Kathryn Payne

Managing Director, Architect
  Studio
Tel: 319.433.3824
Contact Kathryn
I love that design works on micro and macro levels, and of course everything in between. The challenge of thinking about the effect of a building on its neighborhood, the ways that people will use the building, all the way through to the type of screw heads that keeps a wall panel in place feeds the never-ending power of design. I look for art in the planning, art in the composition of parts, and art in hearing and implementing the needs of the people that will spend their days working, playing, learning, and living in the buildings we design with them. I love to ask questions.
Credentials
  • American Institute of Architects (AIA)
Expertise
Interests
  • Traveling
  • Hiking
  • Reading
  • Bird watching
  • Drawing
  • Great food
Fun Fact
  • I can write backwards.
Project Portfolio
Waverly-Shell Rock Elementary Schools
Waverly, IA
Two new Waverly-Shell Rock elementary schools were designed to take the community’s youth into 21st century learning and beyond. The buildings integrate classroom technology to promote a modern-day, educational environment …
Waterloo Career Center
Waterloo, IA
With the goal of expanding career pathways for students in Waterloo and the surrounding communities, the school board worked with INVISION to plan an addition and renovation to Central Middle School that would support …
VGM Headquarters
Waterloo, IA
VGM Group worked with INVISION in 2004 on a 51,000sf, three-story addition to their present office building complex. Then in 2014, the partnership continued with a 65,000sf, five-story building integrated into their corporate …
Lincoln Savings Bank
Waterloo, IA
Lincoln Savings Bank’s (LSB) significant growth over the past few years made it necessary to find a space that would accommodate them well into the future. With the desire to remain centrally located in Waterloo, they reached …
Hudson Community School District
Hudson, IA
The Hudson school campus evolved over the years with multiple additions, which led to a disjointed, confusing environment. The district was also predicting significant growth in enrollment that needed to be accommodated. …
Amy Wienands Real Estate Office
Waterloo, IA
The simple and sophisticated design for this new office building created a highly-branded space for Amy Wienands Real Estate, along with space for five tenants. Strongly rooted in culture and brand, the client wanted to break …
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