Celebrating 125 Years: Innovation and Sustainable Design

CSHQA in early morning light

Energy Star was created by the EPA and US Department of Energy in 1992; green leader USGBC was founded in 1993, followed by LEED™ in 1994; Green Globes expanded to the United States from Canada in 2004. 

Sustainable design has been a driving force at CSHQA since the 1970's and continues ever stronger today.  In 2013 CSHQA’s Boise office moved to its present location at 200 Broad Street.  LEED registered with a goal of Platinum, the once 60-year-old warehouse is now one of the most energy efficient commercial office buildings in the state and the only one to use a radiant system for both heating and cooling.  Geothermal heat, daylight harvesting, LED lighting, low-water-use features, a thorough commissioning process, and extensive HVAC and lighting controls all contribute to an estimated EUI [Energy Use Intensity] of 30*, far less than median US office of ~150-200**. 

 

Conceived as a laboratory for high performance design, this building and the team who conceived it place CSHQA firmly in the 21st century with our focus on the future of innovative and sustainable architecture and engineering.  –

 

 

* Preliminary figure.  A more precise EUI will be available after the building has experienced a full year of post-commissioning operation.

** Comparative EUI figures based on benchmarking of more than 100,000 buildings can be found on the Energy Star website: http://www.energystar.gov/buildings/sites/default/uploads/tools/DataTrends_Energy_20121002.pdf?bebf-1d6e

 

A Sampling of CSHQA Projects, Past and Present

From recent advertisements...

A small sample of 125 years of projects.
(Read left to right and across the text.)

Idanah Hotel (1900)

Central Fire Station (1903, remodeled for CSHQA office 1985)

Bank of Idaho (1963, now Key Bank)
Boise Air Terminal (1967)
The Kibbie Dome/University of Idaho (1976)
BSU Pavilion (1982, now Taco Bell Arena)
Albertsons Stores (1981 – 2002)
Boise Art Museum Addition (2007)
Idaho Power Building (1991)
Whole Foods Markets, Boise (2012)
Blue Cross of Idaho (1997)
10^th and Grove (est. 2015)
Idaho State Capitol Renovation and Restoration (2010)
Boise Air Terminal (2004)
Mulvanney Medical Office Building (2009)
Treasure Valley Community College (2010)
BSU Engineering Building (1999)
C.W. Moore Building (1995)
CSHQA (2013)
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Celebrating 125 Years: Globalism (1989 - Today)



Meridian Public Safety Building BIM Rendering

CSHQA turned 100 in 1989, the same year the Berlin Wall fell and the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Dali Lama.  Neil Smull spoke at Tsinghua University in China and was honored for leadership in energy efficient design in schools and public buildings.

Innovations in technology and communications led to better design tools and demands for rapid production.  CSHQA added in-house engineering services to meet demand and provide better, more fully-integrated designs. The Sacramento office opened in 1990 and retail work grew with national brands Albertsons, Walgreens, Safeway, and Whole Foods.



River Park Place 'Pocket Park' at Myrtle and Broadway Streets

Corporate and public work kept pace with an expanding economy.  Major projects included Idaho Power Office (1991), Idaho State Police Central Facility Complex, Blue Cross of Idaho Corporate Headquarters (1997), CW Moore Office Building and apartments(1999), The Springs Apartments (2010, LEED Platinum), Meridian Public Safety Building (2014) and new or renovated airport terminals for Boise, Fresno, California, and Grant County and Medford, Oregon.


State of the Art Emergency Department

Education facilities included the BSU Engineering Complex, Treasure Valley Community College (LEED Gold), and Nampa School District’s Columbia High School Campus.  Long-standing relationships with regional medical centers continued with tenant improvements for St. Luke’s in Boise, Meridian and Wood River, and the Mulvaney Medical Office Building (2010, LEED Gold) and a new Emergency Department (2014) for Saint Alphonsus.

 

Idaho State Capitol House Gallery (Renovated and Restored 2010)

Spanning nearly a decade of planning, design and construction, and costing $120 million, the Idaho State Capitol Renovation and Restoration (2010) was the largest public works project in Idaho’s and CSHQA’s history.  –

 

 

Celebrating 125 Years: 20th Century Ingenuity (1961 - 1988)

Workers descend a roof truss being placed for the Kibbie Dome at University of Idaho

Neil Smull, a college friend of Glen Cline’s, joined the firm in 1961.  Boise was home to national and international corporations including Morrison-Knudsen, Trus-Joist, Boise Cascade, Simplot Co., Intermountain Gas, Idaho Power, and Albertsons.  In 1981 CSHQA began a relationship with Albertsons that lasted over 20 years and included hundreds of stores throughout the US.

 

[L-R] Founders Glen Cline, Neil Smull, Allen Quintieri and Robert Hamill (c.1999)

Cline and Smull were strong community leaders designing iconic civic and commercial projects, award winning, energy-efficient schools, and structurally challenging projects.  Robert Hamill joined the firm in 1969 and Allen Quintieri in 1970.  Together, this generation of CSHQA founders contributed to Boise's continued growth and prosperity completing numerous government, industrial, healthcare, educational and retail projects.  Foregoing an offer from DLR in South Dakota, Jeff Shneider joined the firm from the University of Nebraska in 1974.  CSHQA was the first architect in Idaho to begin using CAD in 1983. Cline, Smull, and Hamill were recognized as Fellows of the American Institute of Architects. 

Notable projects include:  The Bank of Idaho (1963, now Key Bank and once the tallest building in Idaho),  Boise Airport Terminal (1967), Boise Cascade with SOM Architects (1971), Morrison-Knudsen World Headquarters (1969, now URS), University of Idaho Kibbie Dome (1976), several Boise School District elementary schools including award-winning and sustainable Amity School (1979), Boise City/Ada County Administrative Complex (1980), BSU Pavilion (1982, now Taco Bell Arena), KTVB and KIVI television stations, and Boise Zoo. –

Celebrating 125 Years: Post War Boom (1949-1960)

Originally designed by Wayland & Fennel in the 1930's Whitney Elementary School was one of many area schools renovated and added to during this era.

With war and rationing behind them the American public gained unprecedented access to materials, technology, manpower and capital.  The economy promoted expansion, new ventures and leisure.  Returning veterans, including Glen Cline, a graduate of the School of Engineering and Architecture at Kansas State University and former B21 Bomber Pilot, entered the workforce by the thousands.  Independent and resourceful, many choose to be entrepreneurs.  Recruited by Ike Wayland, Cline joined the firm in 1949.  Schools and residential projects were constantly on the drawing board, plus commercial and bank buildings, city halls and armories, and service stations to fuel a nation-wide rise in automobile tourism. 

Projects included the Idaho Historical Museum (1950), Mountain Bell Building (1951), and maintenance and squadron operations buildings at Mountain Home AFB.  Early retail projects included Skaggs Drug Stores in Salt Lake City and Denver.  The Bank of Idaho became a steady client and the firm designed a new science building for Boise Junior College in 1954.  The firm became Wayland & Cline in 1955.  –

Celebrating 125 Years: Forging the Greatest Generation (1929-1948)

Original Entry, Boise Gallery of Art (1936)

Unlike many cities hard hit in the Depression, Boise held steady and continued to grow.  During the late 1930s the Basque migration to Idaho and Utah was in full swing.  Gowen Field was a training facility during WW II and further stimulated valley growth.  Charles V. “Ike” Wayland, son of the senior Wayland, joined the firm in 1929 and the practice centered on hospital, school, financial, commercial, and public projects.  In 1938 James Fennell returned to California.  



Art Deco Idaho Power Building (1932) was originally white; this is c.1990 after updates.

Notable projects of this period include the original Idaho Power Building (1932) and the original Boise Gallery of Art, now BAM (1936), buildings for the new Boise Junior College starting in 1940, the Veterans’ Home, Department of Highways and Law Enforcement Building and architectural design assistance for the Capitol Boulevard and Payette River (McCall highway) Bridges.  The firm was associate architect for the Ada County Courthouse (1938), and in 1939 completed a small project for Morrison Knudson, forging a relationship that lasted over 50 years.  The downtown Eddie’s Bakery, known to generations of Idaho second-graders, was built in 1942 at a cost of $18,342.  –