Visual Arts Building, University of Iowa
First Prize

Visual Arts Building, University of Iowa

First Prize


Seven cutouts favor natural ventilation and lighting, connecting horizontally and vertically the almost 12,000 square meters. The building houses the visual arts departments and is adjacent to another project by the same architects: the Art Building West... [+]


Obra Work

Visual Arts Building, 2010-2016

Cliente Client

University of Iowa

Arquitectos Architects

Steven Holl, Chris McVoy (arquitectos diseñadores design architects); Rychiee Espinosa (arquitecto de proyecto project architect); Garrick Ambrose, Bell Ying Yi Cai, Christiane Deptolla, JongSeo Lee, Johanna Muszbek, Garrett Ricciardi, Filipe Taboada,Jeanne Wellinger, Human Tieliu Wu, Christina Yessios (equipo de proyecto project team)

Consultores Consultants

BNIM Architects (arquitectos asociados associated architects); Buro Happold, Structural Engineering Associates (estructuras structural engineer); L’Observatoire International (iluminación lighting); Transsolar (sustainability engineer); Design Engineers (ingeniería mecánica mechanical engineer); WJ Higgins & Co. (muro cortina curtain wall); Shive-Hattery (ingeniero civil civil engineer); The Sextant Group Inc. (audio/ visual audio/visual)