Tuesday, May 06, 2008

• I've been star-strucked!

  He may not be a celebrity to you, but he is to me! Meet Gar Hargens. Principal architect and owner of Close Architects in Minneapolis. Here are a few homes that he either designed or took part in designing the homes:

  

  and this,

  

  and finally, this!

  

  

  This house sits on a cliff in West Side St. Paul. A while back I wrote about this home, and describing how much I would love to see this home and how unfortunate that I don't know who the owners and architects are. Such great fate heard my call!

  One thing that made this home a great commision was that all of the design and build cost only $180,000! The owners wanted a very modern look, but was strict on their budget and Gar worked with all of those parameters.

  

  He doesn't have a British accent, dark-rimmed glasses or fold his arms in a pretentious way. Sure, the bow-tie maybe intimidating, but he is totally what I imagined a kind, thoughtful architect would be. He was eager to talk, soft spoken and kindly listen and understood my enthusiasm when I mentioned various building projects from the past and present, and totally understood the "Howard Roark" thing.

  (sigh) why can't he be my uncle.... Lol!

  Btw, I met him because a family member of mine needs help designing her home and she called the firm/ Gar for a consultation - so this wasn't a personal project, darn IT! I was just there to tag along and smile like a foolish jr. high school girl.

   

  - Happy eating and living!

   

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