The College of Design building stands on the west side of the Iowa State University campus in Ames. Iowa State describes it as a five-story Brutalist structure built in 1978. Studio classrooms and offices surround a public atrium with a vaulted skylight. It is the only classroom building on campus open 24 hours a day.
The building has a 250-seat auditorium, an electronic classroom, a flexible gallery space, a model shop with a CNC router and several computer labs. It also holds the design branch of the university library, the Design Store and the Design Cafe. Outdoor lawns, native prairie plantings and public art display areas surround it.
The King Pavilion, built in 2009 on the north side, adds 23,735 square feet (2,205 square meters) and houses first-year architecture students. It was the first LEED Platinum certified higher education building in Iowa. The page does not name an architect for either part.
This building has no Wikipedia article. Facts come from Iowa State University College of Design: Facility highlights, Iowa State University College of Design: contact.
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