Trout Architects/Chartered is a successful multi-disciplinary Boise architectural design firm committed to the built environment with a philosophy of openness and interaction. We fully engage clients in the design process by encompassing the values and vision of the groups and individuals we work with. As architects, we are a conceptualizing tool for our clients; as Idahoans, we explore the unique qualities of place and time that are offered in this state. We work as interpreters with our clients; we take complex thoughts, ideas and emotions and translate them into a language of material, space and light by envisioning our environment in innovative, exceptional ways.
In 1968, C. Ed Trout founded Trout Architects after creating and leading the architectural department at Albertsons grocery stores for seventeen years. In the following years C. Ed Trout & Associates, as it was known then, developed a long list of clients and a multitude of built projects. Steve Trout, Ed Trout's son, worked in his father's office as a youngster and after receiving his degree in Architecture at the University of Idaho, acquired ownership of the firm in 1985. As a well respected Boise Architect, Steve Trout continues to lead the firm into a well known architectural design entity with many published and award-wining projects.