See the Chefs, Sample the Creativity
On Saturday and Sunday of the tour, from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. select homes on the tour will offer chef demos and food sampling for tour attendees. This is complimentary with ticket purchase.
Homes Featuring Chef Demos / Food Sampling:
At each of these homes during the demos on tour days, enter to win a $50 gift card to be used at any
one of 32 Twin Cities Originals restaurant locations.
Virtually Tour a Home in Iowa
This project will feature a tool that is revolutionizing the way in which architects communicate design to
the public: virtual reality. The proposed project was built on top of a ridge in a densely forested sloped site
that sheds its water into the Des Moines River in Boone, Iowa. The elongated, low volume of the main body
with a screen porch at both ends blends the house to the natural site.
The public will be able to “walk” through this house that is located 230 miles away from Minneapolis in the digital
lab at the U of M. The virtual reality tour lets people “inhabit” and become acquainted with the spaces proposed
by architects that are not easily accessible or yet un-built. There will be some general information boards at the
lab, along with photographs and plans, for visitors to get a better understanding of the completed project.
Learn More About Working with An Architect
AIA Minnesota has developed guidelines for homeowners to learn about how to hire and work with an
architect and what to expect in the building process.
Architecturally Designed Homes and You (PDF)
You and Your Architect (PDF)