No stranger to the University of Iowa campus, architect Steven Holl’s new Visual Arts Building provides 126,000 square-feet of loft-like space within a beautifully crafted envelope. The building replaces an original arts building from 1936 that was heavily damaged during a flood of the University campus in Iowa City.
Steven Holl Architects first venture on campus was the Art Building West, completed in 2006 and located adjacent to the new Visual Arts Building. Although dramatically different in design and materials, the two buildings are complementary, according to Holl.