This tour has 29 homes that cover a wide variety of architectural styles, designed for each client. You will see simple to avant-garde and modest to generous budgets; a cross-section of lifestyles from lakeside to city loft to farmhouses; and functional design decisions in material and citing meant to make the most of materials and land.

After a quick tour online of these homes, you can access the tour program guide and map and plan your own route to tour the homes.

The homes are listed from West to East and numbered accordingly on the map.

14756 Cove Ave. S.E.

8. 14756 Cove Ave. S.E., Prior Lake, Minnesota


Habitat Architecture, Inc.


Hamid M. Kashani, AIA

Builder: Bennet & Koch Construction

This major remodel and addition to a lakefront property built in the 1980s transformed this poorly designed home that lacked space and character worthy of its site. The concept was developed with architectural style and exterior character more sensitive to the environmental context and interior spaces utilizing the open floor plan concept. An expansive wood deck and large glass openings at the home’s lakeside merge the interior and exterior. These were among many considerations for the final concept to create a “Cottage on the Lake.”

  • Marvin Windows and Doors
  • Midwest Home Magazine
  • AIA Minnesota