Design in the Hills 2011 was our first year, featuring tours and presentations of local Built Environment design projects. Rapid City was undergoing a revitalization of the downtown area, and we toured the construction site of the new Main Street Square, which would become the heart of Downtown.
The South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks had the Outdoor Campus West was also under construction, creating a significant facility combining Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Interior Design facility for the Black Hills.
The group also toured the Black Hills Bronze Foundry & Prairie Berry Winery.
Architect, Donovan Broberg leads a tour through the Outdoor Campus, building, here explaining the aquarium interpretive feature. 
The entrance of SD Games, Fish & Parks Outdoor Campus – West 
Attendees get an orientation of the Outdoor Campus site. 
Black Hills Bronze foundry has since closed, but provided bronze casting for many local sculpture pieces, including the Presidents in downtown Rapid City. 
Prairie Berry Winery near Hill City – another great example of close collaboration between the design disciplines: Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Engineering. 
Lunch – it’s a big deal at Design in the Hills! 
Main Street Square in Downtown Rapid City, under construction. The ice rink is in the middle left, with the granite structures upper & bottom right that will become sculptural elements in the next phase of the project.
The Design in the Hills committee was formed in 2011 by architects, Kris Bjerke and Tanya Davis and interior designer Maggie Job. Over the years, many new faces have trickled through the committee as leadership in the AIA South Dakota organization has evolved, however Kris has been the anchor to an event which has become a much-anticipated gathering of designers in the Black Hills each summer. The current committee includes Ms. Bjerke, architect and AIA SD board members, Jenn Johnson & Brian Johnson and landscape architect, Tanya Olson. AIA South Dakota executive director, Angela Lammers has been a tremendous supporter and advocate to the event success as well.
When will we get the rules about the photo contest?
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