1. The structure was designed and constructed by 22 University of Kansas students enrolled this year in Studio 804, the graduate design-build program at KU’s School of Architecture and Urban Planning.

2. The 1,600-square-foot building is named the “5.4.7 Arts Center.”

3. Led by Dan Rockhill, the J. L. Constant Distinguished Professor of Architecture, Studio 804 has won Architecture magazine’s “Home of Year” award twice in three years.

4. Utilizing numerous “Earth-friendly” passive and active energy systems—solar panels, geothermal heating, wind turbines, thermal massing—the structure may be the “greenest” building in Kansas.

5. Studio 804 expects the art center to achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council—“the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings.”

6. The building will serve as a multifunctional space for Greensburg and eventually be home to a local arts group.

7. The structure for Greensburg was built in a Lawrence warehouse and transported 325 miles by truck through about 16 Kansas communities in 13 counties.

8. The building’s exterior is made from recycled planks of Douglas fir taken from a decommissioned building at Sunflower Ammunition Plant near Lawrence.

9. KU’s School of Architecture and Urban Planning ranks first in the Midwest and sixth nationwide among all undergraduate architecture programs, according to DesignIntelligence, the publisher of “America's Best Architecture and Design Schools.”

10. Donations are needed on an ongoing basis: To support KU’s project to help rebuild Greensburg, contact Rockhill at (785) 864-4024 or rockhill@ku.edu.

For stories, videos, photo galleries and a virtual tour of the Studio 804 Greensburg project, visit the KU Web site.