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By Chase WeBster The Shorthorn staff The auditorium filled with applause as HKS architect Bryan Trubey, the Cowboys Stadium’s design principal, stood before a rendered projection of the university’s special events center, HKS’s latest project. Trubey’s... More

By Chase WeBster The Shorthorn staff The auditorium filled with applause as HKS architect Bryan Trubey, the Cowboys Stadium’s design principal, stood before a rendered projection of the university’s special events center, HKS’s latest project. Trubey’s arrival was met with excitement and negativity about Arlington’s monumental stadium and the university’s future 190,000-sq. -ft. center. Many remarked on the Cowboys Stadium’s size. At the lecture’s end, Trubey showed renderings of the center. The building will be designed with Mavericks basketball in mind. “This will be the Mavericks’ first real basketball court,” Trubey said. “And we knew that it would have to be an intimidating environment. ” He said the design would use structure and materials that flow visually with the campus but also make the center unique. Alex Dahm, American Institute of Architecture Students UTA chapter president, said he’s concerned with both facilities’ infrastructure. The center creates similar prob Less