About Fanning Howey
Fanning Howey is an integrated architecture, interiors, and engineering firm specializing in learning environments
Our thought leaders understand how lighting, acoustics and space combine to create a great performance. However, we take performing arts design a step further. We design for the needs of other academic programs and community groups, as well as the core functions of theater, music and dance.
WE ARE LEADERS IN:
• Architecture
• MEP Engineering
• Interior Design
• Landscape Architecture
• Technology Design
• Construction Administration
• Master Planning
• Educational Visioning
900K+
students attend Fanning Howeydesigned schools each day
120+
audtitorium projects
2,850+
K-12 school designs in 37 states since 1961
115+
professionals focused on improving learning environments
#4
globally in LEED certification design for K-12 schools
63
years of expertise creating impactful spaces
Carmel Performing Arts
Carmel, IN
The addition and renovation of the performing arts wing at Carmel High School creates a contemporary suite of rehearsal and performance spaces to serve Carmel's music and theater programs for years to come.
Carmel High School's Performing Arts Department was living in outdated and poorly arranged spaces. Expanding and rearranging rehearsal spaces brings musical programs together, adding convenient storage for choir, band and orchestra. All spaces are equipped with mirrors to function as rehearsal spaces for a variety of performance groups. Practice rooms are relocated to the first floor, with windows providing natural light, a feature rarely seen in older style rehearsal spaces.
CLIENT Carmel Clay Schools
SCOPE
25,464 New SF
81,216 Renovated SF
COST
$16.2 M
COMPLETION DATE 2023
CONTACT
Todd Fenoglio Director of Facilities & Transportation 317.815.3962 tfenoglio@ccs.k12.in.us
Bundy Auditorium
New Castle, IN
Renovations to Bundy Auditorium achieved big results on a small budget.
The design team focused on improving the performance experience for New Castle students by upgrading sound, lighting and technology systems.
With the leftover dollars in the budget, the design team gave the auditorium a much-needed facelift with new seating, carpet and paint. The design also improves functionality within the auditorium. The design team repurposed the large existing wood partition walls for use as the exterior face of the sound booth. This allowed the team to economically increase the size of the sound booth, an improvement which allows New Castle's theatre department to hold its theatre tech class.
CLIENT New Castle Community School Corporation
SCOPE
32,989 Renovated SF
COST $ 890 K
COMPLETION DATE 2023
CONTACT
Matthew Shoemaker Superintendent 765.521.7201 mshoemaker@ncweb.me
Wilson High School
Washington, DC
Wilson High School was originally built in 1935 and, thanks to an academy approach to instruction, it has since developed into one of Washington, DC’s best high schools.
At Wilson, the basement is opened as a new ground floor entrance housing the media center and administrative office. Each of the next three floors include classrooms, offices, resource and planning rooms, and science classrooms and labs. The gym and the auditorium have switched places, with the old gym and media center becoming the new Visual and Performing Arts Center that also serves as a civic theatre. Sustainable design and preservation of the existing building is an important aspect at Wilson, which has achieved LEED Gold certification.
Associate Firm: cox, graae + spack architects
CLIENT District of Columbia Public Schools
SCOPE
83,959 New SF
241,194 Renovated SF
COST
$100 M
COMPLETION DATE
2011
St. Theodore Guerin High School - Fine Arts
Noblesville, IN
A Fine Arts and Wellness addition will deliver new educational and physical fitness opportunities to the students.
The new Fine Arts Center will support Guerin's exceptional STEAM curriculum and will include a 500-seat auditorium and a large group instruction room. Support space will include all the elements of a modern performance venue: scene shop, dressing rooms, green room, ticket office, sound room and a shared classroom. The Wellness Center will include a fieldhouse, a weight/fitness room, additional lockers rooms, a training room and a concessions area for the nearby athletic fields. A central lobby and gathering space will connect the Fine Arts Center, the Wellness Center and the existing high school.
The addition is the continuation of a 20-year relationship between Fanning Howey and St. Theodore Guerin High School. Fanning Howey designed the original high school, as well as subsequent additions throughout the years. This new addition will provide Guerin's high-performing students and student-athletes with the facilities they need to thrive in the future.
CLIENT Diocese of Lafayette-In-Indiana
SCOPE
72,728 New SF 5,300 Renovated SF
COST
$27.6 M
COMPLETION DATE 2025
CONTACT
Andrew Guljas Diocesan Facilities Management Coordinator 765.742.4852 aguljas@dol-in.org
School for Creative and Performing Arts
Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati's new School for the Creative and Performing Arts houses some of the most technologically-advanced theater and recording spaces in the Midwest.
The school includes a commercial-style, 750-seat theatre and 300-seat recital hall. The main theater, with its elaborate woodwork, large stage and great sight lines makes every seat the best seat in the house. Serving 1,350 students, the building has ample rehearsal space, professional grade dance studios, naturally lit art studios, music practice rooms, galleries, gathering areas and other facilities necessary to offer a learning environment designed specifically for the arts.
Associate firms: CR architecture and Moody Nolan
CLIENT
Cincinnati Public School District
SCOPE
252,249 New SF
COST
$50.6 M
COMPLETION DATE
2009
Columbia City High School
Columbia City, IN
In Indiana communities, the school is the center of public life, and Columbia City is no exception. The high school’s performing arts venue provides an exciting place for school and community events.
The school’s performing arts wing is anchored by a 636-seat auditorium with state-of-the-art lighting and sound technology. Support spaces include an ADA-accessible orchestra pit, a scene shop, a props area, a costume shop and two dressing rooms. Community performing arts groups will rent and use the facilities. The design of the auditorium includes a sawtooth connector for the ceiling to provide a better acoustical experience. Other performing arts spaces include band and choir rooms, complete with practice rooms, as well as space for show choir.
CLIENT Whitley County Consolidated School Corporation
SCOPE
295,000 New SF
COST
$74.2 M
COMPLETION DATE
2020
CONTACT
Laura McDermott
Superintendent 260.244.5771 mcdermottla@wccsonline.com
Lawrence North High School - Auditorium
Indianapolis, IN
Comprehensive renovations to two high school auditoriums are providing MSD of Lawrence Township students with refined environments for the Performing Arts.
Auditoriums at Lawrence Central High School and Lawrence North High School were upgraded to create elegant, dynamic performance spaces while simultaneously addressing issues of efficiency, accessibility and safety. The scope of the renovations included new finishes, lighting, technologies, sound system upgrades and acoustic improvements.
The auditoriums now host events ranging from single speaker presentations to dance recitals, plays and musicals. A new wireless microphone system has improved both performance and backstage communication. Upgraded mixing stations and speaker arrays have enhanced sound, and LED lighting has made the facilities more energy efficient. Touchscreens at each of the auditoriums offer controls for teachers, coaches and administrators to easily manipulate the lighting, sound and projectors.
CLIENT Lawrence Township, MSD of COST
$1.3 M
COMPLETION
Belleville High School
Belleville, MI
More than 50,000 square feet of existing space was preserved and reused, including the large auditorium.
The new Belleville High School was constructed next to the old high school building, and the auditorium was the only part of the old building that was renovated, rather than being demolished. Renovations updated the auditorium and expanded the facilities to include a scene shop, new dressing rooms, an ensemble studio and a green room.
CLIENT Van Buren Public Schools
SCOPE
320,000 New SF
51,450 Renovated SF
COST
$46.9 M
COMPLETION DATE
2012
Northview High School
Brazil, IN
The addition of a music room at Northview High School enabled key programs to relocate, freeing up the existing building interiors for creative repurposing and reconfiguration by Fanning Howey designers.
The music center at Northview High School features a band room, choir room, percussion room, instrument storage, practice rooms, a music library, and storage, all enhanced by careful architectural and acoustics design for a transformative experience.
CLIENT Clay Community Schools
SCOPE
48,900 New SF
209,272 Renovated SF
COST
$14.4 M
COMPLETION DATE
2019
Olentangy Berlin Middle School
Delaware, OH
A modified prototype design is providing studentcentered learning environments for Olentangy's middle school curriculum.
Fanning Howey collaborated with Olentangy educators to rethink the district's existing middle school prototype. The design creates a new innovation hub along the central corridor, comprised of a student collaboration area, a modern media center and a maker space.
Fanning Howey designers elongated academic wings to accommodate additional classrooms and inserted collaboration space in the extended learning areas. The design also improves upon the previous prototype by expanding and reorganizing special education classrooms, adding more spectator seating in the gymnasium, increasing locker room size and expanding the orchestra room.
CLIENT Olentangy Schools
SCOPE 156,700 New SF
COST
$40.2 M
COMPLETION DATE 2023
CONTACT
Jeff Gordon
Director of Business Management and Facilities
740.548.6111 jeffrey_gordon@olsd.us
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