Structural Concepts has designed many buildings used for education, both public and private. Five projects are depicted here, along with key information about each one.
| John Handley High School Winchester, Virginia
- add 30% student capacity above existing classrooms
- seismic retrofit preserves majestic 1922 façade
- skylights show off original trusses and brick walls
- strengthen original roofs for snow drifts as needed
- $63M project cost
- low headroom micropiles add foundation capacity
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| Clarke County High School Berryville, Virginia
- class room capacity for 1,000 students ($35M value)
- includes auditorium, gym, commons, and admin area
- steel framed with bar joists and composite beams
- masonry shear walls and chevron lateral braces
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| Jefferson Fellows Center Charlottesville, Virginia
- $11.5M home for scholarship program at UVa
- areas for reading, teaching, meeting and conference
- covered walkways between 3 steel framed buildings
- exposed glue-lam timbers and wood roof deck
- 23 unique steel chevron frames in lateral system
- small concrete basement with larger alternate
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| Chatham Hall Auditorium Chatham, Virginia
- new 320-seat lecture hall with adjustable stage
- shares wall with renovated dining hall and kitchen
- wall of glass on academic courtyard
- Vierendeel truss in high roof surrounded by glass
- glue-laminated timbers on display in high ceiling
- reinforced CMU and steel tube cross braces
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| Sacred Heart Academy Addition Winchester, Virginia
- parochial elementary and middle school
- add 11,000 ft² main level and 7,000 ft² basement
- building also encloses 4,000 ft² outdoor courtyard
- non-combustible roof trusses of cold-formed steel
- steel strap cross braces in scheduled shear walls
- more pictures in the architect's education gallery
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