The construction of the Visual Arts Studios marks the first new building construction on the UTPB campus in more than twenty years. The design concept began with a desire to provide a simple, low-cost facility, which will be architecturally compatible with the existing campus architecture at UTPB. The studios include spaces for ceramics, sculpture, woodworking, metal fabrication, painting and printmaking. In an effort to provide the most cost-effective envelope, the building is constructed using tilt-up concrete panels colored to complement existing campus architecture. A freestanding monolith simultaneously marks the entrance to the building and provides a termination to the pedestrian axis connecting to the center of the Campus.