Beyond the Skyline: Q&A with Michael Grage and Troy Malmstrom

Cincinnati-based GBBN is a relative newcomer to the Twin Cities, but the architecture firm hopes to expand its footprint in the area with help from experienced leadership and tools such as augmented reality.

Leading the Minneapolis office, which was established in 2020, is associate principal Michael Grage, who has 20 years of design and project management experience and is a project manager within GBBN’s health care market.

GBBN’s local projects include work for Children’s Minnesota Hospital and the Hennepin Arts, as well as a tenant improvement for Brown & Brown in the former AT&T Building at 901 Marquette Ave. in downtown Minneapolis.

In this interview, Grage and Troy Malmstrom, GBBN’s associate principal and director of computational design & fabrication, talk about how their company is using augmented reality to break down communication barriers with clients and end users, among other topics.