CANNON FALLS RESIDENCE
CANNON FALLS, MINNESOTA
The client’s goal for their new home was to create a family gathering place for children and grandchildren, high on a wooded bluff above the Cannon River. The design of familiar traditional residential forms and pleasing outdoor spaces were specifically sited for views of the river valley and the surrounding forest. Extensive millwork and custom paneling offer sophistication, and built-in cabinetry honors a lifetime’s collection of antique furniture, table linens, and pottery. The 35 profiles create a rich interior of an older home but incorporates- a modern sensibility.
Project Team
Mark E. Tambornino, AIA, Partner; Todd P. Hansen, AIA, CID, Partner
Photography
Exterior Photography: Peter Bastianelli Kerze
Interior Photography: Dana Wheelock
Outbuilding with pool changing rooms and kitchenette for comfortable entertaining. Full in-law apartment with separate entrance on second floor. Reclaimed southern yellow-pine floors.
OFF NOTE
- “When I was growing up, my parents had a ramshackle cabin on Lake Pepin with lots of painted woodwork and bead-board. What I wanted in my new house was that childhood cabin where I spent my summers, but it needed to be bigger, more sophisticated, and cleaner in design.” -Owner
BEHIND THE ARCHITECTURE
This lakeside cabin complex located in Northern Minnesota was designed for two families who had spent summers on this lake for generations. Their shared respect for the tradition of modest fishing retreats on this lake formed the basis of the design challenge: how to build something new that did not stand out amongst the small-scale original retreats on the lake. The program was divided into three small scaled, dark colored buildings, meant to blend into the environment as inconspicuously as possible.
