RICK CARTER

Hometown: Cloquet, Minn. -- current home is in Minneapolis' Bryn Mawr neighborhood.

Age: 49.

Education: Bachelor of Architecture, University of Minnesota, 1982.

How did you get interested in architecture? Architectural drafting class, 10th grade, Mr. Larson.

Family: wife, Jeanne; sons Eric, 21 and a junior at the University of Vermont, and Chris, 16 and a junior at Minneapolis South High School.

Most sustainable element in your house: Its location near downtown Minneapolis. I biked to work today.