Photo Courtesy of Main Street Studio

Improvements to University of Iowa's Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City included construction of an addition.

Photo Courtesy of Main Street Studio

Stand-alone mock-ups of all enclosure materials were constructed for aesthetic review and quality of workmanship.

The latter, which houses a practice gymnasium, takes design cues from the original structure, albeit on a smaller scale.

The gymnasium, the largest volume, was tucked into a hillside in order to flood administrative spaces with daylight and preserve views of a space frame from a nearby highway.

Stand-alone mock-ups of all enclosure materials were constructed for aesthetic review and quality of workmanship, an exercise that included evaluations by the project's owner, contractor and designer.

Carver-Hawkeye Arena Addition & Renovation, Iowa City, Iowa Key Players

Owner: University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

General Contractor: Knutson Construction, Iowa City, Iowa

Architect: Neumann Monson Architects, Iowa City, Iowa

Structural Engineer: M2B Structural Engineers, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

MEP Engineer: KJWW Engineering Consultants, Rock Island, Ill.