Design-Build Architecture Program

Bring your designs to life

From conception to construction, as an architecture student in our design-build program, you’ll work with real clients on real-world projects — like the Hat Ranch Winery in Caldwell and the Moose Creek Warming Hut just north of Sandpoint.

In this dynamic, hands-on architecture program, you’ll learn what it takes to bring your designs to life — from the first sketch to the finished structure. You’ll also build an architecture portfolio that showcases designs that were actually built — by you.

We partner with nonprofits and local businesses to make a positive impact in Idaho’s communities. Every project reflects our land-grant mission to serve the state through creative, sustainable and practical design solutions.

Design-build opportunities are offered through a six-credit upper-division and graduate-level studio course and the Idaho Architecture Collaborative — an internal organization within the architecture program that’s open to all students. The collaborative helps launch community-based projects that need professional-level design assistance and give students experience managing real clients, budgets and construction details.