Honor Award CLB ARCHITECTS: EMIT Shrouded in a scrim of weathered, perforated steel, EMIT Technologies’ headquarters outside Sheridan, Wyoming pioneers a new, place-based approach to campus planning. Weaving together cutting-edge technology and a community-focused ethos, the structure exemplifies the people and raw materials involved in the making process. At nearly 120,000 square feet, the campus consolidates the operations of four existing metal fabrication facilities and introduces new amenities accessible to over 100 employees. Designed to encourage moments of interaction, the building acts like a circulatory system drawing different user groups — recent transplants, long-tenured craftsmen and the general public — to filter and intermingle through shared spaces and entries. Building on their shared Wyoming heritage, CLB and EMIT collaborated to craft a campus intimately tied to the Rocky Mountain West, which can continue to serve as a social, commercial and industrial hub for the greater Sheridan community. Merit Award CLB ARCHITECTS: SHINEMAKER A series of undulating tectonic structures set against an aspen grove near Wilson, Wyoming, this mountain home serves as a creative retreat. The 35-acre property is set at the base of the Tetons and encompasses several ecosystems, with old-growth forest merging into stands of young pine and aspen trees before transitioning into rolling meadows. Composed of three buildings, the main house, guest house and writer’s studio, the home is arranged as a set of simple box-like volumes, each designed in response to its specific location. The 6,000-square-foot main house is conceived as a geologic remnant in the landscape, located on the edge between field and forest. The 1,577-square-foot guest house and 580-square-foot writer’s studio are nestled more intimately within the wooded environment. A fourth, spiritually focused structure has yet to be built and will be sited further to the south. The architecture is open, with sweeping views of mountain vistas of the Grand Tetons, natural fauna, forests and meadows. AIA College of Fellows Western Mountain Region 2024 Design Awards Recipients 30 WYOMING ARCHITECTURE .24 | www.aia-wyoming.org
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