Congratulations Morgan! / May 19, 2022 by Erik Hagen

After a year of working at Erik Hagen Architecture and going to Graduate School at the University of Idaho, we are proud to announce that employee #2, Morgan Monson has successfully completed her Masters of Architecture degree from the U of I.

“Our world is in a constant state of flow, channeling weather, people, nature, and energy. However, the current discourse of architecture continues to be focused on comfort and stability, allowing for an environmentally detached enclosed built world. This thesis focuses on finding a response to the way we build, treating 'flow' (specifically in people and nature) as more than an obstacle or background; to design with it. The following project will study certain aspects of the experience of moving through a building and within the landscape of the city and its natural elements. The architecture will become a type of narrative, certain systems overlapping or flowing to lead occupants on experiential journeys.”

Abstract, Morgan Monson May 2022

Here are some of the artful snippets form her Graduate Thesis project: The Ceaseless Discourse of Architecture & Flow. A case study of public performing art and community spaces and how life and humanity flow through and around the built environment.

Picking the prime location for her project at River Street between 8th & 9th along the Greenbelt, Morgan carefully integrated her project respectfully with the existing Anne Frank Memorial and The Cabin.

Congratulations Morgan!

Bringing the Ocean to the Mountains / December 1, 2021 by Erik Hagen

Oashan Shrestha visiting one of his favorite Calatrava Buildings in NYC

Please join us in welcoming Oashan (sounds like Ocean) Shrestha into the fold. Oashan joins us from Nepal via the University of Idaho Graduate of Architecture program.

After getting his Bachelors of Architecture from the Nepal Engineering College in Bhaktapur in 2015, Oashan practiced architecture in Nepal for 4 years before coming to Moscow, Idaho to get his Masters. Along with some amazing food, Oashan also brings a great talent for 3D graphic visualizations. He’s already put it to great use on a number of our projects.

Nepalese Resort Village - B.Arch 3rd Year

Oashan is extremely interested in public spaces and how to positively influence individual experiences thereof. He takes this personalized approach into each project along with vernacular influences for a cohesive and thoughtful design.

National Pulse Memorial, Orlando FL - M.Arch Vertical Studio

We’re so excited to have Oashan onboard and he has already proven to be an integral part of our cohesive team.

We're So Excited To Be Downtown! / December 1, 2021 by Erik Hagen

280 N 8th Street, Boise ID 83702

Taking the advice of our peers, we tried to stay working out of the house for as long as we could. But as the projects kept piling up and hiring more talent, we found we were bursting beyond the seams of our small home office space into the dining room and that we needed to make a move. If not just for us, but for our clients to be able to come and have a conference room to pour over the designs and models.

Knoll adjustable desks, credenza’s and horse power partition via Sprague Solutions

It’s been taking a couple of months to get things up and running down here, but we have a great daylit office with views of the Capitol & old post offices, the foothills and some great graffiti art and building super-graphics. As with anything, there’s always more that can be done to complete the office, but for now we have some a perfect space for meeting and collaboration, great coffee & milk-frother, plus a full-size pool table! Not to mention the awesome assortment of absolutely fabulous restaurants, coffee shops and bars just outside out door. Feel free to stop in anytime to discuss architecture and planning or just to shoot a game of pool. Or join us après le travail for craft cocktails at Boise’s worst kept secret speak-easy Suite 104 where the ice-cubes are handcut.

We sure miss the office cat & dog though.

Not Going Back to the Way It Was / August 21, 2021 by Erik Hagen

As we move back into the office, we are working 9-5. That includes lunch, breaks, errands, etc. We are aiming to work less than 40 hours a week, and live more than 80 hours a week! We’re taking long lunches and coffee breaks. We’re stopping to watch the people out the window. We’re stopping to smell the flowers. Were taking better care of ourselves, and at the same time, taking better care of our clients.