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Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) and executive architect BNIM have unveiled their design for a new mass timber cube structure called the Makers’ KUbe for the University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design. A six-story, 50,000-sf building for learning and collaboration, the light-filled KUbe will house studio and teaching space, 3D-printing and robotic labs, and a ground-level cafe, all organized around a central core.

Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) unveils Makers’ KUbe, a new mass timber building at the University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design.

Bjarke ingels' 'markers KUbe' will take shape with a mass-timber diagrid structure and draws from traditional japanese joinery techniques.

Denmark’s Bjarke Ingels Group, local firm BNIM Architects and the University of Kansas School of Architecture and Design are collaborating on a 50,000 sq m mass-timber building for the university.

BIG in partnership with BNIM and the University of Kansas have unveiled plans for a new six-story creative academic space that will help consolidate formerly separate learning environments for students in the School of Architecture & Design. Comprising a diagrid frame, the Makers’ KUbe is a...