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NEWS26 CPI %u2013 Concrete Plant International %u2013 2 | 2026 www.cpi-worldwide.comThe Crow Museum%u2019s fa%u00e7ade comprises 163 three-dimensional architectural precast concrete panels, each measuring roughly 10 %u00d7 30 ft with an average thickness of 6%u00bd in. Copyright: Mauricio Rojas PhotographyBuilding Information Modeling (BIM) Award and Government and Public (Co-Winner)Crow Museum of Asian ArtDallas, TexasWells %u2013 Hillsboro, Tex.Project OverviewWith nearly 30,000 students and an expansive campus sprawled across 645 acres, the University of Texas at Dallas has been serving students in Richardson, Texas, for more than six decades. To enhance and enrich the arts on campus, university officials designed the Edith and Peter O%u2019Donnell Jr. Athenaeum, a 12-acre cultural district featuring the Crow Museum of Asian Art. The two-story, 58,800-ft%u00b2 museum serves as the cornerstone of the O%u2019Donnell Athenaeum and is the first structure completed within a larger master plan that provides for future additional cultural facilities. The stunning structure features 18,000 ft%u00b2 of dedicated exhibition space, more than doubling the Crow Museum%u2019s current gallery space in its original location in downtown Dallas. To bring the university%u2019s vision to reality, California architecture firm Morphosis partnered with Wells Concrete of Hillsboro, Texas, on a design anchored by 163 three-dimensional architectural precast concrete panels.