The exterior of the building is exposed daily to punishing environmental conditions including high UV rays, high humidity, salt spray, and windborne sand. Over the years, these environmental assaults served to break down the builder-applied acrylic coating on the building’s stucco surface, leaving it chalky and dull.

With its distinct strips of terracotta panels and expansive glazed curtainwall, the new 230,000-square-foot Health Sciences Innovation Building at the University of Arizona features an expansive ground floor forum, daylit student lounges and study spaces, state-of-the art simulation laboratories and more.