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New Gambrel on the Block

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Custom Home, New Build | Linden Hills, Minneapolis, Minnesota | Awards and Publications: 2020 BLEND Award: Best in Show, 2020 BLEND Award: People’s Choice Award, 2020 BLEND Award: Residential New Construction

This new, custom home is designed to blend into the existing “Cottage City” neighborhood in Linden Hills. To accomplish this, we incorporated the “Gambrel” roof form, which is a barn-shaped roof that reduces the scale of a 2-story home to appear as a story-and-a-half.  With a Gambrel home existing on either side, this is the New Gambrel on the Block.

This home has a traditional--yet fresh--design.  The columns, located on the front porch, are of the Ionic Classical Order, with authentic proportions incorporated.  Next to the columns is a light, modern, metal railing that stands in counterpoint to the home’s classic frame. This balance of traditional and fresh design is found throughout the home.