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dpHUE Concept Store / Julie Snow Architects

Victoria King — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Our clients had a fresh new brand, product and customer experience that needed an architectural space to support their company’s mission. Customer experience was of the utmost importance and guided all design decisions from concept through completion. Customer consultation, product display, point of sale and customer demonstration areas were all critical programmatic components. While the design was created to the specifics of this store location, the intent from the beginning was that this would be easily adapted when the company opened other locations. This adaptability of the design for future stores was addressed by defining several key components within the space that could be easily transferred to other spaces.

KNOCK Inc. / Julie Snow Architects

Kelly Minner — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The renovation of a neglected 1960’s food distribution center on the edge of downtown Minneapolis into a gleaming new headquarters for the creative innovators at KNOCK Inc. is both a fresh and welcomed presence on the underrated stretch of Glenwood Avenue just west of International Market Square. The project’s inventiveness lies in the sustainable transformation of a potential “tear down” structure into a high performance building.

U.S. Land Port of Entry / Julie Snow Architects

Kelly Minner — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Designed by Julie Snow Architects, the U.S. Land Port of Entry is recipient of a 2011 National Institute Honor Award for Architecture. Located in Warroad, Minnesota the facility supports the mission-driven demands of US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the federal agency responsible for securing the nation’s borders and promoting legal trade and travel. Conceived as a specific response to the vast open landscape along the Minnesota-Canadian border, its form reiterates the dominant horizon of the landscape while making reference to the East-West border. Inflected building forms facilitate intuitive use by visitors, the officers’ ability to survey the entire site, and vehicle access to secondary and commercial inspection areas.

B+W House / Julie Snow Architects

Kelly Minner — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The design of this small residence on a corner lot in the City of Minneapolis was conceived as a progression of defined volumes: beginning with the public front yard, continuing with the two-story portion of the home, following with the tall volume of the living area, the enclosed garden and the garage.

Weekend House on Lake Superior / Julie Snow Architects

Kelly Minner — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The Weekend House on Lake Superior consists of two black volumes that extend toward the distant horizon. Arranged on a platform that rests just above the ground, the home is reduced to a few essential elements, a main house and a small studio. Designed by Julie Snow Architects it is a wood post and beam structure with a super-insulated floor, roof and walls.