Spring time is what some refer to as awards season in the Residential Architects community. A couple of the well promoted honors are The Home of the Month Awards by The Star Tribune, and the RAVE Awards by Minneapolis St. Paul Magazine. This year SALA was privileged to be the recipient of three 2013-2014 Home of the Month Awards that will be presented in The Star Tribune throughout the coming year. Of course it’s always wonderful to receive praise from one’s peers, but what’s even more rewarding is the public gets exposure and inspiration from past clients’ projects. I always have great satisfaction when observing such inspiration grow thoughts into ideas, and ideas into fulfilling projects for my clients. Here is a video from a RAVE Award for my Shopa Project that describes a terrific example of the architect / client relationship and process.