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ENTER is a digital monthly + print annual exploring the people, places, and ideas shaping a better built environment for Minnesota, published by @aiamn.

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“I wanted to create a retreat that weaved together creative expression and health and wellness." https://t.co/AsXypw9YRC

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“Architecture is as much about the people you’re making it with as it is about buildings.”

Read our interview with Ann Voda, AIA: https://t.co/iGapqOjisT

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“Our muse for the floor plan was the ‘call and response’ tradition in African and African American music and singing,” says Locus Architecture principal Wale Falade, AIA, NOMA. Read about the new Walker West Music Academy building: https://t.co/Mm0XmtIyyl

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The 2020 winner of the Minnesota Architectural Foundation’s Ralph Rapson Traveling Study Award Matthew Tierney, AIA, shares artwork from his travel journal with ENTER: https://t.co/tBw5hIRNwC

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In fall 2023, the Rock Ridge Public Schools grew its new campus with Rock Ridge High https://t.co/PA3k1rjHx0 features project-based learning neighborhoods and lab spaces, a central commons. and an exceptionally air-tight building envelope. Read more: https://t.co/PpuVOj2cjS

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“We worked closely with Marvin to create an office built around a sense of community, collaboration, and well-being that fully supports company culture and employees’ new ways of working,” says @HGA senior interior designer Ashley Macaulay. Keep reading: https://t.co/sLDBQp42EM

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(From 2021) — In its Perkins&Will–designed building, the Bell Museum tells the stories of the creatures and landscapes that make Minnesota unique. Keep reading: https://t.co/QMUz8MQfd3

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Purchase the 2025 ENTER print annual & read in-depth architectural features and see photo galleries: https://t.co/NMeMMqjy8c

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“When you pair affordable family housing and small-scale infill with zoning changes, it allows for this kind of development. It’s really something to be highlighted.” — Brian Schaffer, Minneapolis Public Housing Authority Read more: https://t.co/Ko1Kc5bkcA

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Looking to book a summertime getaway? Read more about a new generation of architect-designed retreats in three galleries: https://t.co/jlIh8pf3sr

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For the 2024 print annual, architects Trevor Bullen, AIA, NOMA, dean of @dunwoodycollege’s School of Design, and Karen Lu, AIA, NOMA, a design director at @SnowKreilich, discussed the promise and shortcomings of AI in architecture. Read the interview: https://t.co/bfMeqIJvCR

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ADUs are often designed as a small apartment above a garage. When Minneapolis homeowners decided to replace their three-car garage with a two-car garage and ADU, they took a different approach, with striking results.

Read more and see the photo gallery: https://t.co/EaBCZyY5zj

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“In the summer of 2023, I photographed three landmark buildings in St. Paul. I used the photos to create drawings of these buildings during the winter of 2024."
Read more about Mark Swenson, FAIA’s process and see all three drawings: https://t.co/cq4MdqLjfp

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In fall 2023, the Rock Ridge Public Schools grew its new campus with Rock Ridge High https://t.co/QPlb7lYwdJ features project-based learning neighborhoods and lab spaces, a central commons. and an exceptionally air-tight building envelope. Read more: https://t.co/YqKmsKqx6s

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(From Dec 2023) — When it comes to climate action, “We felt it was important as a city to lead by example, so we could at least say to our residents and businesses: ‘We’re in this—we need you in this, too,’” says [former] St. Louis Park Mayor Jake Spano. https://t.co/BxgE3J5fYx

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Last fall, the Minnesota Museum of American Art lifted the curtain on three new galleries, a significant expansion of its facilities in downtown St. Paul.

Keep reading: https://t.co/qcSvp0KYiE

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(From the Archives | August 2023) On July 28, the @mnzoo unveiled a one-of-a-kind project: The Treetop Trail is a 1.25-mile, elevated pedestrian walkway designed by @SnowKreilich and @TENxTENSTUDIO

Read more about the Treetop Trail: https://t.co/4cUhFHuisY

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Two Twin Cities design studios—landscape architecture firm TEN x TEN and architecture firm VJAA Inc. —have a hand in PORCH: An Architecture of Generosity, an exhibition at the the Venice Biennale of Architecture U.S. Pavilion. Keep reading: https://t.co/MYLCtXgqu3

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(From August 2024) — A recently completed two-year research project has found that mass timber, while more costly, is competitive, at least in Minneapolis, Denver, and Atlanta.

Read more about the study: https://t.co/uoqKh271pH

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Read more about the new OurFamilyWizard (OFW) space, transformed by Studio BV: https://t.co/0FLc18seqW