2012 Lake Home & Cabin Show

Looking for inspiration for a new cabin or home remodel?  Join SALA Architects at the Lake Home & Cabin Show at the Minneapolis Convention Center, February 10 - 12, 2012.

SALA principals will also be presenting 2 seminars during the show:

Cabin Design Today
Presented by Dale Mulfinger, FAIA
Friday, February 10 at 5pm AND Saturday, February 11 at 2pm

Modern Ecological Cabin
Presented by David O’Brien Wagner, AIA, LEED AP
Sunday, February 12 at Noon

Additional information, including exhibit hours and admission cost, are available from the Lake Home and Cabin Show website.

SALA in Rochester!

Come visit SALA at the Rochester Home Show at the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester Minnesota.  You can find us in the Exhibit Hall at booth #81.  The show runs from February 10 to 12, 2012.

SALA principals will also be presenting 2 seminars during the show.  On Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 12:30 p.m., Eric Odor, AIA, LEED AP, will be presenting “The Art & Science of Sustainable Design”.  Eric will lead a general and specific discussion of the materials, methods & costs of sustainable building as it relates to three recent award-winning SALA projects. With the aid of models and photographs Eric will share his practical experiences with a lake home, a net-zero farmhouse & an urban dwelling on track to be LEED certified.

The following day, at 1:30 p.m., Joseph Metzler, AIA, LEED AP, will be presenting “Making History:  Creating Old-Home Character Today”.  Joe will focus on the secrets to creating old-home character in a new home or an old-home addition and explain why that recently built “traditional” home doesn’t feel old.

Additional information, including exhibit hours and admission cost, are available from the Rochester Home Show website.

StarTribune Features Award-Winning Addition by SALA

The StarTribune Sunday Homes section featured the SALA Designed Bergeron Addition in “An Arts & Crafts Homage in Minneapolis” on November 27, 2011.  The recent Minnesota COTY award-winning project was designed by Joseph G. Metzler with Jared Banks.

Addition Wins MN COTY Award

An historically sympathetic addition designed by Joseph G. Metzler with Jared Banks won a 2011 Minnesota COTY Award for Best Residential Historical Renovation/Restoration.  The addition, for Carol and Andre Bergeron, featured a kitchen with a fireplace inglenook and a three quarter bath in the area formerly occupied by the kitchen.  The design, skillfully constructed by Vujovich Design Build, incorporates Arts & Crafts woodwork details from the original residence.  The Minnesota COTY awards are presented by the Minnesota chapter of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI).

Wayne Branum at the TRAX GALLERY, Berkeley, CA

Wayne Branum is one of a group of ceramic artists participating in an exhibition on pattern and decoration at the TRAX GALLERY in Berkeley, CA.  The show opens Saturday, November 19th, 2011 and is available to see online at, traxgallery.com.  Wayne’s work includes a range of forms from the useful pot to containers that have architectural references to his latest figurative statuesque pieces.

Visit Four SALA Homes on the 2011 Homes By Architects Tour

The Homes By Architects tour is just around the corner [September 17th and 18th, 2011], but be sure to join us on Wednesday, September 14th, 2011 at Room & Board in Edina for a pre-tour meet and greet.

SALA has four homes on this year’s AIA Homes By Architects tour. Get a SALA passport at any of SALA’s homes, have it stamped at each SALA tour home and receive a complimentary two hour design consultation at either of SALA’s two locations in Minneapolis and Stillwater [see offer details while visiting any of the SALA tour homes during the tour]. For tour details see: www.homesbyarchitects.org

SALA Presents at the MN State Fair Eco-Experience

Visiting the State Fair? See Marc Sloot, AIA on the Eco-Experience Sustainability Stage giving his talk Creative ReUse and other waste reducing strategies during remodeling and construction August 31, 2011 at 4:30 pm. Reducing residential construction waste is great for the environment, can save money and be fun, especially when it means adding character, charm, and lore to your project. Attend this program for inspiration, education and even a few laughs.

Meet Dale Mulfinger

Come meet Dale Mulfinger, author of The Cabin, The Getaway Home, Cabinology, and The Architecture of Edwin Lundie, for a book signing event on Saturday, September 17, 2011 from 11am to 2pm at Lake Lodge & Cabin, 1515 5th Street So., Hopkins, MN 55343.

Zumbro Zen - Star Tribune Home of the Month

Check out Eric Odor’s Star Tribune Home of the Month winner Zumbro Zen, to be featured Sunday, September 4, 2011 in the Star Tribune Home Section, and on this year’s Homes by Architects tour September 17th and 18th, 2011 (details at www.homesbyarchitects.org)

Two SALA Projects Selected as RAVE Award Winners

SALA Architects recently received two RAVE Awards from AIA MN and Mpls/StPaul Magazine. Check out the coverage in the July 2011 Homes insert in Mpls/StPaul Magazine or at www.raveawards.org

For a chance to win a free design consultation with one of the RAVE Award winning architects sign up through August 20th, 2011 at the Mpls/StPaul Magazine website