Last updated on July 4th, 2024 at 06:44 am
Minneapolis, located in southern Minnesota, has over 429,954 people as of 2020. It is a beautiful city with many breathtaking views, lakes, parks, as well as excellent museums. Minnesota has a pleasant and peaceful neighborhood, a high standard of living, a variety of family-friendly activities, and a well-balanced industrial, commercial, and educational center.
As more people seek to live in the city, firms seek dependable contractors to meet the demand. Our editorial team has put together a list of architects in the region with experience and accolades in industrial building and the strong portfolios to show for it. The best industrial architects in Minneapolis, Minnesota, are listed below.
HCM Architects
4201 Cedar Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55407
Hagen, Christensen, and McIlwain Architects is built on shared values, friendship, and a clear vision for how it wants to conduct architecture. The firm is a practice founded on a simple business philosophy of providing innovative ideas, exceptional services, and treating people with respect.
The process of this architecture and planning firm begins by listening. The most crucial goal of HCM is to acknowledge its clients’ needs before starting to solve the problem in collaboration with all parties involved. The team also takes pride in offering highly customized, hands-on service. Clients can also be confident that the firm will provide direct and constant involvement in all aspects of a project; 79 years of combined professional practice will be put to work to meet their needs.
HCM Architects holds affiliations with the American Institute of Architects and the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards.
PlanForce
4931 W 35th Street, Suite 200, St. Louis Park, MN 55416
PlanForce Architecture + Design, founded in 2013 by Weld Ransom, is a commercial architecture and interior design firm based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was once known as WCL Associates, and it still provides integrated commercial architecture, interior design, and branding today. It serves a diverse clientele, serving everyone from national brands to local entrepreneurs. To provide the best possible solutions to clients from various industries, the firm consists of talented architects, interior designers, and marketers.
Ryan Schroeder, the firm’s president, currently leads the company.
Ryan completed his degree in architecture from North Dakota State University. He is a LEED-AP, a member of the American Institute of Architects, and a member of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards.
PlanForce Architecture + Design is a recipient of various honors from a range of organizations, including the 2018 STARR Award for Retail Design and the 2017 MNCAR’s Industrial Deal of the Year.
Pope Design Group
767 N. Eustis Street, Suite 190, St. Paul, MN 55114
Pope Design Group has been in business for nearly 50 years. As a seasoned firm that understands the industry’s intricacies, the company has mastered a variety of projects, including Industrial, Senior Living, Healthcare, and Corporate Workplace design. The firm has received numerous awards for its exemplary work, including several Awards of Excellence recognitions from the local chapter of NAIOP (National Association of Industrial and Office Parks).
The firm employs over 80 dedicated employees. Ward Isaacson, president and CEO of the company, leads this team of design professionals. Isaacson is a member of the American Institute of Architects and the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, and he leads the firm to create environments that enhance lives. The firm’s industrial portfolio includes 25+ projects in the pipeline totaling 2 million square feet, and over 3.5 million square feet of Industrial space designed in the last 5 years.
Finn Daniels Architects
2145 Ford Parkway #301, St. Paul, MN 55116
Finn Daniels Architects, established in 1982, is an architectural, planning, and interior design firm. Based in Minnesota, It holds professional licenses in 49 states and the District of Columbia, and its previous projects have included retail, restaurant, housing, HRA, automotive, industrial, financial, civic, and community development projects.
Drew Maguson, the CEO and principal of Finn Daniels Architects, has worked in various capacities since joining the firm in 1990, providing existing conditions surveys, code research, conceptual design, design development, construction documents, specification writing, project management, and construction administration. Drew’s production and management experience includes more than 1,250 projects, both locally and nationally. His diverse work experience and education enable him to approach projects from various angles to find effective solutions.
Blumentals/Architecture
1600 Marshall Street NE, Suite 1, Minneapolis, MN 55413
Blumentals/Architecture is a Minnesota company led by Jim Moy, AIA, CID, NCARB. The firm was founded in 1976 and has expanded into a group of dedicated and highly skilled professionals with experience spanning most building types and project scopes. This experience means that for its clients’ projects, it delivers a well-designed and well-managed project based on their requirements.
Blumentals/Architecture has the expertise to complete any project, everything from site evaluation and programming to interior design and graphic design. No two projects are alike, but the firm brings cumulative knowledge from previous projects to each new project.
Jim Moy, the owner and managing principal of Blumentals/Architecture, has his finger on the firm’s pulse. One of his key responsibilities is to actively review projects during design and construction, ensuring that details are up to date and conducting quality control on documents before they leave the office. The Minnesota Board of Architecture granted the firm the Certified Interior Design title under Jim’s leadership.
