Voxman Music Building, University of Iowa, American Architecture, Interior, Images
Voxman Music Building at the University of Iowa
American Building Development, USA – design by LMN Architects
28 Mar 2018
Voxman Music Building
Design: LMN Architects
Location: Iowa, USA
Voxman Music Building

Vision

The Voxman Music Building celebrates musical performance at every turn, embracing a collaborative and exploratory student-driven model of education that treats every space as performance space. The building shares this sense of musical discovery with the community through a transparent expression.

The pattern of streets and open spaces in the mixed-use district of Iowa City extends directly into the building?s multilevel interior spaces, cultivating a sense of vertical urban vitality and acknowledging its place within the community.
Site and Program

The six-story, 186,000 square foot building is situated between campus and the downtown core of Iowa City, embracing both academic and urban experiences. The program comprises a 700-seat concert hall, a 200-seat recital hall, an organ performance hall, a music library, rehearsal rooms, practice rooms, classrooms, and faculty studios and offices linked by a series of vertically connected community spaces.

A multi-story glass corner entry at a major downtown intersection reinforces the merger of campus and city, with the two major performance venues marking their presence on each of the main facades.

Between the performa...