Snapshots - Peterssen Keller Architecture

Brookview Residence

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

Lakeside Oasis

Basswood Remodel

Photography: Spacecrafting

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.

Rolling Green Remodel

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.

Orono Retreat

UNBUILT: Long Island Retreat

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

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.

Kenny Kitchen

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

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.

Mid Mod Kitchen

Lakeview Resiedence

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.

Wooddale 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.

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.

In Progress: New York Manor

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.

Edina In Progress

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

Twelve Days of Sketching: Day 7

Lakeside retreat

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.

A modern home for a young family.

Golden Valley Prospect

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.

Contemporary Cottage

Lake Harriet Arts & Crafts

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

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.

Twelve Days of Sketching: Day 9

The Stable

Edgewater Kitchen

Zenith Contemporary Cottage

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.

Garage becomes reading room

Canine Approved

Crooked Lake Cabin

Crocus Hill Residence

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

P/K + A

Ridgedale Residence

Spring Valley Residence

Unbuilt: Hillside Residence

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

Cottagewood Residence

Highlands Residence

St Louis Park Residence

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.

Kitchen Alfresco

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

Zenith 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.

East Calhoun Residence

Modern Kitchen

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

Nordic Prairie

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

Med'oza Ponds Residence

Brookview Residence

Design Team:Gabriel Keller

Photography: Spacecrafting

Twelve Days of Sketching: Day 6

Clothes Heaven

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.

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.

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.

Woodhill Ranch

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

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.

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.

Bright way to start your day

Unbuilt: Harriet Park Residence

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

Twelve Days of Sketching: Day 8

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.

Iconic Design

It's in the details

2013 Art Show

LEED Platinum Bungalow

P/K HQ

Material: Curved Wood Flooring

Welcome to the lake

Snow Day

Twelve Days of Sketching: Day 3

Transparent

Feel like home?

Design is in the Details

Beginning with bumwad

Private Oasis

Butler's Pantry

LOWRY HILL COTTAGE

Twelve Days of Sketching: Day 10

2012 Art Show

P/K Style

Twelve Days of Sketching: Day 5

Lake of the Isles Residence

Isles Craftsman

Edgewater VII

P/K arcade

Karch Mobil

2014 Art Show

Zeno Cafe

Dreaming of Nosara

At home with art

Every House Has A Story

Linden Hills Craftsman

Safety in the Workplace

Orthogonals

In Progress: Costa Rica

Weightless

Iowa Farmhouse

Blank Canvas

Unbuilt: Seaside Retreat

Illuminating the axis

Artist in Residence

Lakeside Sunset

Concept: Calhoun

Trusses

Sheridan Residence

Entryways

How it begins

Concept: Kenwood

Team Work

Zenith Stairway

Blend Awards

2015 Art Show

Wet

Sunday Paper

Edgewater VI

Isles Suite

Design by hand

Section by hand

Twelve Days of Sketching: Day 4

Laundry Suite

Twelve Days of Sketching: Day 2

Breezy Point

Garage Beautiful

Tribeca meets Crocus Hill

East Isles Tuck Under

Harry Wild Jones

Anything for the Shot

P/K in #hashtags

Edgewater V

Bayside

Twelve Days of Sketching: Day 12

Take your Corgi to work day

2010 Art Show

Ross & Orenstein

The eye must travel

Nook

Twelve Days of Sketching: Day 1

2011 Art Show

Shoreline Vista

Art of Cake

Hearth

There's beauty in the unexpected.

Twelve Days of Sketching: Day 11

Colfax Residence

Reading in the sunlight.

Iowa Farmhouse

Family Cabin

Surf's Up!

We love fun details!

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.

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.

Where materials meet.

East Isles Renovation

B&B or Master Suite?

East Calhoun Residence

Highlands Mid-Century

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!

For the aspiring cook

Indianola Residence

The Edgewater

Situated on the shores of Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis, the Edgewater features 22 shell units that have been built-out as custom-designed homes.