Though inspiration sometimes emerges slowly, it can also flash unexpectedly, like a bolt of lightning'as it did the first time architects Julie Snow and Matthew Kreilich caught a glimpse of their clients' site along Minnesota's Lake Minnetonka.

Medtronic, maker of implantable cardioverter defibrillators, pacemakers, and monitoring equipment for cardiac rhythm disorders, has a new 1.2 million-square-foot campus, Phase 1 of a 1.5 million-square-foot project that will eventually house 6,000 Medtronic employees.

In today’s society, with advancing technology, the distinctions between work and other aspects of daily life, so clear since the Industrial Revolution, have melted away.

Duluth, Minnesota, sits on the edge of Lake Superior, the largest freshwater lake in the world.

Since its completion, the Mississippi River Bluff Home in Mendota, Minnesota has won numerous local and national awards for its architecture, been the site of private showings for architects wishing to demonstrate fine form and detailing to their employees, and hosted public house tours.