Coyle Engineering, Inc. provided civil engineering services for this renovation project, completed in 2006, which added soundproof classrooms and practice rooms for music and studios for photography, printmaking, and digital imaging. The plans also included an exhibition gallery for faculty and student art. 

General architects for the Ruth Taylor project, Kell Muñoz Architects of San Antonio, partnered with Michael R. Howard of New Orleans, a nationally known design consultant who specializes in performance art centers. 

Under the renovation plans, two adjoining wings were gutted and the interior of the building was reconfigured. An additional floor was added, bringing the total floor space of the Ruth Taylor Art and Music complex to 70,000 square feet. In addition to state of the art music teaching facilities, the renovation expanded and modernized existing studios for sculpture, painting, and drawing.

The original building was made possible by a gift from the late Trinity University Trustee Vernon F. Taylor in memory of his wife, Ruth. The music building was constructed in 1956 and the art wing was added in 1962.