significance, FEMA directed UI to maintain the original portion built in 1936, where Grant Wood’s studio was housed. The east wing, three south buildings and below-ground classroom additions, however, will be demolished.

When: Site work will begin this summer, and April 2016 is targeted for construction completion.

Cost: $77 million.

School of Music

While Hancher will remain on the north end of campus, the School of Music and its recital spaces will relocate to downtown Iowa City at the southwest corner of Clinton and Burlington streets. Construction bids are being solicited this spring, and demolition of the two former bank buildings is slated to begin later this spring. In their place will be a five-story building, designed by LMN Architects of Seattle, with a largely glass exterior and a 700-seat concert halland 200-seat recital hall on the second floor. School of Music classes and activities have been scattered around the city since 2008, including in rented downtown commercial spaces and a converted church.

When: Work will get under way this summer, and May 2016 is targeted for completion.

Cost: $152 million.

Mayflower Residence Hall

Mayflower Residence Hall
UI’s largest residence hall, housing more than 1,000 students, was the first university facility to flood in 2008. Dubuque Street was closed for 30 days and the hall’s first level sustained damage from 2 1/2 feet of water, but Mayflower reopened in time for the fall semester that year. UI intends to build a permanent flood wall around the building, along with subsurface wells to keep water pressure in check. The wall will create a plaza outside