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Poettker Construction served as the construction manager and BLDD worked as the architect for the new 67,000-square-foot two-story elementary school, which replaces the outdated elementary space formerly located in two separate buildings.

Increasingly, our schools need to be well-appointed places of modern learning and also durable structures in the event of natural disasters such as Florida’s seasonal hurricanes.

Serving 750 students in grades 5 and 6, Azle Elementary School features several Tubelite aluminum framing systems for resilient, continuous use in the warm Texas climate.

Emerald Elementary School in Broomfield, Colorado is a net-zero-ready, public school serving students in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. Designed and constructed to meet the highest green building standards, the new school supports the district’s aggressive sustainability and energy efficiency goals.

The main design concept for the lower school building was to reinforce the school’s collegiate atmosphere, while interweaving a fun, creative, and colorful whimsy into the facility, as depicted by the bright blue metal and brick facade with red, almond, and bronze trim.

This month, Edwin Forrest Elementary School is celebrating the completion of a successful first academic year in its newly renovated K-5 learning environment, which underwent a $22 million transformation designed by DIGroup Architecture (DIG).

The International Interior Design Association and the American Library Association have honored firm Gensler in collaboration with Luckett & Farley as the Best of Competition winner of the 2024 ALA/IIDA Library Design Awards for the Western Kentucky University Commons at Helm Library interior renovation.

DIGroup Architecture has completed its first New York City School project – P.S. 748, The Albee Square Campus in Brooklyn, N.Y. The new school is part of the city’s commitment to add 45,000 seats across the city as scheduled in the New York City School Construction Authority’s (NYC SCA) 2020-24 Capital Plan.

The reborn Smith Elementary is a near-twin of a second K-5 school, also recently opened, to replace a 70-year-old facility elsewhere in the region. Both schools feature identical floorplans, but designers with Pfluger Architects’ Austin office wanted to give each exterior unique identities, and metal wall panels offered a great option given the profile and color options now available.

Unlike anything offered on campus before, the project thoughtfully employs design features and amenities reflecting the character of the district, while the building form and interior elements pull inspiration from the energy and dynamic nature of ice hockey.