Studios and labs

The College of Art and Architecgure refreshed Design Resource Center

World-class spaces for creative students

The College of Art and Architecture at University of Idaho provides you with wide ranging facilities, from digital fabrication labs to traditional studio spaces, offering the perfect environment to foster your creativity and technical skill development. These spaces help you innovate and bring your ideas to life.

CAA design studios virtual tours

Visit our studios virtually with these 360 videos and explore the studio spaces awaiting you.

  • Graduation story on Paul Pederson, a senior majoring in Architecture. Paul was awarded a Phi Kappa Phi study abroad grant in Summer 2025 - one of only 75 awards made by the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. He used the funds to study in Singapore.
    Second floor studio
  • Students in a classroom working on projects and talking, with drawings and materials spread on desks.
    Interior architecture and design studio
  • People collaborate in a bright studio with desks, maps, laptops, and papers spread across the tables.
    Landscape architecture studio
  • Person with a paintbrush leaning into an easel working on an art project, in a room with other easels and colorful lockers.
    Painting studio
  • Adults in a room viewing large format printed architectural and design plans
    Red room: Critique room
  • Students in room with cement walls and floors, sculptures on tables.
    Sculpture studio
  • Students in room with computers at desks and a blue wall in the background.
    Student design center
  • Student with protective gear in woodshop space using tools to work on a wooden frame.
    Technical design studio
  • Students in room with large windows at computers with extra wide screens.
    Urban design studio
  • Students in room with a green screen, lighting equipment, and a large screen.
    Virtual Technology and Design studio

Step inside a CAA studio

Centers, studios and labs

Student Design Center

The Student Design Center is the core our college. Students from all CAA disciplines come together here to collaborate, access design resources and utilize the most current technologies. Open 24/7 with a VandalCard, the center offers access to cutting-edge design software, large-format printing, scanners, material libraries, equipment checkout and more. With a student lounge, meeting spaces and technical support, it’s where ideas come to life.

Urban Design Center in Boise

The Urban Design Center (UDC) is the hub for our Boise-based students. Located in the heart of downtown Boise, the UDC provides studio spaces where students in architecture, interior architecture and design and landscape architecture work together on a diverse range of projects in urban environments and the surrounding region. The UDC is closely related to the Integrated Design Lab (IDL) in Boise.

Technical Design Studio

Shop and fabrication activities play an important role in the College of Art and Architecture’s course curriculum. The Technical Design Studio is a fully functional wood shop and digital fabrication lab where all CAA students can develop fabrication skills and realize their design goals.

Virtual Technology and Design Lab

The Virtual Technology Laboratory specializes in innovative interdisciplinary research in simulation, virtualization and social-ecological systems — advancing how we visualize, design and understand complex environments.

The MFA Exhibition, held in the Ridenbaugh Gallery and Reflections Gallery, is photographed Friday, March 28, 2025.

U of I art galleries

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IDL/UDC photo shoot, CAA, Boise

Integrated Design Lab

Advancing energy efficiency and sustainable design across the built environment.

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Contact information:

For more information, contact the College of Art and Architecture.

Email: caa@uidaho.edu

Phone: (208) 885-4409