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.

Windowed room with desks and dividers, and hallway separated by a wall and archway, with shiny wooden floors.

Students in a classroom working on projects and talking, with drawings and materials spread on desks.

People collaborate in a bright studio with desks, maps, laptops, and papers spread across the tables.

Person with a paintbrush leaning into an easel working on an art project, in a room with other easels and colorful lockers.

Adults in a room viewing large format printed architectural and design plans

Students in room with cement walls and floors, sculptures on tables.

Students in room with computers at desks and a blue wall in the background.

Student with protective gear in woodshop space using tools to work on a wooden frame.

Students in room with large windows at computers with extra wide screens.

Students in room with a green screen, lighting equipment, and a large screen.

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.

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.