2012 Minneapolis St. Paul Home Tour
The 2012 Minneapolis St. Paul Home Tour is a great opportunity to see three recent SALA projects! Home #10 is the home of Laura Davis & Eric Roberts located on W. Lake of the Isles Parkway in Minneapolis. The addition, designed by Joseph G. Metzler and Steven Buetow with Ken Zehoski, adds a family room, breakfast nook, study, new kitchen, mudroom, master suite, and new children’s bath as well as finishing the basement. Home #36 is the home of Liz LaFond in St. Anthony Park in St. Paul. The addition, designed by Joseph G. Metzler and Bryan Anderson, created a new Arts & Crafts kitchen and mudroom. Home #55 is a creative and energetic re-imagining of a formerly derelict house into three rental units. The project was designed by Tim Fuller. The tour is Saturday April 28 from 10 to 5 and Sunday April 29 from 1 to 5 and is free!
SALA at the 2012 Minneapolis Home and Garden Show
Please visit us at booth #2420 at the 2012 Minneapolis Home & Garden Show, running from Wednesday, February 29 – Sunday, March 4, 2012. Eric Odor and Bryan Anderson will be speaking on the Lifestyle Stage Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at 2 pm and Sunday, March 4, 2012 at 3 pm.
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.
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.