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The north wall is adorned with salvaged historic terra cotta elements elevating the familiar community entrance.

Benjamin Benschneider

The replacement school retains the look of the original building. Terra cotta was salvaged from the original school and used for the new entry.

The commons feature timber framing with glue-laminated columns and beams, wood decking, and purlins for a biophilic approach that reduces embodied carbon.

The new theater celebrates the long history of Highline thespians and is adorned with custom wood paneling that supports a variety of performing arts.

The school features various types of exercise for students to explore, including space for creative movement such as yoga and dance.

Project • By Bassetti Architects • Secondary Schools

Highline High School

Three powerful concepts shaped the new Highline High School – community engagement, project-based learning, and contextual place-based design. Bassetti Architects created an intentional design infused with thoughtful solutions, community highlights, and a school made to last. Benjamin Benschneider Both vision and outcomes of the new school stemmed from discussions with the community, aided by Bassetti. A Visioning Workshop set goals, learning objectives, and strategies for a responsive solution. Guiding Principles, set by the school-based Design Review Committee (DRC), were infused into every phase of the project. At each step, careful listening, earnest communication, and synthesized responses were used to gather community inpu... More