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Peter Kerze

This spacious Cannon Falls country house is shaped by a linear floor plan with oversized windows in every room that draw light deep into the home. One wing is for common areas and the other for private spaces.

Empty nest, open arms

Last update: November 18, 2007

Is it possible to make an 8,000-square-foot home feel like a gracious country house?

That was architect Todd Hansen's challenge when an empty-nester couple from Cannon Falls, Minn., asked him to design a house with room for children, grandchildren and indoor and outdoor entertaining.

The project, the Star Tribune/AIA Home of the Month by the Minneapolis architecture firm Albertsson Hansen, is indeed a comfortable and gracious retreat.

Hansen started with a 3½-acre site, a narrow strip of land above the bluff and below an old rail line, that presented both challenges and opportunities.

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