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The annual AIA Star Tribune Home of the Month contest shines a light on top home designs by Minnesota architects. 

Three new bump-outs on the back help meet a familys space needs in this sensitive remodel.

Projects feature a range of sizes, budgets and neighborhoods.

The annual contest spotlights top home designs by local architects.

AIA Home of the Month: Believed to be the oldest building in Excelsior, the humble brick structure has had several iterations in its more than 160 years.

Architect Benjamin Awes and his team brought light and nature to their update of a 1962 walkout rambler.

See the next 12 Home of the Month projects by Minnesota architects Over the next year, well give you an inside look at these winning homes.  April 30, 2021 — 8:22am Text size Copy shortlink: If the past year has demonstrated anything, its the importance of home. What makes a home feel comfortable and comforting? What makes it function well, and which features lift the spirit? The answers are as varied as the people who seek to crea...

Copy shortlink: Mel and Sue Awes spent the last weeks of their lives in a shared double room in Fairview Southdale Hospitals ICU — sedated and on ventilators fighting COVID-19 complications. The Edina couple began dating when they were students at the University of Minnesota. In six decades of marriage, they had done everything together: moved around the country, raised five children, built careers in sales, amassed a passel of friends. Breaking with protocol, the hosp...