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The Role of the Architecture Community in Combatting Anti-Asian Bias and Discrimination

The shooting rampage that killed six women of Asian descent in Atlanta last week. 2020’s 150% increase in documented hate crimes against Asian-Americans in major U.S. cities. And, just this past Friday here in St. Paul, children and a grandfather of Hmong descent being subjected to racist comments while waiting for the school bus. This […]

Two Minnesota Architects Receive the 2021 AIA Young Architects Award

Two Minnesota Architects Receive the 2021 AIA Young Architects Award

People Matter More than Buildings

People matter more than buildings. This must always be so. As the trials of former Minneapolis police officers begin and buildings across the Twin Cities are boarded up, the elected leaders and staff who serve the American Institute of Architects Minnesota recognize the acute anxiety that marks this time in history. We are particularly holding in […]

Four AIA Minnesota Members Elevated to the AIA College of Fellows

Four Minnesota architects elevated to the College of Fellows

2020 Honor Award Recipients and Three 2020 Commendation for Excellence

AIA Minnesota Announces Seven 2020 Honor Award Recipients and Three 2020 Commendation for Excellence in a Single Framework for Design Excellence Measure Recipients

2020 Affordable Housing Design Award

2020 Affordable Housing Design Award Given to Catholic Charities of St. Paul and Minneapolis’s Higher Ground St. Paul and Cermak Rhoades Architects (now part of LHB, Inc.)


James Garrett, Jr., AIA, NOMA, and Nathan Johnson, AIA, NOMA, Receive AIA Minnesota 2020 Gold Medal

Minneapolis, November 24, 2020—James Garrett, Jr., AIA, NOMA, and Nathan Johnson, AIA, NOMA, are the joint recipients of the 2020 AIA Minnesota Gold Medal. This award from the American Institute of Architects Minnesota is one the highest honors bestowed by the organization, recognizing individuals whose work has had a lasting influence on the theory and […]


Kermit Duncan, AIA, Receives 2020 AIA Minnesota Louis Lundgren Award for Service

MINNEAPOLIS, August 3, 2020 — Kermit Duncan, AIA, is the 2020 AIA Minnesota Louis Lundgren Award for Service recipient. Each year, the Louis Lundgren Award for Service recognizes one Minnesota architect for their outstanding contributions in the area of community and professional service. Through their work as citizen architects, recipients of the award are regarded by the […]


Three Receive 2020 AIA Minnesota Special Awards

Pictured left to right: Greg Donofrio, Jennifer Newsom, and Lars Peterssen.MINNEAPOLIS, August 3, 2020 — AIA Minnesota honored Greg Donofrio, Jennifer Newsom, AIA, NOMA, and Lars Peterssen, AIA, with 2020 Special Awards. The AIA Minnesota Special Award seeks to encourage, stimulate and recognize exceptional contributions made by individuals and organizations that improve the quality of our physical […]


Rochester Public Utilities Receives AIA Minnesota 25 Year Award

MINNEAPOLIS, August 3, 2020—Rochester Public Utilities, located in Rochester and designed by TKDA is the recipient of the 2020 AIA Minnesota 25 Year Award. The project was led by Dean Johnson, AIA, architect and project manager; Rich Gray, landscape architect; Lon Fiedler, mechanical engineer; Tom Stoneburner, structural engineer; and John Denis, electrical designer. The Boldt Company […]