Dwell2025
A Brick House That Turns Its Back on the Street — Beautifully
“Verbeek & Asher make restraint feel generous. The North Loop Residence is a master class in trading frontage for light.”
A-400 · Studio
A building is only as good as its drawings.
Verbeek & Asher was founded in 2006 by Daan Verbeek, AIA, and Nadia Asher, AIA, on a shared conviction: that a building is only as good as its drawings, and a drawing is only as good as the questions behind it. Two decades on, the studio is a team of fifteen — licensed architects, designers, and a dedicated construction-administration group — working across houses, workplaces, and cultural buildings throughout the Upper Midwest. We keep a small portfolio on purpose: every project carries a principal’s hand from first sketch to final punch list.
Philosophy
Restraint, at every scale.
Verbeek & Asher is an architecture studio in Minneapolis, Minnesota, designing residential, commercial, and cultural work across the Upper Midwest. We practice a quiet, rigorous architecture — buildings shaped by light, structure, and material, drawn with the precision of a complete set and detailed through construction. Licensed, NCARB-certified, AIA, and LEED-accredited.
We believe in a quiet architecture shaped by light, structure, and material — and in drawings complete enough that the building matches the intent. A principal carries every project from first sketch to final punch list.
20
Years in practice
180+
Projects delivered
4.2M
Sq ft designed
24
Design awards
38
LEED-certified projects
6
States built in
Credentials
Built on credibility.
Architecture clients buy on trust. We surface ours plainly.
Licensed architects
MN Firm #AF-4471
NCARB certified
Reciprocity in 6 states
AIA Minnesota
Members in good standing
LEED Accredited
Sustainable design practice
Professional liability
$2M E&O coverage
MN Architecture Firm Registration #AF-4471. Registration and certification numbers shown are illustrative for this template. A licensed architect must stamp drawings in the jurisdiction where a project is built.
The team
A studio of fifteen.
Daan Verbeek
Founding Principal · AIA, NCARB
Co-founded the studio in 2006 after a decade with two nationally-recognized firms. Leads residential and cultural work; teaches design studio at the University of Minnesota.
AIANCARBLEED AP
Nadia Asher
Founding Principal · AIA, LEED AP
Co-founded the studio in 2006. Leads commercial, civic, and master-planning work, and the firm’s sustainability practice. Past president, AIA Minnesota.
AIANCARBLEED AP BD+C
Theo Okafor
Associate Principal · AIA
Leads project delivery and construction administration. The reason the buildings match the drawings.
AIANCARB
Maya Lindgren
Senior Associate · Interiors Lead
Heads architectural interiors and millwork. Trained as both architect and interior designer; obsessed with the detail at the joint.
NCIDQLEED AP
Awards
Selected recognition.
2025Honor Award · North Loop ResidenceAIA Minnesota
2024Merit Award · Riverside Cultural CenterAIA Upper Midwest
2024A+ Award, Cultural · Riverside Cultural CenterArchitizer
2024Honor Award · Branch Library & CommonsAIA Upper Midwest
2023Preservation Award · Foundry LoftsPreservation Alliance of MN
2022Honor Award · Lakeside CabinAIA Minnesota
In the press
Architectural Record2024
On the Bluff: A Cultural Center Returns the River to the City
“A folded-plate roof and a single great room give this arts center the civic weight of a much larger building.”
Metropolis2024
Timber, Done Right
“The Mill District Workplace shows what mass timber can be when an architect treats the structure as the architecture.”
Star Tribune2023
A Foundry’s Second Century
“The studio’s lightest touch is its loudest statement: a 1908 foundry left to speak for itself.”