Introduction ― 4
Selected Projects ― 8
Our team knows that a school’s core values should be at the center of any revitalized campus. By integrating the newest technologies, state-of-the-art building systems, and innovative curriculums, we rejuvenate buildings while empowering community.
Part of a successful modernization is the recognition of an existing building’s tremendous potential. By taking the time to understand the place as well as the structure, we transform aged buildings into learning spaces that meet current and future needs of students, teachers and communities.
Dallas, Texas
Client: Dallas Independent School District
Size: 45,000 square feet (4,180 square meters)
Completion Date: 2020
― WHAT IT IS Renovation and expansion to improve school functionality and encourage innovative learning.
The classroom addition includes future-ready technology as well as a host of sustainable design elements including daylight harvesting and autonomous controls.
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Collaboration areas are located throughout the addition.
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The design of the new main entrance provides both a strong identity for the school and clear wayfinding for visitors. Those visitors are steered into a new secure vestibule and reception area which eliminates the concern of having unauthorized individuals accessing the building without staff knowledge.
Client: Proviso Township High Schools District 209
Size: Proviso East-499, 202 quare feet (46,377 square meters), Proviso West-550,000 square feet (51,096 square meters)
Completion Date: 2022, 2023
― WHAT IT IS A multi-phase project spanning five years and three schools.
― WHAT MAKES IT RELEVANT
As a result of the master plan, we have designed numerous renovations including a new football field, track, stadium/ concessions building, and advanced manufacturing lab.
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Client: Brimmer and May School
Size: 13,000 square feet (1,207 square meters)
Completion Date: 2017
― WHAT IT IS
A STEAM-supported addition and renovation that features an innovation lab, maker space, and breakout areas.
The varied spaces were designed to support a range of teaching methods, from hands-on learning to group work and collaboration.Brimmer and May School, Innovation Space
Champaign, Illinois
Client: Champaign Unit 4 School District
Size: Central High School - 348,000 square feet
(32,330 square meters)
Centennial High School - 310,000 square feet
(28,799 square meters)
Completion Date: 2021 and 2022
― WHAT IT IS Renovations and additions to two high schools following a successful master plan and bond referendum.
San Marcos, Texas
Client: San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District
Size: 42,400 square feet (addition) (3,939 square meters), 6,000 square feet (renovation) (557 square meters)
Completion Date: 2020
― WHAT IT IS A CTE addition that uses transparency to highlight specific programs and future career opportunities.
The addition includes a courtyard that acts as a crossroads for collaboration between disciplines, as well as an area to showcase specific programs.
Client: Northwest Independent School District
Size: 72,000 square feet (new construction) (6,689 square meters), 52,000 square feet (renovation)
(4,830 quare meters), 14,000 square feet (addition)
(1,300 square meters)
Completion Date: 2020
An 800-student CTE expansion that encourages students to pursue their college and career aspirations.
A monumental staircase sits within the multistory rotunda volume overlooking the outdoor courtyard, giving the school a college campus feel and motivating students to step outside.
― WHAT MAKES IT RELEVANT
Collaboration areas are included throughout to support small-group learning sessions and provide opportunities for students to pause as they traverse across the large campus.
Atlanta, Georgia
Client: Atlanta Public Schools
Size: 17,000 New and 175,000 Renovated square feet (1,579 New and 16,258 Renovated square meters)
Completion Date: 2016
Awards: Merit Award, Renovation/Restoration Project, AIA Georgia, 2017
To maximize the impact of a limited budget, we redefined the main entry with an all-glass, two-story administration space and opened the auditorium to create a new student commons.
A renovation that energizes the middle school with plenty of daylight and bold graphic elements.
Lake Forest, Illinois
Client: Lake Forest School District 67
Size: 10,552 square feet (980 square meters)
Completion Date: 2017
― WHAT IT IS
A re-envisioning of the library at the heart of a local middle school that responds to current and future learning needs.
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This warm, inviting space prioritizes transparency and collaboration.
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Furnishings are flexible to allow for easy customization.
Houston, Texas
Client: Houston Independent School District
Size: 399,000 square feet (37,068 square meters)
Completion Date: 2020
― WHAT IT IS
The reimagining of a historic building as a future-ready learning environment for a large urban high school.
The design highlights the school’s international baccalaureate status and celebrates its career and technical education, while encouraging global awareness.
The largest IB school in Texas, Lamar strives to give students every opportunity to achieve their highest potential and fosters an environment based on shared responsibility, academic challenge, intercultural understanding, and mutual respect.
Client: Atlanta Public Schools
Size: 350,000 square feet (32,516 square meters)
Completion Date: 2011
Sustainability: LEED Silver ®
Awards:
Citation of Excellence, Learning by Design, 2013
Honor Award, AIA Georgia Chapter, 2012
Award of Excellence, Atlanta Urban Design Commission, 2012
― WHAT IT IS A transformative renovation of an aged building to house four career-based academies
At a lower financial and environmental cost than a new building, this school was completely adapted into a bright, welcoming environment.
Shanghai, China
Client: Shanghai American School
Size: 323 square meters (3,484 square feet)
Completion Date: 2018
― WHAT IT IS A library renovation that created what the school needed—a welcoming and interactive learning center.
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A cohesive materials palette and integrated lighting further connect the varied spaces of the library.
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Creative areas promote flexible instruction.
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A green wall and a water feature integrated into the edge of a staircase enhance the sense of calm.
Multiple visual and physical connections between floors allow for ease of movement and supports co-teaching.
― WHAT MAKES IT COOL
This shared, comfortable, and calm space allows students to study, relax, and socialize.
Lake Forest, Illinois
Client: Lake Forest School District 67
Size: 9,000 square feet square feet (836 Square meters)
Completion Date: 2013
Awards:
Exhibition of Educational Environments Award of Distinction, Illinois
Association of School Boards, 2014
Outstanding Project, Learning by Design Magazine, 2014
― WHAT IT IS An underutilized structure that became a light-filled, customizable, and colorful space to support peer-to-peer learning.
San Francisco, California
Client: Alta Vista
Size: 14,235 square feet (1,322 square meters)
Completion Date: 2017
― WHAT IT IS
A retail space in the heart of San Francisco’s Mission District was transformed into a vibrant, light-filled local middle school.
“Our new facility is a physical representation of our entire school community’s purpose and place.” ― Paul Brown, Principal
Atlanta, Georgia
Client: Atlanta Public Schools
Size: 228,028 square feet (21,184 square meters)
Completion Date: 2019
― WHAT IT IS Open, light-filled spaces complement the Brutalist, 1960s style, inspiring collaboration and innovation.
A collaborative effort was key to making this space a success — we worked closely with the owner, contractor, and school staff to ensure their space was unique to them and a perfect fit for their students’ needs.
The addition of significant natural light is one of the most notable features of Hollis’ new space. The beautiful, large windows dissolve a barrier between the school, its community, and the outdoors. The new natural light has the power to positively impact students and staff’s mental and physical health, greatly benefiting their learning and working environments.
Unused hallway lockers were transformed into learning pods, extending fun, comforting learning environments beyond the classroom.
Brimmer and May School, Innovation Space Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Since 1935, we’ve believed that design has the power to make the world a better, more beautiful place.
That’s why clients and community members on nearly every continent partner with us to design healthy, happy places in which to live, learn, work, play, and heal. We’re passionate about human-centered design, and how design can impact our lives through sustainability, resilience, well-being, diversity and inclusion, and mobility. And we’re committed to advancing design through research. As a matter of fact, in 2018, Fast Company named us one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies in Architecture. Our team of 2,500 professionals provides worldwide interdisciplinary services in architecture, interior design, branded environments, urban design, landscape architecture, and more, and includes our partners Portland, Nelson\Nygaard, Genesis Planning, and Pierre-Yves Rochon (PYR).
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