Idaho
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Project • By GALCZYNSKI • Private Houses
Sawtooth Ridge Retreat
The Sawtooth Ridge Retreat mines for contemporary architectural expression within the rustic mountain town of Stanley, Idaho. By drawing from local history, heritage, and building vernacular, the project uncovers opportunities to explore architecture in an informed and sensitive manner.
Jakub Galczynski
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The project consists of two small, rustic cabins inspired by Idaho’s early mining settlements and U.S. Forest Service lookouts. A slightly askew cluster arrangement enhances articulation and spatial experience while preserving the simplicity of form characteristic of the region. Steeply pitched gabled roofs clad in corrugated metal, reclaimed wood siding, and site matched moss stone establish a strong connection to t... More
Project • By Holst Architecture • Apartments
The Fowler
As downtown Boise’s first new multifamily housing project in decades, The Fowler aims to bring density, vitality, sustainable design, and urban amenities to the area. This project is an effort to deliver the desirable urban, mixed-use housing that is essential for continued development.The Fowler is set at the property line with a mix of retail, residential, and live/work spaces, meant to revitalize the area and provide housing units for professionals that currently have to commute to work downtown from the surrounding suburbs.The design intent is t o humanize the building with an organic, sinuous, and rather lyrical volume, expressed as a rippling wave in plan. Above the articulated ground level, The Fowler’s five housing levels are broken... More