NEWSTUDIO [SAINT PAUL, MN]

A view into NewStudio Architecture's Saint Paul, Minnesota office from the building's common area.

Reception area at NewStudio Architecture's Saint Paul, Minnesota office.

Repurposed door and cabinet highlight meeting space in NewStudio Architecture's Saint Paul, Minnesota office.

NewStudio Architecture features a large open office setting at their Saint Paul, Minnesota office.

A custom steel and timber grand stair leads down to NewStudio Gallery at NewStudio Architecture's Saint Paul, Minnesota office.

A comfortable enclave provides NewStudio staff a quiet space to work or lounge.

Luis Eslava's "Agatha" is a focal point above the stair at NewStudio's Saint Paul, Minnesota office.

Repurposed door highlights a meeting space in NewStudio Architecture's Saint Paul, Minnesota office.

NewStudio relocated from White Bear Lake to Saint Paul’s emerging Creative Enterprise Zone. The new space, occupying 8,780 sf over two floors of an old furniture warehouse, provides each member of NewStudio’s team with access to natural light. The brick and timber structure, which dates to 1902, was last renovated in the late 1980s and needed an update. Much of the work in the space involved stripping away previous “modernizations” to reveal the existing heavy timber columns and high ceilings.

To connect the two levels, NewStudio removed the floor of one entire structural bay, allowing natural light to stream to the lower level while highlight a new steel and timber grand staircase. In addition, the lower level presented space for a workshop and the NewStudio Gallery.

Photo credit: Peter VonDeLinde