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Design Engineers’ Indian Creek Nature Center is awarded the ASHRAE Technology Award. Learn about the center and this prestigious award.

This new 80,000 square foot home for the University Of Dubuque Performing Arts Program. The project includes a 1,000-seat proscenium theatre with orchestra pit, 150-seat black box theatre, scene shop, costume shop, dressing rooms, rehearsal rooms, classrooms, practice rooms, offices, student commons and cafe.

University of Iowa, Iowa City Project History This project provides a new 188,000 square foot home for the University Of Iowa School Of Music after the previous building was destroyed by flood in 2008. The project includes a 700-seat concert hall, 200-seat recital hall, rehearsal rooms, organ rooms, classrooms, practice rooms, music library, and faculty studios. […]

University of Iowa, Iowa City Project History This project provides a new 126,000 square foot home for the University of Iowa School of Art to replace the existing studio arts facility that was lost to a flood in 2008. The building will provide studio arts space, including sculpture, metals and jewelry, ceramics, printmaking painting and drawing, […]

Auditorium Experience Design Engineers has successfully completed numerous auditorium projects covering a wide range of styles.  The projects include both large and small auditoriums as well as renovations and new construction.  Some examples include the following. Project Name Type(s) of Auditorium University of Iowa School of Music Concert Hall, Recital Hall, Organ Hall, Opera Kirkwood […]

Flood Restoration and Mitigation – University of Iowa, Iowa city, Iowa The University of Iowa sustained unprecedented damage in the 2008 flood.  Design Engineers was selected as mechanical/electrical consultants for flood recovery and mitigation for ten out of fourteen buildings.  The following two pages provide an overview of these projects.  All projects required extensive coordination […]

Studio Arts Temporary Facility – University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa Project History In June of 2008 severe storms and heavy rains caused the Iowa River to overflow its banks and flood the University of Iowa campus located in Iowa City, Iowa. Floodwaters inundated the Art Building West and Art Building East. These buildings housed […]

USGBC LEED Project Experience Design Engineers has been using sustainable design principles since our inception over 30 years ago. We believe that the foundation of sustainable systems is simple, intuitive and flexible design. The long-term viability of systems depends on these characteristics. Sustainable design is efficient design, but it is also uncomplicated, easy to understand, […]

Maple Willow Larch Residence Hall Dining Renovation & Convenience Store – Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa             Project History This project consists of the complete renovation of the dining facilities at Maple Willow Larch Residence Hall into a food court style facility at Iowa State University, as well as the […]

K-12 Education Experience Design Engineers has successfully completed over 280 primary and secondary school projects including over 40 high school projects and covering a wide variety of experience from small to large as well as renovations and new construction.  Projects have included elementary, middle and high schools, and all types of educational facilities including classrooms, […]

UI Community Credit Union Corporate Headquarters, North Liberty, Iowa   Project History The facility is the new 105,000 square foot corporate head quarters for the University of Iowa Community Credit Union. The building is ideally located in North Liberty Iowa off of interstate 380 between Iowa City and Cedar Rapids. The building contains a branch […]

Addition and Renovations – Dental Science Building – University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa Project History This project consists of the construction of a 33,000 sf addition,  the renovation of 7500 sf of research laboratory and office space in the north building, and the renovation of the 130,000 sf of clinical, laboratory, and workroom space […]

West Campus Residence Hall – University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa Project History This project is to construct the first new residence hall on the University of Iowa campus since 1973.   The 172,000 sf residence hall is 10 stories high and is designed to meet high rise code requirements. The energy efficient mechanical and electrical […]

Kirkwood Healthcare Simulation Center – Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa This 10,700 sqft facility was added to the west end of Linn Hall to serve the expanding Nursing program.  The facility has an OR/ER, ICU, a nurse’s station, four exam rooms, ambulance garage, and office space.  Each of the medical spaces has an adjacent […]

Kirkwood Johnson County Regional Center – Kirkwood Community College, Coralville, Iowa Kirkwood’s newest regional center was designed in partnership with The University of Iowa and area K-12 districts. This 5 story, 102,000 square foot facility is located on the University of Iowa’s Oakdale Campus and is registered LEED gold. Regional centers provide advanced learning opportunities […]

Kirkwood Horticulture – Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa This 40,200 sqft facility was built in 2007 on Kirkwood’s main campus to house their Agricultural Sciences Program.  This facility allows students to study in golf course and athletic turfgrass management, landscape maintenance, nursery and garden center management, parks and natural resources, and floral design.  An […]

Cedar Rapids Public Library, Cedar Rapids, Iowa The magnificent new 94,000 sq. ft main library in the heart of the City of Cedar Rapids replaces the library damaged in the 2008 flood. The project includes a 200-seat auditorium, offices, conference rooms, stack area, green roof, and a coffee shop. Goals of the project included: LEED […]

Iowa City Fire Station #4 Working as a tightly-coordinated and collaborative team, Design Engineers and Rohrbach Associates Architects have completed a pair of fire stations, No.2 and No.4, that have each qualified for Gold Certification through the United States Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program. “Building operations are nearly 40% of […]

Design Engineers Headquarters Our state-of-the-art offices in Cedar Rapids, Iowa were designed to be beautiful, light-filled, and sustainable. The project is LEED Gold certificated, including the maximum 10 points available for the optimization of energy performance plus 1 additional innovation point. The mechanical scope of work includes a water-efficient plumbing system including waterless urinals, dual […]

Veterans Administration Research Hospital This project consisted of the construction of a new free standing 30,000 square foot research facility on the campus of the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Iowa City.  The facility was constructed to provide additional wet laboratory research space for use by the VA staff.  Utilities for the new […]