AIA MN and Midwest Home magazine’s Emerging Talent of the Year Award Winner
Bryan Anderson, AIA has been named as the 2012 Emerging Talent Award recipient.
AIA Minnesota and Midwest Home magazine’s Emerging Talent of the Year award focuses on the individual architect, licensed for less then 10 years, highlighting their professional achievements and dedication to excellence in the design of single-family homes. Bryan and the 2012 Architect of Distinction will be featured in Midwest Home’s spring issue.
Congratulations, Bryan!

Addition Wins North Central Regional COTY Award
An addition for Carol and Andre Bergeron, won the COTY 2012 North Central Regional Award for Residential Historical Renovation/Restoration. It previously won a 2011 Minnesota COTY Award in the same category. The addition was designed by Joseph G. Metzler with Jared Banks won a 2 for Best Residential Historical Renovation/Restoration. Vujovich Design Build was the winning contractor. The project will be competing for a national COTY award this April in Dallas, TX.
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).

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
