The 126,000-sq-ft multidisciplinary building is designed to be a creative hub for innovation by showcasing RIT’s technological and arts programs with five large classrooms, studios for music and dance, a flexible event theater and seven maker/shop spaces ranging from wood and metal shops to 3D printing, electronics and textiles.

Cornell University had high expectations for the team on a five-building, 776,000-sq-ft student housing complex and dining hall project completed this year on its Ithaca, N.Y., campus.