Boise State University Center for the Visual Arts / HGA + Lombard Conrad

Curated by Paula Pintos

Architects: HGA, Lombard Conrad
Area: 97600 ft²
Year: 2019
Photographs:Paul Crosby
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Lead Architects: Steven Dwyer, Rebecca Krull Kraling, Scott Henson and Casey Huse
Electrical Engineering: Eidam & Associates Consulting Engineers
Structural Engineering: KPFF Consulting Engineers
Mechanical Engineering: Musgrove Engineering, P.A.
Landscape: The Land Group Inc.

Text description provided by the architects. The Center for the Visual Arts at Boise State University is a new 97,600 SF state-of-the-art facility that exemplifies the University’s commitment to the arts. Located on the west edge of campus, the University envisioned the Center as a pivotal cultural link and gateway between the campus and its community. The program includes 2D and 3D disciplines, critique spaces, public exhibit galleries, faculty and administrative offices. Three main programmatic elements shape the massing: a tall art studio wing clad in limestone and glazed on the north, providing expansive views to the Boise River and Downtown; a two-story exhibition gallery wing clad in blue stainless steel; and a highly transparent lobby that serves as the light-filled connective tissue between the two.