Students Stop by Alchemy Office!

Last week, a group of fourth and fifth graders from Echo Park Elementary School and Oak Ridge Elementary School stopped by the Alchemy office to ask a real architect some questions.  After spending time studying architecture in class, the students ventured into the real architecture office as part of their "Architectural Tour of the Twin Cities."  The field trip started at Alchemy where Geoff explained the role of an architect as well as answered student questions.
After Alchemy, the class had a full day of stops including the Ramsey County Courthouse, the Cathedral of St. Thomas the Apostle, the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, the observation deck of the Foshay Tower, and lastly the Guthrie Theater.
We enjoyed having the students stop by and hope they had a great time the rest of their field trip.

Blair BarnHouse Featured in Dwell!

Our friends at Dwell decided to feature the Blair BarnHouse in their recently released March issue. The Blair BarnHouse was chosen as this months "Houses We Love" selection. The concise article discusses Donna and Bert's inspiration for the project. Grab a copy of the recent Dwell to check out the article.

Minneapolis Star Tribune: Twice In One Week!

Alchemy has been fortunate enough to be featured in two separate Minneapolis Star Tribune articles in the last couple of days. The first of the weeHouse mentions was part of the 2011 AIA Honor Award Winners announcement. The Marfa weeHouse was selected as a 2011 Small Project Honor Award recipient by AIA Minnesota. The Marfa weeHouse as well as the other AIA Honor Award winners can be seen on the Star Tribune's website here.

On Sunday morning Alchemy woke up to a second story which featured photos of weeHouses floating though the air. The article titled "Prefab cachet is catching on" highlights the benefits of prefab construction. Alchemy's Geoffrey Warner is quoted a number of times in the article. Check out the online version of the article here.

Thanks Star Tribune!