UNIVERSITIES OF WISCONSIN | 2025-27 CAPITAL BUDGET
Razing UW-Madison's Humanities Building among UW system's top priorities for 2025-27
KIMBERLY WETHAL
Updated
UW-Madison is considering a new slate of projects to replace outdated facilities or expand residence hall occupancy that could eventually be forwarded to Universities of Wisconsin administrators, and later state lawmakers, for approval. consideration. A new engineering building remains UW-Ma…
The Universities of Wisconsin’s top priorities in its next capital budget are tearing down and replacing two failing 1960s-era monstrosities: Cowley Hall at UW-La Crosse, and the towering concrete fortress known as the Mosse Humanities Building at UW-Madison.
The Universities of Wisconsin is seeking to demolish the 1960s-era Mosse Humanities Building at UW-Madison, along with constructing replacement buildings for the art and music departments, in its upcoming budget request.Â
UW-La Crosse's Cowley Hall would be demolished as part of a proposal to build the second phase of the Prairie Springs Science Center in the next budget. Cowley Hall is beyond repair: The foyer leaks and seals around windows have shrunk.
The Mosse Humanities Building would remain on track to be demolished by 2030 under a proposed $292.5 million project Universities of Wisconsin system leadership plans to bring to lawmakers in the next budget cycle. The building has been inefficient since the day it was built, after UW-Madison cut corners to reduce its price tag of $15 million in the 1960s.
A Cowley Hall classroom at UW-La Crosse overlooks the Prairie Springs Science Center. Completing the second phase of the Prairie Springs Science Center is the UW system's top priority for major projects in the next budget.
The Universities of Wisconsin is seeking to demolish the 1960s-era Mosse Humanities Building at UW-Madison, along with constructing replacement buildings for the art and music departments, in its upcoming budget request.Â
The Mosse Humanities Building would remain on track to be demolished by 2030 under a proposed $292.5 million project Universities of Wisconsin system leadership plans to bring to lawmakers in the next budget cycle. The building has been inefficient since the day it was built, after UW-Madison cut corners to reduce its price tag of $15 million in the 1960s.
A Cowley Hall classroom at UW-La Crosse overlooks the Prairie Springs Science Center. Completing the second phase of the Prairie Springs Science Center is the UW system's top priority for major projects in the next budget.
UW-La Crosse's Cowley Hall would be demolished as part of a proposal to build the second phase of the Prairie Springs Science Center in the next budget. Cowley Hall is beyond repair: The foyer leaks and seals around windows have shrunk.
