Shelter brings to your project a proven track record of environmental sensitivity and beautiful design. The award winning architectural services we provide tailor your world to your needs. With collaboration at its heart, Shelter’s design process analyzes your unique requirements and provides you with experts in architecture, landscape and interior design.

Every project offers an opportunity to make things better; whether you are looking for a cozy lake cottage, a modern design, a historic restoration, or a Main Street renovation.

Shelter’s approach ensures that your project will come together as a complete thought flowing effortlessly from inside to out. We can transform your project beyond just walls and windows. With our holistic design process a world of possibilities opens up.

Our multi-disciplinary team brings you not only award winning landscape design; it also adds a level of environmental understanding not found in other architecture offices. Your project has the potential for pathways, plantings and orchestrated outdoor spaces that should be considered at the start of the design process.

At the same time our landscape experts are kicking around thoughts about your outdoor experience, our interior designers are making sure the inside feels perfect. A large part of what makes your world comfortable are the things that you touch.

You have probably been in places that made you think. It looks like a photo from a magazine…but I couldn’t actually live here. With our diverse group of designers on your team your project’s livability is always kept on the priority list.

You will find our fees are competitive within our industry. In most cases we bill at an hourly rate. We are glad to discuss a fee estimate with you and show how your project’s fees are structured.

Whatever the scope of your project we give you a well thought through estimate of what your design should cost before any work begins.

The Reality Check allows you to meet with one of our experts in either architecture, landscape, or interior design to find practical, sustainable and inspiring solutions to specific design problems. You give us all your thoughts on your potential project and we give you our undivided attention and our expert advice.

The Reality Check is an on-site consultation service that unleashes the power of Shelter’s design process in a condensed, affordable form. It is available, in person, for any residential or commercial owners in the Minneapolis/Saint Paul metro area. We also offer a remote Reality Check for those of you outside the Twin Cities Metro (or even out of state).

Tier 1 | 2 hour on-site consultation

For small project feasibility, home addition scoping & ballpark budgeting, commercial feasibility, landscape assessment, or one to two room renovation.

$300

Tier 2 | 2 hour on-site consult + 4 hour studio time 

+ 1 hour follow up meeting

For kitchen planning & layout, zoning evaluation, whole house renovation, large addition and remodel, or landscape layout.

$850