Author: AIA South Dakota

AIA South Dakota is the professional non-profit membership association of architects, future architects, and partners in the building and design industries, and the state chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) AIA South Dakota advances the mission that design matters in every South Dakota community.
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Representing the Work of a Master in the National Register of Historic Places

by Liz Almlie, Historic Preservation Specialist- South Dakota State Historical Society Of properties recognized in the National Register of Historic Places, one slice of them are nominated as the work of a master architect or craftsperson, which could also include builders, landscape architects, bridge engineers, and others.  These are places that best represent their body …

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AIA South Dakota presents its 2022 design awards

Dakota State University Cyber Lab

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – South Dakota architecture firms captured one American Institute of Architects (AIA) South Dakota Honor Award and three Merit Awards during AIA South Dakota’s recent annual conference. JLG Architects of Sioux Falls and Rapid City won an Honor Award in Architecture for the Dakota State University Cyber Lab in Madison (featured photo). The facility houses a …

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Arlt, Kramer recognized as Young Architect Award winners

Robert Arlt and Chase Kramer

AIA South Dakota is awarding South Dakota architects Robert Arlt, AIA, CPHC, and Chase Kramer, AIA, NCARB, LEED GA each with the chapter’s Young Architect Award for their leadership, service and contributions to the architecture profession and the community as a whole. Arlt and Kramer will be honored during the AIA South Dakota Design Awards …

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Cast your vote for the 2021 AIA SD Design Awards People’s Choice Award

  • American Indian Student Center
    The American Indian Student Center is meant to recognize many cultural traditions, celebrate them, and foster unity among cultures. It is a home for those away from their tribal home and a gathering place for a wider understanding of one another’s culture. (Photo credit: Cipher Imaging)
  • American Indian Student Center
    The American Indian Student Center is meant to recognize many cultural traditions, celebrate them, and foster unity among cultures. It is a home for those away from their tribal home and a gathering place for a wider understanding of one another’s culture. (Photo credit: Cipher Imaging)
  • Avera Medical Group Family Health Center
    The Avera Medical Group Family Health Center is designed for convenient outpatient care and emergency services for the more than 45,000 residents of the Sioux Falls community live west of interstate 29. This 3-story, 85,000 SF building is serving the needs of these residents, including primary care, internal medicine, obstetrics, pediatrics, urgent care, optometry, physical therapy, on-site laboratory, radiology, and medical imaging services, and South Dakota’s first free standing, 24-hour emergency department. (Photo credit: Brian Rotert - Cipher Imaging)
  • Avera Medical Group Family Health Center
    The Avera Medical Group Family Health Center is designed for convenient outpatient care and emergency services for the more than 45,000 residents of the Sioux Falls community live west of interstate 29. This 3-story, 85,000 SF building is serving the needs of these residents, including primary care, internal medicine, obstetrics, pediatrics, urgent care, optometry, physical therapy, on-site laboratory, radiology, and medical imaging services, and South Dakota’s first free standing, 24-hour emergency department. (Photo credit: Brian Rotert - Cipher Imaging)
  • The Citizens Building
    The Citizens Building is a historic renovation & addition located in Downtown Aberdeen. This project was completed as part of a summer intern design studio (Friends & Citizens), focusing on projects that hope to elevate architectural and public policy components in communities around South Dakota. (Photo credit: Becca Woytassek, Elsie McGuigan, Megan Stenzel)
  • The Citizens Building
    The Citizens Building is a historic renovation & addition located in Downtown Aberdeen. This project was completed as part of a summer intern design studio (Friends & Citizens), focusing on projects that hope to elevate architectural and public policy components in communities around South Dakota. (Photo credit: Becca Woytassek, Elsie McGuigan, Megan Stenzel)
  • The Fairburn
    The Fairburn is a mixed-use building located in Downtown Rapid City. This project was completed as part of a summer intern design studio (Friends & Citizens), focusing on projects that hope to elevate architectural and public policy components in communities around South Dakota. (Photo credit: Becca Woytassek, Elsie McGuigan, Kenzie Trujillo, Nate Krueger)
  • The Fairburn
    The Fairburn is a mixed-use building located in Downtown Rapid City. This project was completed as part of a summer intern design studio (Friends & Citizens), focusing on projects that hope to elevate architectural and public policy components in communities around South Dakota. (Photo credit: Becca Woytassek, Elsie McGuigan, Kenzie Trujillo, Nate Krueger)
  • The Falcon Building
    The Falcon is a mixed-use building located in Downtown Sioux Falls. This project was completed as part of a summer intern design studio (Friends & Citizens), focusing on projects that hope to elevate architectural and public policy components in communities around South Dakota. (Photo credit: Becca Woytassek, Tessa Klarenbeek, Ali Kummer)
  • The Falcon Building
    The Falcon is a mixed-use building located in Downtown Sioux Falls. This project was completed as part of a summer intern design studio (Friends & Citizens), focusing on projects that hope to elevate architectural and public policy components in communities around South Dakota. (Photo credit: Becca Woytassek, Tessa Klarenbeek, Ali Kummer)
  • Greenhouse Plaza
    Greenhouse Plaza, not only a place where people can purchase plants or enhance their outdoor environments, but also a vibrant community asset, hosting a wide variety of events and gatherings. (Photo credit: Architecture Firm)
  • Greenhouse Plaza
    Greenhouse Plaza, not only a place where people can purchase plants or enhance their outdoor environments, but also a vibrant community asset, hosting a wide variety of events and gatherings. (Photo credit: Architecture Firm)
  • Homestead Visitor Center and Rest Area
    The new Homestead Visitor Center and Rest Area was driven by a desire to engage visitors with the pioneering heritage of South Dakota, and the traditional agrarian forms of early homesteading. While the original structure, erected in the 70s, was torn down to welcome new construction, the site continues to welcome weary travelers entering the State via Interstate 29 near its border with Iowa. With a clean slate for the building’s design, the organization of the 6,000 square foot project simplifies the task of Travel Councilors and tourism promotion, while paying homage to the State’s history and site’s existing tipi (teepee); one of nine pre-stressed concrete lodgepole structures positioned throughout the State and designed by South Dakota architect, Walt Whitwam. As one of the State’s most frequented rest stops – at times greeting upwards of 96,600 visitors per year – the Homestead Visitor Center and Rest Area’s impact is far and wide. Today, this popular pit stop is a re-inspired destination with newly defined spaces to greet visitors, connect tourists to events and activities, promote holistic wellness, and provide education in the realm of historic connection and storytelling in the new exhibit hall. (Photo credit: Steve Silverman)
  • Homestead Visitor Center and Rest Area
    The new Homestead Visitor Center and Rest Area was driven by a desire to engage visitors with the pioneering heritage of South Dakota, and the traditional agrarian forms of early homesteading. While the original structure, erected in the 70s, was torn down to welcome new construction, the site continues to welcome weary travelers entering the State via Interstate 29 near its border with Iowa. With a clean slate for the building’s design, the organization of the 6,000 square foot project simplifies the task of Travel Councilors and tourism promotion, while paying homage to the State’s history and site’s existing tipi (teepee); one of nine pre-stressed concrete lodgepole structures positioned throughout the State and designed by South Dakota architect, Walt Whitwam. As one of the State’s most frequented rest stops – at times greeting upwards of 96,600 visitors per year – the Homestead Visitor Center and Rest Area’s impact is far and wide. Today, this popular pit stop is a re-inspired destination with newly defined spaces to greet visitors, connect tourists to events and activities, promote holistic wellness, and provide education in the realm of historic connection and storytelling in the new exhibit hall. (Photo credit: Steve Silverman)
  • The Link
    The Link fills the need for a safe place for the assessment of people in crisis needing behavioral health services or substance abuse care in Sioux Falls, SD. This interior renovation is the result of a public-private partnership with the goal of providing care for people and connecting them to services that can help. (Photo credit: Brian Rotert - Cipher Imaging)
  • The Link
    The Link fills the need for a safe place for the assessment of people in crisis needing behavioral health services or substance abuse care in Sioux Falls, SD. This interior renovation is the result of a public-private partnership with the goal of providing care for people and connecting them to services that can help. (Photo credit: Brian Rotert - Cipher Imaging)
  • NSU Regional Sports Complex
    The NSU Regional Sports Complex will be the premier sporting complex in the region, helping Northern achieve 50 years of academic and athletic success. The hope is that this facility leads to better recruits, more winning, more applications, more donors, more funding, better learning facilities, and better academics. (Photo credit: Architecture Firm)
  • NSU Regional Sports Complex
    The NSU Regional Sports Complex will be the premier sporting complex in the region, helping Northern achieve 50 years of academic and athletic success. The hope is that this facility leads to better recruits, more winning, more applications, more donors, more funding, better learning facilities, and better academics. (Photo credit: Architecture Firm)
  • Raven Industries Engineered Films Building Addition
    The Raven Industries Engineered Films Building addition drew inspiration from the manufacturing process of the films and is punctuated by layered linear design elements throughout. The addition provides updated amenity spaces for the employees and a new appearance those employees could be proud of. (Photo credit: Imagery Photography/Jeff Viere)
  • Raven Industries Engineered Films Building Addition
    The Raven Industries Engineered Films Building addition drew inspiration from the manufacturing process of the films and is punctuated by layered linear design elements throughout. The addition provides updated amenity spaces for the employees and a new appearance those employees could be proud of. (Photo credit: Imagery Photography/Jeff Viere)
  • Sauna Cube
    Sauna Cube is an 8x8x8 volume articulated in 5 frames with a slice to create a skylight face allowing early morning sun into the wood interior as well as views out into the tree canopy. In winter, snow and ice is melted and causes the building to “sweat “ like the occupant, with visible streams running down the transparent surface. (Photo credit: Architecture Firm)
  • Sauna Cube
    Sauna Cube is an 8x8x8 volume articulated in 5 frames with a slice to create a skylight face allowing early morning sun into the wood interior as well as views out into the tree canopy. In winter, snow and ice is melted and causes the building to “sweat “ like the occupant, with visible streams running down the transparent surface. (Photo credit: Architecture Firm)
  • SDSU Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center
    The Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center showcases South Dakota State University’s dedication, commitment, and the importance of the arts to the campus and the community. The expansion fosters integrated learning and interdisciplinary collaboration between students, faculty, and visitors. (Photo credit: Tom Kessler Photography)
  • SDSU Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center
    The Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center showcases South Dakota State University’s dedication, commitment, and the importance of the arts to the campus and the community. The expansion fosters integrated learning and interdisciplinary collaboration between students, faculty, and visitors. (Photo credit: Tom Kessler Photography)
  • South Dakota School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
    The South Dakota School for the Blind and Visually Impaired provides a vibrant new school setting and dorm for K-12 students with visual impairments for the State of South Dakota. It balances a comfortable setting with subtle details that appropriately teach those with vision impairments how to navigate the built environment, and it playfully uses texture throughout the facility to bring the public into that experience. (Photo credit: Imagery Photography/Jeff Viere)
  • South Dakota School for the Blind and Visually Impaired 2_1500px
    The South Dakota School for the Blind and Visually Impaired provides a vibrant new school setting and dorm for K-12 students with visual impairments for the State of South Dakota. It balances a comfortable setting with subtle details that appropriately teach those with vision impairments how to navigate the built environment, and it playfully uses texture throughout the facility to bring the public into that experience. (Photo credit: Imagery Photography/Jeff Viere)
  • South Dakota Veterans Cemetery
    The South Dakota Veterans Cemetery is the first federally funded, state-owned and operated, veterans cemetery in South Dakota. This 60-acre property offers a picturesque setting in northereastern Sioux Falls, conveniently located along Interstate 90. (Photo credit: Jesse Wilkens)
  • South Dakota Veterans Cemetery
    The South Dakota Veterans Cemetery is the first federally funded, state-owned and operated, veterans cemetery in South Dakota. This 60-acre property offers a picturesque setting in northereastern Sioux Falls, conveniently located along Interstate 90. (Photo credit: Jesse Wilkens)
  • Sioux Falls State Theatre Renovation
    “The Last Jewel in the Crown of Historic Downtown” reopened its doors to moviegoers in December 2020, a remarkable feat given the fact that the world was just starting to recover from the pandemic. The State Theatre Renovation and reopening has contributed to the revitalization of downtown Sioux Falls, enhancing the experience for generations to come. (Photo credit: Cipher Imaging)
  • State Theatre Renovation
    “The Last Jewel in the Crown of Historic Downtown” reopened its doors to moviegoers in December 2020, a remarkable feat given the fact that the world was just starting to recover from the pandemic. The State Theatre Renovation and reopening has contributed to the revitalization of downtown Sioux Falls, enhancing the experience for generations to come. (Photo credit: Cipher Imaging)
  • Urban Nest
    Urban Nest is a net zero energy ready Urban Refill home for a family with two young sons just south of downtown Sioux Falls in a well-established, walkable neighborhood. The stacked front porch features W-flange steel columns, adding to the variety of columns seen on the street and contemporary slat detailing is used to screen views to the second level porch but frame views toward downtown. (Photo credit: Architecture Firm)
  • Urban Nest
    Urban Nest is a net zero energy ready Urban Refill home for a family with two young sons just south of downtown Sioux Falls in a well-established, walkable neighborhood. The stacked front porch features W-flange steel columns, adding to the variety of columns seen on the street and contemporary slat detailing is used to screen views to the second level porch but frame views toward downtown. (Photo credit: Architecture Firm)
  • Wilmot Welcome Center
    The Wilmot Welcome Center responds to the existing facility’s vernacular and the region’s rolling topography to provide a new and engaging visitor experience for those visiting and passing through South Dakota’s northern border. (Photo credit: Imagery Photography/Jeff Viere)
  • Wilmot Welcome Center
    The Wilmot Welcome Center responds to the existing facility’s vernacular and the region’s rolling topography to provide a new and engaging visitor experience for those visiting and passing through South Dakota’s northern border. (Photo credit: Imagery Photography/Jeff Viere)