Home of the Month

2024–2025 Home of the Month Projects 

AIA Minnesota and the Star Tribune are pleased to announce the next 12 custom residential design projects to be featured in the Star Tribune Sunday Home & Garden section each month as part of the Home of the Month editorial series.

The projects were selected from among a competitive pool of 38 entries by a panel of architects, designers, and journalists including Anjali Ganapathy, Assoc. AIA, NOMA; Wanjing Ji, ASLA; Rohan Preston (Star Tribune); Donovan Nelson, AIA; Nancy Ngo (Star Tribune); and Joan Soranno, FAIA.

The selected projects are examples of the highest-quality, architect-led design from across the region and showcase a diverse range of project sizes, scopes, budgets, and environments.

1.) ≥ADU, Grayspace Architecture
2.) City Cottage Reimagined, TEA2 Architects
3.) Como Gardenside, Rehkamp Larson Architects
4.) Flower Valley Homestead, Shelter Architecture 
5.) Guitar Hero, Christopher Strom Architects
6.) Merriam Park Cottage Renewal, Albertsson Hansen Architecture & Interior Design
7.) Mirror Lake Midcentury, PKA Architecture
8.) Net Zero & Pond Perfect, SALA Architects
9.) Röd Stuga, SALA Architects
10.) Ski Hill Cabins & Saunas, Grayspace Architecture
11.) The DIY House, Studio Hara
12.) Valdres, Christopher Strom Architects

Home of the Month Digital Look Book

This digital publication showcases the 38 architect-design projects that were submitted for the 2024–2025 Home of the Month program. Projects selected to be featured in the Star Tribune’s Home of the Month series are identified with a red corner ribbon.

Browse stunning photographs and read the stories behind the designs. We recommend viewing at full screen on a laptop or desktop computer. Or, click here to view or download the look book as a PDF with clickable web links to the architecture firms and our advertisers.