The Southern Utah Museum of Art (SUMA) is part of a multi-facility art and theatre campus at Southern Utah University (SUU). Blalock and Partners teamed with Brooks + Scarpa, from Los Angeles, CA, to create a new program document and master plan for the Southern Utah University Center for the Arts which includes a new museum building for the SUMA, as well as a new Theatre and Artistic Production building for the Utah Shakespeare Festival. The project includes a sculpture garden, galleries to exhibit the work of students and faculty, art education and teaching areas, galleries for exhibiting SUU’s art collections, art storage, and other required spaces that allow the faculty to receive national accreditation as a university art museum. This world-class museum space serves as an icon for SUU and is a destination for art-lovers throughout the State of Utah and beyond.
TEAM
Southern Utah University | Owner
Big-D Construction | Contractor
InSite Engineering | Civil
G Brown Design | Landscape
Reaveley Engineering | Structural
Resolut Engineering | Mechanical
Resolut Engineering | Electrical
Nicholas Swan and Timothy Hursley | Photography
RECOGNITION
2018 Honor Award, AIA Western Mountain Region
2017 Honor Award, AIA Utah
2016 Cultural Project of the Year, Associated General Contractors Utah
2016 Best Institution Over $10M, Associated Builders and Contractors Utah
2016 Outstanding Community Institutional Project, Utah Construction and Design
PRESS
1/25/2018, The Architect’s Newspaper
2018, Archello
11/25/2017, Dezeen
11/22/2017, designboom
11/14/2017, The Architect’s Newspaper
11/1/2017, Architect Magazine
6/28/2016, The Salt lake Tribune
8/22/2014, designboom