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It’s a Shelter house speciality: Designs that serve passionate entrepreneurs and their people. Lucky for us, this often includes brewery…

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Luminary Arts Center honored with AIA Minneapolis 2024 Merit Award

Shelter's work on the renovation of the Luminary Arts Center has been recognized with an AIA Minneapolis Merit Award. AIA…

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Greg Elsner receives AIA MN 2024 Young Architects award

Greg Elsner, AIA — Shelter’s Director of Design — has been selected as a recipient of the 2024 AIA Minnesota…

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Tenant improvement FAQs

What is a tenant improvement project? A tenant improvement project, often referred to as a “TI”, involves the build out…

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A year of firsts: life as a graduate student & intern

Thoughts from Shelter team member Keely Ashton A balancing act With year one of my two-year Masters of Architecture program…

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Waste not, want not: embracing material reuse in design

Thoughts from Shelter team member Jakob Mahla Is adaptive reuse the answer? It’s no secret that the buildings that surround…

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Can design inspire the return to downtown?

It seems all eyes these days are on the future of metropolitan area downtowns. Office tower occupancy is down. Many…

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Flower Valley Homestead selected for 2024-2025 Home of the Month program

We're excited to announce that Flower Valley Homestead has been selected as one of twelve projects in the AIA Minnesota…

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Shelter team takes home three first place ASID MN awards

We recently earned three first place Excellence in Design awards from the Minnesota chapter of the American Society of Interior…

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