Hancher Auditorium Iowa City Building, American Architecture, Interior, Images
Hancher Auditorium Iowa City Building
American Building Development, USA – design by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
Aug 12, 2018
Hancher Auditorium Iowa City Building
Design: Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects with OPN Architects
Location: Iowa, USA
Hancher Auditorium Iowa City Building
Widely recognized for commissioning new works of dance and music, Hancher reaches audiences beyond the University of Iowa.

Photos by Jeff Goldberg/ESTO
The new home for this renowned institution is on a hilltop overlooking the Iowa River, on the main route into Iowa City?a prominent location for the state?s premier performing arts presenter. With sweeping horizontal forms that echo the landscape and the curve of the river, the design draws from the building?s natural surroundings.
Parallel forms cantilever at the south end of the building, creating overhangs for the lobby and a second-level terrace. Floor-to-ceiling glass walls below the cantilevers offer views to the campus and the river, and can be seen from Hancher Bridge and points south. Lobby spaces and offices have shaded sunlight during the day.

The building?s form, massing, color, and material complement the adjacent Levitt Center for University Advancement, a limestone-clad asymmetrical composition of geometric forms. Cladding on Hancher Auditorium?s main structure is a stainless steel shingle with a brushed satin finish.

Together, the rehearsal ...