Clockwise from top left: Students’ Co-op, Calvary Lutheran Church, Salisbury and Satterlee Factory Complex, Anders Christensen, Doors Open Minneapolis volunteers, and the Historic Coliseum Building.

AIA Minneapolis, the Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission, and Preserve Minneapolis announce six recipients of the 2025 Minneapolis Preservation Awards. Join us on March 13, 2025, at the Capri Theater to learn more about the winning projects and celebrate the best in preservation. Register to attend this free event!

This year’s recipients represent accomplishments in three of the six Minneapolis Preservation Awards categories.


Historic Restoration, Rehabilitation, or Adaptive Reuse

Calvary Lutheran Church

Trellis, UrbanWorks Architecture, Hess, Roise and Company, and Frana Companies

This preservation-oriented adaptive reuse of a 1930 English Gothic Revival church added deeply affordable housing units, improved the church’s community food shelf space, and renovated the sanctuary for use by residents and the enduring church congregation.

Historic Coliseum Building

Redesign, Inc., Urban Design Perspectives, Charles Levin Architects, Station 19 Architects, Victus Engineering, Palanisami & Associates, HKGi, Pierce Pini & Associates, Lerch Bates, FinePoint Technology, Rapids Food Service Contract & Design, New History, Watson-Forsberg, and TRI-Construction

This renovation of a landmark commercial building severely damaged in the civil unrest of 2020 into a hub for community-minded businesses and customers demonstrates how preservation can be a tool for restorative justice and urban regeneration.

Salisbury and Satterlee Factory Complex

Element Commercial Real Estate, Adsit Architecture and Planning, Mission Construction, and TFC, LLC

This 2024 project—the revitalization of a contributing structure to the St. Anthony Falls Historic District—included masonry restoration, removal of 1970s infrastructure, updates to elevators and mechanical and electrical systems, and other interior renovations.

Students’ Co-op

Keep, Primo Restoration & Construction, Students’ Co-op Board, and NASCO (North American Students of Cooperation)

This project brought cooperative funding, alumni of the house, and a construction team together to breathe new life into a flagging, 116-year-old fraternity chapter house designed by Frederick Kees, one of the architects of Minneapolis City Hall.

Grassroots Advocacy & Education

Doors Open Minneapolis

Rethos

This event provides attendees—more than 16,500 in 2024—with free access to dozens of notable properties across the city. In the process, it connects people with the history, design, and ongoing stewardship of Minneapolis’s architectural and cultural heritage.

Steve Murray Award

Anders Christensen

The founder of TigerOx Painting—a company that introduces itself with the words “We love your old house”—has been a tireless advocate for the preservation of projects large and small for the last 50 years, including as a longtime Preserve Minneapolis board member. “It’s the little things—the details—that matter,” he wrote in a recent social media post.


For more information on the winners, contact AIA Minnesota’s Chris Hudson at hudson@aia-mn.org or 612-767-1746.


About the Partners

AIA Minneapolis is the largest of three AIA Minnesota chapters with more than 1,600 members. Centered in Minneapolis, the chapter territory includes the southwestern portion of the state. As a large chapter, AIA Minneapolis participates with other large chapters nationwide to focus attention on significant issues facing members. The chapter provides leadership, networking, and outreach opportunities for its members. View our website to learn more.

The Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission (HPC) was formed in 1972 to serve as a citizen advisory body to the Minneapolis City Council. The HPC is part of a nation-wide network of groups dedicated to the preservation and celebration of our local and national heritage. The commission holds public hearings on matters related to preservation twice each month. Projects that come before the commission are administered through professional preservation-planning staff in the City of Minneapolis Community Planning and Economic Development Department (CPED). These meetings are held so that the commission can hear from the public on matters related to heritage preservation. The public is welcome to attend and highly encouraged to participate.

Preserve Minneapolis is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to promoting and celebrating the city’s historic architectural and cultural resources through advocacy, education, and public engagement. Founded in 2003, the group was originally brought together to attract the 2007 National Trust for Historic Preservation conference to the Twin Cities. Preserve Minneapolis hosts monthly discussions and tours highlighting preservation activities in Minneapolis. Check out their website to learn more.