10/14/2026
Affordable doesn't have to mean bland.
That was part of the thinking behind Prairie Oaks Townhomes, a PRG rehabilitation development in the Phillips neighborhood.
In 1985, the project earned Arvid Elness Architects an Honor Award from the Minnesota Society of the American Institute of Architects.
Prairie Oaks showed that modestly priced housing could still have thoughtful architecture and design.
Four decades later, that idea still feels important: everyone deserves a home designed with care.