung rooflines. They liked the general flow and the position of the primary rooms, but it was a classic home of the 1960s with low ceilings and disconnected rooms. Now, all that was gone. Only the foundation and floorplate remained. The charge was to bring them something new: to envision a completely new home with the same footprint as the original, to provide more light, to explore what might be possible with new soaring rooflines, to relocate the owner’s suite and a home office to a new 2nd floor, and to create a backdrop for their art and objects from around the world.

The home is serious at times and playful at others. It was designed for a family with real stuff who loves space and light as well as the beauty found in things. Craftsmanship is celebrated all through the house, and it makes good company with the vibrant art collection!

Bluebird emerged from the ashes to reach for the daylight, to open to the outside, to create space made from organic, rich materials that flowed with ease, and to beautifully hold an eclectic life full of eclectic things.

Location: St. Louis Park, MN

Completed: 2022

Project Team: Ben Awes, AIA, Principal-in-Charge Perri Kinsman Sophie Olund

On an ordinary night in early 2020, the family came home to discover a fire burning in the attic of their one-story home. The damage was substantial, and the majority of the home could not be saved. They had lived in the home for 10 years, made it their own, and loved the location. Instead of moving away, they chose to use this as a rare opportunity to rethink the home from the ground up. Could they create a home that represented who they were and how they wanted to live, supported their busy lives, and inspired them every day?

The original home was a single-story, spread-out ranch with low-slung rooflines. They liked the general flow and the position of the primary rooms, but it was a classic home of the 1960s with low ceilings and disconnected rooms. Now, all that was gone. Only the foundation and floorplate remained. The charge was to bring them something new: to envision a completely new home with the same footprint as the original, to provide more light, to explore what might be possible with new soaring rooflines, to relocate the owner’s suite and a home office to a new 2nd floor, and to create a backdrop for their art and objects from around the world.

The home is serious at times and playful at others. It was designed for a family with real stuff who loves space and light as well as the beauty found in things. Craftsmanship is celebrated all through the house, and it makes good company with the vibrant art collection!

Bluebird emerged from the ashes to reach for the daylight, to open to the outside, to create space made from organic, rich materials that flowed with ease, and to beautifully hold an eclectic life full of eclectic things.

Location: St. Louis Park, MN

Completed: 2022

Project Team: Ben Awes, AIA, Principal-in-Charge Perri Kinsman Sophie Olund

On an ordinary night in early 2020, the family came home to discover a fire burning in the attic of their one-story home. The damage was substantial, and the majority of the home could not be saved. They had lived in the home for 10 years, made it their own, and loved the location. Instead of moving away, they chose to use this as a rare opportunity to rethink the home from the ground up. Could they create a home that represented who they were and how they wanted to live, supported their busy lives, and inspired them every day?

The original home was a single-story, spread-out ranch with low-slung rooflines. They liked the general flow and the position of the primary rooms, but it was a classic home of the 1960s with low ceilings and disconnected rooms. Now, all that was gone. Only the foundation and floorplate remained. The charge was to bring them something new: to envision a completely new home with the same footprint as the original, to provide more light, to explore what might be possible with new soaring rooflines, to relocate the owner’s suite and a home office to a new 2nd floor, and to create a backdrop for their art and objects from around the world.

The home is serious at times and playful at others. It was designed for a family with real stuff who loves space and light as well as the beauty found in things. Craftsmanship is celebrated all through the house, and it makes good company with the vibrant art collection!

Bluebird emerged from the ashes to reach for the daylight, to open to the outside, to create space made from organic, rich materials that flowed with ease, and to beautifully hold an eclectic life full of eclectic things.

Location: St. Louis Park, MN

Completed: 2022

Project Team: Ben Awes, AIA, Principal-in-Charge Perri Kinsman Sophie Olund