The International Interior Design Association (IIDA), Intermountain Chapter honored VCBO Architecture with three 2023 BEST Awards at the organization’s annual ceremony on Wednesday, recognizing some of the VCBO Interior Design Studio’s most outstanding recent designs.
The IIDA awarded VCBO for three projects: Best Live, Multi-Unit award for Paperbox Lofts; Best Serve award for Provo City Center; and a merit award in Best Learn, Higher Education for the Utah Tech University Science, Technology & Engineering Building.
“We are honored to have our work recognized by the IIDA,” VCBO associate principal and interior designer Coreen Crouch said. “These awards demonstrate the amazing design talent we have at VCBO and our continued dedication to providing the best for our clients. I am incredibly proud of our winners and thank all of our team members for their hard work.”
The VCBO Interior Design Studio is an inspired group of professionals committed to creating spaces where people can thrive as they live, work, learn and play. Offering a wide range of services, VCBO designers work diligently to transform spaces into dynamic, thriving environments that work for the user.
IIDA Intermountain aims to elevate the interior design profession in Utah through education, leadership, legislation, and accreditation. To help fulfill that mission, the organization holds its BEST Awards each year to recognize and motivate talent, excellence, and innovation in the discipline. Nominees submit their projects for consideration, and a panel of interior design professionals then selects the winners.
Learn more about IIDA Intermountain at iida-intermountain.org.
Apartment unit at Paperbox Lofts.
Paperbox Lofts — Best Live, Multi-Unit
Designer: Madeleine Helgren, NCIDQ, and Kristen Goaslind
Paperbox Lofts (PBL) is a three-building, 195-unit multi-family complex located in the heart of downtown Salt Lake City. Developed with a focus on enhancing connections within the city, the site includes a mid-block park that is open to both residents and the public. To fulfill one of the primary project goals, PBL creates an interesting urban space that attracts the creative populations of SLC to live and work. The ground level features a mix of live-work units along with retail and community spaces to enhance and serve the surrounding neighborhoods.
The remaining levels provide abundant indoor and outdoor spaces supporting the residents and offering areas to relax, engage, and experience city life. The exterior of PBL is unique in the level of attention paid to how the facade interacts with the street, which creates exciting opportunities for distinctive residential units within the building. A rooftop sunset deck overlooks the Oquirrh Mountains to the west, and an elevated lounge connected to a see-and-be-seen amenity deck looks east to the Wasatch Mountains. The facility also boasts an on-site fitness center and a large clubhouse space with a common kitchen and theatre-style layout.
Paperbox Lofts common area.
Provo City Center main corridor.
Provo City Center — Best Serve
Designer: Nancy McKendrick, NCIDQ; Nathan Leavitt, AIA; Brent Tippets, AIA; Casey Sinner, AIA; and Joseph Voitehovich
Provo City Center is both a new city hall and public safety facility that replaced an aging 50-year-old facility and provided a new civic hub and gateway to the downtown district. The 204,428-square-foot structure provides space for elected officials, city administration, customer service, emergency operations, police, and fire. The building is located on the central downtown transportation artery and is anchored to the urban grid via a civic entry plaza. Provo City set high sustainability aspirations with the goal of achieving an energy-positive building. This facility is an innovative, functional, durable, resilient, and sustainable city campus that will serve Provo for at least 75 years.
Walking into the new facility, one is imbued with a warm abundance of natural daylight. This light continues throughout one’s journey — no matter the location. Light quarter-sawn white oak enhances the daylight to create a warm, welcoming atmosphere. The design is one of a kind, evocative of the unique expressions of Provo City. Designs of mountains, rivers, lakes, and pitched roof lines all work in a symphony of Provo City's past and present.
City Council Chambers at Provo City Center.
Lab in the Utah Tech Science, Technology & Engineering Building.
Utah Tech University Science, Technology & Engineering Building — Merit Award in Best Learn, Higher Education
Designers: Coreen Crouch, NCIDQ, and Madeleine Helgren, NCIDQ
Standing five stories high and consisting of 122,000 square feet of classrooms, laboratories, and support spaces, the new Science, Technology & Engineering Building at Utah Tech meets the ever-increasing demand for state-of-the-art science and engineering facilities required by several majors offered by the university. Disciplines that are taught in this building include physics, chemistry, biology, genetics, geosciences, prototyping, thermofluids, mechatronics, and computer sciences. From the beginning of the project, the various departments belonging to this building have expressed excitement to cohabitate and a desire for increased cross-disciplinary collaboration.
Study area in the UTU SET Building.
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Since 1973, VCBO Architecture has delivered iconic architecture with a focus on impeccable design, performance, innovation, and dedication to our clients. As a preeminent firm in the Intermountain West, we actively contribute to the built environment through meaningful projects while attracting and nurturing excellence, accuracy, innovation, comprehensive thinking, and design talent. We remain poised for the 21st century, guided by our focus on people and communities, which extends from the heart of our offices to the spaces we create for people to thrive — where people gather to live, learn, work, heal, and play.