BYU-Idaho Visual Arts Studio Building

The BYU-Idaho Visual Arts Studio is a new facility located where the Kirkham Building once stood on the north end of campus. The single-story building holds two large classrooms for the Department of Art’s sculpting and ceramics courses. Other rooms include plaster area, wood shop, glazing and kiln rooms, a foundry, forge and welding areas, faculty offices, a locker area for students to store projects, a lobby, and larger storage areas in the back to house kilns, clay, and other art supplies. The building’s north façade features a tall aluminum curtain wall system which is one of the more unique and visually appealing aspects of the project. During construction, Big-D crews were challenged with COVID-19 labor shortages and supply chain issues, as well as coordination of numerous design elements that were particularly challenging to navigate through. In the end, the project was a success, and the new building is one of the more visually attractive buildings on campus.