OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF AIA IDAHO

Pub. 4 2024 Directory

Idaho State Department of Agriculture Diagnostic Laboratory

Award of Merit

The State of Idaho Department of Agriculture Diagnostics Lab is an 18,500-square-foot building that houses the state’s laboratories for Animal Health, Dairy, Seed, Feed & Fertilizer, IFQAL (Idaho Food Quality Assurance Lab), Plant Pathology and Metrology. The building is designed to assist the agency in its mission to ensure food supply safety, monitor the health of our public, animals and plants, and secure the futures of Idaho’s farmers and ranchers.

Idaho State Department of Agriculture Diagnostic Laboratory

Award of Merit

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Guernsey Dairy Milk Depot/Silvercreek Realty

Award of Merit

Located less than 1.5 miles to the Northwest of the Idaho State Capitol Building, the beautiful, historic Guernsey Dairy Milk Depot was built and designed by Tourtellotte & Himmel in 1937. The Depot was originally built to house both commercial and light industrial operations — including a retail space under the iconic corner tower.

Guernsey Dairy Milk Depot/Silvercreek Realty

Award of Merit

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5th & Grove Office Building

Energy and Sustainability / Award of Citation

Design for Integration
The scale, form, materials and details of 5th & Grove combine Boise’s new and old urban architecture and fabric. The design approach seeks to enhance the life of the street and the alley while blending into the city. The resulting dialogue adds to and invigorates the existing buildings and neighborhood by creating a space for new businesses and introducing a contemporary form within the downtown streetscape.

5th & Grove Office Building

Energy and Sustainability / Award of Citation

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KanZan House

Best Use of Wood / Award of Merit

This relatively large house has only two bedroom suites and one guest room which doubles as a meditation and yoga room. The large open spaces, made possible with a unique layered beam system, are meant to accommodate large gatherings of people. By layering glue-laminated wood beams at intervals of five feet on center, four layers of six ¾” x 12” beams provide a truss-like action that allows for two-way spans of 60 feet and overhangs of 15 feet. Acting in shear against a through bolt at each five-foot joint, this system acts as a modified Vierendeel truss, greatly reducing the depth-to-span ratio, in this case, a reduction of one-third. This contrasts with a simple truss, which utilizes diagonal elements in conjunction with vertical elements between the truss chords to resolve external loads in tension and compression only.

KanZan House

Best Use of Wood / Award of Merit

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