Snapshots - Peterssen Keller Architecture

Zenith Cottage

In Progress: New York Manor

Kitchen Alfresco

A visual connection between this kitchen and the outdoors was a vital element of this renovation.

Cottagewood Residence

Crooked Lake Cabin

St Louis Park Residence

Orono Retreat

Mid Mod Kitchen

Twelve Days of Sketching: Day 7

Wooddale Cottage

Crocus Hill Georgian

We collaborated with our client, a design connoisseur, to renovate this classic 1920s Georgian, bringing new light, better flow, and a sophisticated design sensibility to the home.

Edgewater Kitchen

East Calhoun Residence

Ridgedale Residence

Canine Approved

Rolling Green Remodel

Lake Harriet Arts & Crafts

This Arts & Crafts Tudor was honored with a B.L.E.N.D. Award for the beautiful renovation.

Garage becomes reading room

Deephaven Residence

Challenged by a small, outdated kitchen, the P/K team collaborated with interior designer Brandi Hagen to create a spacious kitchen, galley pantry, and family room that reflects the original modernist spirit of the home.

UNBUILT: Long Island Retreat

Gabriel Keller co-conceived this Hamptons home with glass facades to reveal the ocean beyond.

Golden Valley Ranch

We renovated this mid-century ranch home in Golden Valley with an improved space plan, an open staircase, and oversized windows that allow light and energy to flow easily throughout the home.

Gyst Fermentations

The owners of Gyst, a café that serves biodynamic wines, artisanal cheeses, and other fermented specialties, asked us to help transform a former vintage clothing store into a space that feels like someone's kitchen.

Spring Valley Residence

Lake Superior Retreat

For a simple yet sophisticated family home on Lake Superior, Nature dictated the perfect location. Set on 14-acres with spectacular views of water and sky, the main cabin and guest house are connected by a covered breezeway.

Golden Valley Prospect

Lakeview Resiedence

A modern home for a young family.

Crocus Residence

Working closely with interior designer Martina Willegale, ASID, of Designs by Martina, we transformed a warren of small, dark rooms into an open, welcoming space for cooking, entertaining, and hanging out.

Twelve Days of Sketching: Day 9

Brookview Residence

This new home captures the spirit of Midwestern charm and blends it with a classic Americana aesthetic of the east coast cottage.

Edina In Progress

With any new project, the true test is whether the design is beautiful, even sans furnishings.

Wonder Wall

For a client who loves the colors and textures of nature, we combined a breathtaking marble wall with a dramatic center island of American walnut.

Lakeside Oasis

Contemporary Cottage

Green Dream Home

Selected as the Green Dream Home for the 2013 Parade of Homes Spring Preview, this home includes geothermal HVAC, photovoltaic solar panels, a plug-in system for an electric car, and other sustainable design features.

Unbuilt: Hillside Residence

Ryan J. Fish, AIA, designed this 3D model to illustrate the fusion of great design with energy efficiency.

Lakeside retreat

Basswood Remodel

Photography: Spacecrafting

The Stable

Wintertree

P/K is honored to restore this John Howe original to its former glory. Often referred to as the pencil in Frank Lloyd Wright's hand, John Howe designed many houses in Minnesota in the prairie style. We're ecstatic to have the chance to work on this truly original home.

Crocus Hill Residence

This venerable Victorian home was renovated to create moments of surprise and delight.

Kenny Kitchen

We renovated this narrow galley kitchen to make it more ship shape, with maximum space for prepping food and cooking.

P/K + A

Twin Lakes Rambler

The client loved their mid-century home, except for the drafty windows and the exorbitant energy costs. Now that the renovation is complete, the living--and the heating bills--is easy.

Highlands Residence

Zenith Contemporary Cottage

Concept: Surly Brewery

We collaborated with Surly founder Omar Ansari to develop a conceptual design for a destination brewery with a restaurant, a terraced beer garden,a green roof, and outdoor ampitheater.

Golden Valley Residence

This award-winning sustainably designed home features geothermal HVAC and photovoltaic solar panels. The home won an AIA Minnesota Home of the Month Award, and was featured in Architecture Minnesota.

Linden Hills Cottage

Nearly a century ago, this Lake Calhoun cottage was a summer home. This renovation respected the original spirit while making it comfortable, energy-efficient, and functional for a modern family.

Competition: Van Alen Paris Prize

Challenged to design a temporary building on Wall Street, Gabriel Keller explored the process of remembrance. By re-conceptualizating the slave market, he creating a provocative juxtaposition between stock exchange and human exchange.

Brookview Residence

Design Team:Gabriel Keller

Photography: Spacecrafting

Unbuilt: Harriet Park Residence

This new home offers a fresh, contemporary twist on Scandinavian cottage style.

Competition: Bearden Place

With Bearden Place, Carl Olson, now at P/K, and Patrick Freet envisioned six green and affordable units where residents can live, work, and flourish in a North Minneapolis neighborhood.

Washburn Cottage

We updated this charming Craftsman-style bungalow to create better flow and bring more light into the rooms. The porch functions as an outdoor room for reading, relaxing, and shooting the breeze.

Twelve Days of Sketching: Day 8

Academic: Hydroponic Architecture

Carl Olson, one of our very talented designers, wrote his 2007 thesis on an architecture of hydroponic agriculture to bring sustainable farming to urban areas.

Bright way to start your day

Twelve Days of Sketching: Day 6

Woodhill Ranch

This project, a dynamic addition to a 1950s mid-century modern home, was featured in Midwest Home magazine.

Med'oza Ponds Residence

Modern Kitchen

This sophisticated kitchen features striking teak cabinets and a polished walnut bar with a dramatic raw edge.

The Lynn on Bryant

When our client, a chef, asked us to design a new restaurant at 50th and Bryant in Minneapolis, we were honored to help realize his vision of a petite, French-inspired bistro with an organic modern design aesthetic.

Eminent Residence

We collaborated with Brandi Hagen of Eminent Interior Design to update her 1960 rambler. The project received an ASID Minnesota award and was featured in Kitchen Trends magazine.

Nordic Prairie

A mudroom that has as much character as the family that it belongs to.

Competition: Evolo Skyscraper

Andrew Edwins, a gifted P/K designer, designed this innovative Skyfarm, 20 acres of climate-controlled farmland for the Evolo 2011 Skyscraper Competition.

Clothes Heaven

Blank Canvas

Shoreline Vista

Isles Craftsman

It's in the details

Twelve Days of Sketching: Day 3

Ross & Orenstein

Art of Cake

Sunday Paper

At home with art

Team Work

Weightless

Twelve Days of Sketching: Day 4

How it begins

Design is in the Details

P/K Style

Beginning with bumwad

Bayside

P/K HQ

2014 Art Show

Illuminating the axis

In Progress: Costa Rica

Snow Day

Twelve Days of Sketching: Day 1

Iowa Farmhouse

Karch Mobil

P/K in #hashtags

LEED Platinum Bungalow

Entryways

Sheridan Residence

2010 Art Show

Laundry Suite

Isles Suite

Zenith Stairway

LOWRY HILL COTTAGE

2015 Art Show

Artist in Residence

Trusses

Dreaming of Nosara

The eye must travel

Concept: Calhoun

Orthogonals

2012 Art Show

Lakeside Sunset

Design by hand

Edgewater VI

Twelve Days of Sketching: Day 5

Transparent

East Isles Tuck Under

Twelve Days of Sketching: Day 12

Anything for the Shot

Butler's Pantry

P/K arcade

Edgewater VII

Safety in the Workplace

Linden Hills Craftsman

Iconic Design

Welcome to the lake

Breezy Point

2011 Art Show

Edgewater V

Private Oasis

Garage Beautiful

Concept: Kenwood

Take your Corgi to work day

Every House Has A Story

Harry Wild Jones

Blend Awards

Nook

Lake of the Isles Residence

Section by hand

Twelve Days of Sketching: Day 10

Zeno Cafe

2013 Art Show

Material: Curved Wood Flooring

Unbuilt: Seaside Retreat

Tribeca meets Crocus Hill

Feel like home?

Wet

Twelve Days of Sketching: Day 2

Surf's Up!

For the aspiring cook

East Isles Renovation

Framed Vista

Whether by happenstance or design, many of our clients share our passion for lakes, oceans, and rivers. While each project is as unique as the clients, our work is always guided by a respect for the environment, an understanding or how a home should relate to its surroundings, and our commitment to exceptional design and enduring quality.

Iowa Farmhouse

We love fun details!

Twelve Days of Sketching: Day 11

Reading in the sunlight.

Linden Hills Farmhouse

Visitors find it hard to believe that this charming home is brand new, as the scale, detailing, and welcoming front porch are perfectly at home in the Linden Hills neighborhood. It even received a Buildings and Landscapes Enhancing the Neighborhood Through Design (B.L.E.N.D) award!

East Isles Arts & Crafts

An addition on this stately Harry Wild Jones designed home, blends beautifully on the exterior, while infusing the house with a modern twist on the interior.