2025 Event Registration Fee
$210 per person
$125 full time students (see below for scholarship opportunity)
$125 children age 12-18. Children 12 and older are welcome to register and attend the entire design retreat weekend. Please respect our request to refrain from bringing children under 12 years of age into the theater during Retreat presentations.
Optional Activities
Learn more about the optional activities here.
Saturday afternoon optional activities. As interested, sign up for one of the three optional Saturday afternoon activities. The tour is an additional $20 pp and limited to the first 30 registrants.
Optional Saturday box lunch. As interested, sign up for the Saturday box lunch. Options offered will be an Italian Club on brioche bun OR Roasted red peppers and hummus on sour dough. The lunch is an additional $25 pp. Deadline to sign up is February 17.
Financial Assistance
Financial Assistance in Memory of Dave Morck, AIA
If financial hardship is a barrier to attending LSDR, please reach out to Deanna Christiansen or Ann Mayhew to learn more about financial assistance in memory of Dave Morck, AIA.
AIA Northern Minnesota Student Scholarship
AIA Northern Minnesota is providing two (2) scholarships of $250 each.
Applicants must be enrolled full-time in a NAAB-accredited architecture program and either be from the Northern Minnesota region or have interest in moving there after graduation. Scholarship recipients will be expected to attend the Retreat in its entirety, write a 250-word essay afterward on their experience, and will be invited to an optional meet-and-greet with the AIA Northern Minnesota board of directors.
To be considered, please email Ann Mayhew with the following information:
— Full name
— Year, program, and school
— Paragraph on your connection to northern Minnesota and/or your interest in moving there after graduation
Applicants will be reviewed and accepted on a rolling basis.
Your registration includes:
- Six featured speaker presentations
- Up to 6 Learning Units for AIA continuing education
- Friday evening reception*
- Saturday morning coffee and pastries
- Saturday evening reception*
- Social commarderie
- Engaging conversations
- Energizing inspiration
- A really good time!
Lodging is extra
A block of rooms has been reserved for LSDR attendees at the Sheraton Duluth Hotel (right across the street from Zeitgeist) at a rate of $189 per night. This block is available through February 13, 2025. Make your reservations now!
Visit duluthbandb.com for B&B options or call 1.800.4.DULUTH for other lodging suggestions.
