Completion Date: 2008
Square Footage: 114,000 Addition / 69,000 Renovation
Awards:
Award of Merit, 2009
Educational Environments Exhibition

Lake Forest High School's need to remain current in order to prepare their students for life and work in an increasingly technological and competitive global economy led to the renovation and expansion of its academic east campus and improvements to portions of the west campus facility and fields. The comprehensive plan was several years in the making and reflects the findings of the Strategic Planning Committee, numerous citizen and staff planning groups, and the Board of Education.

Facility improvements to the east campus include classroom additions and renovations, science lab additions and relocation and expansion of the library and student resource centers. The west campus improvements were designed to accommodate more athletic and administrative functions in order to make room for an improved academic program at the east campus.

Read more about the project's inventive adaptive reuse here.