The Regional Workforce Innovation Center houses St. Charles Community College's advanced manufacturing, robotics, energy, and healthcare programs. Classrooms wrap the high-bay trade shops at the core, where wiring, piping, and ductwork are left exposed and labeled as a teaching tool.

Clifton Court Hall houses the University of Cincinnati's College of Arts and Sciences. Modular terracotta cladding echoes the adjacent historic brick campus, and a sculptural red stair bridges the five-story atrium, extending a campus path into the building.

Beloit College Powerhouse is a reused coal plant on the Rock River, now a recreation and wellness center. The brick walls, smokestack, and salvaged turbine machinery remain, with a competition pool, cafe, and suspended running track threaded through into a new translucent field house.