Feb
15
Watch it Grow: Part 1
Hi, I’m Lisa Antenucci and I joined Shelter less than a year ago. Being the newest member of the Shelter team I thought it may be interesting for you and helpful for me to follow a project from start to finish. That way we can both have a glimpse at the design process here at [...]
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02
Trending – add a bold splash of color!
Shelter’s Founding Partner Jackie Millea takes a moment out of her busy day to ruminate on the bold impact and outright fun you can have with color. Still an important detail to understand when thinking how to make the spaces in which we work, play and live…better. I am being interviewed this week about [...]
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17
Green blogging from 2007
Back in February of 2007 most design firms were just starting to notice the importance of sustainable design. Here at Shelter we were already years into our commitment to find new ways of designing sustainably. We were already underway designing Minnesota’s first LEED-H Platinum home. We recently stumbled upon this old blog post we wrote in 2007.
We thought it would be worth re-posting. Most of it still holds up but our views have evolved on some of the points. Give it a read and let us know how you think the “green movement” has changed in the last 4-5 years. Enjoy!
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10
Design considerations for LEED-H
On October 13th Shelter’s own John Barbour presented the closing keynote lecture at the American Institute of Architects (AIA) South Dakota Convention. John compared the design of 2 very different homes – one modern and the other Victorian, both LEED-H certified. One was the first LEED-H Platinum home in Minnesota (5ive), and the other was [...]
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07
The Secret Room
Fun and glamour are the key words inspiring this dressing room with its secret lingerie room. This young couple was born a decade or two late with their 1950’s cocktail attitude and wanted a place in their home where they could get ready for their days and nights in style.
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