As we continue to navigate our new normal with post 2020-21, we wanted to take a moment to remember those architects within South Dakota that have passed this last year. As we look forward to the future of what 2022 has in store for us, we are grateful for the lasting impact these individuals had …
Call for Presentations!
Present at Design in the Hills, 2022 AIA SD Annual Convention AIA South Dakota has issued a Call for Presentations for Design in the Hills, planned for July 14-15, 2022, and the AIA South Dakota Annual Convention and Expo, scheduled for Sept. 15-16, 2022.Those who have knowledge and insight that may be of value to …
AIASD Award Winner: NSU Regional Sports Complex
Post and images submitted by CO-OP Architects. The Northern State University Regional Sports Complex includes a new on-campus DII football stadium, with seating for 4,000 fans with flexible berms to handle larger crowds. Suites, loge boxes, premier club seating, press level amenities, locker rooms, Champions Lounge, and concessions are also included in the design. In …
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AIASD Award Winner: Sauna Cube
Post and images submitted by Robert Arlt Architect. The sauna cube is a self-designed and built project sited in the backyard of our central Sioux Falls Midcentury ranch house. The project started out imagined as a garden shed but changed during covid after taking a trip in the summer of 2020 and spending time at a …
AIASD Award Winner: Urban Nest
Post and images submitted by Robert Arlt Architect. PROJECT OVERVIEW The Urban Nest project is an “Urban Refill” home for a family with two young sons just south of downtown Sioux Falls in a well-established, walkable neighborhood. The site resides outside of designated historic review areas but sits in the middle of a row of …
Lakisha Woods selected AIA Executive Vice President/Chief Executive Officer
Woods will serve as the 15th EVP/CEO of the American Institute of Architects. Repost from AIA National press release November 19, 2021. The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Board of Directors has selected Lakisha Ann Woods, CAE, as the next AIA Executive Vice President/Chief Executive Officer effective Jan. 31, 2022. “It is an honor to …
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2021 AIA SD Presidential Award Winner: Goss Opera House, Watertown SD
Celebrations in Architecture: Goss Opera House, Watertown SD receives recognition from AIA SD President, Tom Hurlbert at 2021 AIA SD Convention. (Content submitted by RSA) Every once in a while, we as Architects become involved in a project that changes our perspective on the value of somebody’s passion for a project, and how it can …
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Stunning Modern Home Designed by University of Kansas Architecture Students
(Sponsored content by Pella Windows) Innovative architecture students designed a home featuring elegant and modern Pella® Impervia® windows. Project Details Type: New Construction Location: Lawrence, KS Products Used: Pella® Impervia® Fiberglass Awning Window Pella® Impervia® Fiberglass Casement Window Area of Structure Involved: Kitchen, Living Room, Bedrooms and Bathrooms In this new construction project, architecture students …
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SDSU Chicoine AME Renaming Ceremony
(Cover image courtesy of SDSU) Over the past weekend, South Dakota State University officially celebrated the naming of the Chicoine Architecture, Mathematics & Engineering Hall with a ceremony honoring the 19th President of SDSU. Serving as President from 2007–2016, David Chicoine was instrumental in the founding of the Department of Architecture in 2010 and believed …
Going Metro: Re-cap Interview
Interview with Sara Lum, Program + Marketing Manager at Startup Sioux Falls and coordinator for the Going Metro program with the Sioux Falls Design Center The Sioux Falls Design Center secured an NEA grant (National Endowment for the Arts) and South Dakota Community Foundation grant, which supported the Going Metro programming. How did the project …