Gold: Blue Valley High SchoolSubmitted by Crossland Construction Co. Inc. Located in Overland Park, Kan., Blue Valley Unified School District 229 commissioned Perkins & Will with HTK Architects and NSP Architects to program and design the district’s fifth high school to be ready for the 2010-11 academic year.
Sited on a sloping 112-acre site, the 300,000-sq-ft high school will serve 1,600 students in grades 9 through 12. The design is organized around a courtyard, with common spaces—theater lobby, administration, cafeteria, library and cyber cafe opening directly onto this central space.