Council authorizes $7,500 to study color change for City Hall elevator cladding after accessibility upgrade

Idaho Falls — The City Council on April 14 authorized up to $7,500 for additional work with Resin Architecture to study changing the color and trim of the rain-screen panels installed on the new elevator at City Hall. The money will fund design options and samples for council review; any ordering or installation would require later council approval.

The council heard from Greg Croft, an architect with Resin Architecture, who described the design approach for the elevator project and the company’s decision to use a rain-screen panel system rather than attempting to match century-old glazed brick on the historic building. "We're not gonna find those glazed bricks," Croft said, explaining the firm chose contemporary panels sized and banded to relate to the original masonry rather than replicate it exactly.

The presentation…