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Art Building West

Art Building West (ABW) map

Art Building West (ABW) was designed by New York architect Steven Holl. The building opened in 2006 only to be flooded in 2008. ABW reopened for classes in January of 2012.

This extraordinary facility has received numerous awards including:

Watch a video with students talking about their experience in Art Building West and take a closer look at ABW on the Art Building West website.

Studio Arts Building

Studio Arts (SA) map

While reconstruction of the UI arts campus is under way, the School of Art and Art History is conducting business as usual in temporary facilities. Studio Arts, a large building in Iowa City, was refurbished extensively with huge studios and new equipment. Floor plan .pdf Classroom space, studio areas, and faculty offices are housed there and at a few other locations on campus. Studio Arts offers abundant free parking, and the University’s free Cambus makes frequent stops all over campus seven days a week.

preliminary rendering of Visual Arts Building

Art Building Replacement (opens 2016)

Steven Holl Architects in collaboration with BNIM Architects, has won the commission for the Art Building Replacement for the University of Iowa. The new building will replace the 1935 Art Building, which was heavily damaged during a flood of the University of Iowa campus in June 2008. The proposed site is directly adjacent to and northwest of Art Building West (ABW).