Designed in the mid 1970s, this fine arts center is a major focal point at the entrance to a university campus. Set on a limited, sloped site, the renovation program included administration, exhibition, teaching, and lecture facilities. The design solution incorporated glass-enclosed bridges that joined the fine arts center to an adjacent teaching facility. 36,000 SF of space contains an art gallery department, administrative areas, and student faculty studios and workshops. The west building with 30,500 square feet of space serves as the student-faculty studio-workshop. The workshops have been designed around a full height open sky lighted interior courtyard. The court serves as a gallery for displays of student work. The east section of the building houses administrative offices and a 6,000 square foot art museum. The two buildings are tied together by glass-enclosed bridge at the second and third levels.   

The museum portion of the building was later named for New York art collector Edwin Ulrich. Its front façade now features the second largest mural by artist Joan Miró.   

This project earned design awards from Kansas AIA, Central States Regional Architectural Competition and National Organization for Minority Architects and International Recognition with Guide US Architecture by McCoy and Goldstein.