Iowa State University welcomes everyone to their Student Innovation Center with the following:

“You have big ideas.  Ideas that can make the world a better place.  You want to start making a difference.  The Student Innovation Center is designed with innovators like you in mind.  It’s the nexus on campus where all Cyclones are invited to innovate through experimentation, interdisciplinary collaboration, and the free exchange of ideas.  It’s where you can see your dreams make an impact.”

Mindy Aust served as Project Manager, while at Substance Architecture, collaborating with KieranTimberlake, to deliver a state-of-the-art, one of a kind building for Iowa State University

Awards

2024 Architecture Honor Award
Central States Excellence in Design Awards

2022 Silver Medal, American Institute of Architects
Pennsylvania Chapter

2022 American Architecture Award
The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture & Design and The European Centre Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies

2022 International Architecture Awards – Honorable Mention
The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture & Design and The European Centre Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies

2022 Finalist
WAF Completed Buildings: Higher Education and Research, World Architecture Festival Awards

2022 The Plan Awards – Finalist
The Plan

2021 Excellence in Design – Merit Award
American Institute of Architects, Tri-State Chapter

2021 Excellence in Design – Merit Award
American Institute of Architects, Philadelphia

2021 Midwest Best Project-Higher Education/Research (with IMEG)
Engineering News-Record

2021 Excellence in Design – Merit Award
American Institute of Architects, Iowa Chapter

2021 Masters Award (with JE Dunn)
Master Builders of Iowa

2020 Mid-Rise Building Award
Iowa Ready Mixed Concrete Association

2020 Excellence in Craft (with AWS)
American Institute of Architects, Iowa Chapter

Publications

Winter 2022, Iowa Architect

Fall 2021, Iowa Architect

Winter 2021, Iowa Architect

Fall 2017, Iowa Architect

LEED Certification level: Gold