Lighting Designer: HLB Lighting Design
Architect: LMN Architects
Associate Architect: Neumann Monson Architects, Iowa City
Photograph: ©Tim Griffith
A BEACON OF LIGHT EMERGES AT THE END OF A STORM -CREATING A SYMPHONY OF LIGHT WITH USAI LIGHTING'S BEVELED CYLINDERS.
Facing the aftermath of severe floods in June 2008, a largely devastated campus, and $743 million in FEMA aid, the University of Iowa embarked on a mission to rebuild. As part of this reconstruction effort, the university hired Seattle-based LMN Architects and local firm Neumann Monson Architects to relocate and rebuild a new $189 million, state-of-the-art, Voxman Music Building in downtown Iowa City. Lighting design firm HLB Los Angeles was brought in to create a well-orchestrated, yet quiet symphony of light that would enhance the finished color palette and promote the functional needs of the students, staff and visitors of the 184,000 square foot building.
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