Vandais Heights City Hall

Location: Vandais Heights, MN
Total Square Footage: 15,000 sq ft
Construction Cost:
Completion Date: 2002

BKV Group worked closely with Vadnais Heights City Council members and staff to develop an appropriate image for this 15,000 sf facility. Located off of the County Road E arterial, the facility links the new commercial development to the east and the older residential area located to the west. The backdrop for the building is a beautiful wooded wetland, framed into view through a generously vaulted lobby space.

The incorporation of natural materials (wood and stone in the interior and indigenous plantings and prairie grasses to the exterior) was a significant part of the concept in the design of the facility located within a community that values its natural amenities.

The city hall invites a high level of public use—not necessarily to conduct city business—but as a convening space accessible to the community for group meetings and other gatherings.