ABOUTÂ
Habitat Architecture is a boutique residential design studio, specialized in creating exquisite, personalized high-end luxury custom home designs and remodeling. With over three decades of expertise, we combine innovative design with a personal touch, to craft exceptional living spaces. Our commitment to sustainable and thoughtful architecture ensures every project is tailored to your vision; seamlessly blending beauty and functionality to transform your dreams into reality, with unparalleled attention to detail and client satisfaction.
Our work is aimed at providing uniquely distinctive, thoughtfully creative and sustainable designs. One that meets personal service and solutions, sensitive to your lifestyle and budget goals. We thrive by to responding to challenges which you might face. From difficult lot to specific spatial needs and lifestyle, to your budge and market awareness, we have the expertise and resources to create the highest outcome for you, while responding to the ideals of harmony between buildings, architecture and its surrounding environment.
The balance between beauty and function and sensitivity to integration of building to the site and its surrounding environment is the corner stone of our design approach. The commitment to that ideal is the main driving force behind our work as residential design specialists and home remodeling experts.
As such, designing homes of strong architectural integrity and character and helping folks make the most of their project’s potential, is our passion. The long list of satisfied clients is the testament to what sets us apart from others, as the premier residential architecture firm in the Twin Cities.
Hamid is a licensed architect in state of Minnesota and Wisconsin, and is certified by the National Council of Architectural Registration Board; NCARB. He is also LEED certified by The U.S. Green Building Council; USGBC, reflecting his longstanding commitment to the environment and sustainable design.
"Since early childhood in my native country of Iran, my interest and talent in the artistic realm and a creative mind pulled me to discover the love for design and using my imagination to experiment and explore ideas." Hamid Says.
Whether making house models from mud and sticks on summer times in the country, or creating complex, abstract architectural models with wood blocks at the garage woodworking shop at home, to technical drafting at high school, his love for design and creative sense of design talent, clearly point the way towards architecture. By the time he had finished the secondary school, his determination in pursuit of architectural education at the highest level, brought him to the United States where he studied under the great modernist architect, Ralph Rapson, at the University of Minnesota; School of Architecture, receiving a combined two architectural degrees.
Hamid M. Kashani - AIA
FOUNDER
PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT
Hamid M. Kashani – AIA, is the founder of Habitat Architecture, who started the firm with the vision of introducing the value of good design, through service and dedication to educate the public of the value of an architect driven project in residential design.
His passion to help bring his client’s ideas and aspirations into reality, and his love for good design and architecture, has been the main driving force behind his career.
Although his education and early professional experience was primarily focused on large scale commercial building projects, his discovery of residential architecture and its very personal nature of working with people on the most intimate aspect of their lives, has greatly impacted the direction of his architectural practice.
Unlike larger firms, in working with Habitat Architecture you are assured that the work does not get handed down to a junior architect or a draftsman. As a hand on practitioner, Hamid’s personal touch and direct involvement throughout the design and construction process, brings you the highest level of confidence and the most satisfying and successful outcome.
