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.
5. 7130 Gerard Dr., Eden Prairie, Minnesota
Rehkamp Larson Architects
Mark Larson, AIA
Contractor: Home Owner
This modern house, built by the
homeowner, makes efficient use
of space, meets a frugal budget,
and is a new sustainable neighbor in an
established suburban neighborhood. The
main level allows for one-level living and
the lower level contains another bedroom
suite, exercise room, full workshop, and
additional garage space. Its sustainable
features include geothermal heating/cooling,
heavily insulated walls and roof, infloor
radiant heating, an insulated pre-cast
foundation system requiring no footings,
passive solar heating, and durable materials.
The site has been landscaped with
hearty native plantings, a grass driveway,
and rain gardens to reduce runoff.