EDfacility Tours

Grandview Heights Middle School and High School

Architect of Record: Moody Nolan
Design Architect: Perkins&Will

(Credit: 3 AIA LU/HSW, 3 IDCEC CEU/HSW)

Grandview Heights Schools’ renovated high school and newly constructed middle school form a unified 4–12 campus that supports collaboration and connection among all students. Shared dining and athletic spaces link the two schools and enable resource sharing across grade levels. Classroom clusters surround open collaboration commons, with glass walls and garage-style doors encouraging interaction between students and instructors. Visitors will experience a cohesive design language of transparency, natural light, and flexible, open spaces, where exposed structure and natural materials create an adaptable, collaborative learning environment.

Delaware Area Career Center

Architect: SHP

Delaware Area Career Center is a cutting-edge Career Tech facility designed for efficiency and innovation. The renovated and expanded South Campus serves as the unified home of DACC, merging the previously separate North Campus into the South to create one cohesive environment. At its core lies a vibrant common space linking high and low bay spaces, fostering collaboration across disciplines. Flexible, 21st-century learning environments support team-teaching and integrated academics. The facility serves high school students in career pathways including Engineering Technology, Construction, and Welding. It also supports customer service-oriented programs such as cosmetology and early childhood education, showcasing spaces built for both students and the public.

Upper Arlington High School

Architect of Record and Design Architect for Athletics: Moody Nolan
Design Architect: Perkins&Will

• Red Award, Education, IIDA Illinois, 2024
• John Shaw Award, 2024
• Best of Year Finalist, Early Education, Interior Design Magazine, 2023

Upper Arlington High School builds on the district’s celebrated arts and athletics programs, bringing them together within a future-ready learning environment. At the heart of the school is Golden Bear Boulevard, a wide, light-filled corridor that connects academic, arts, and athletic spaces as a central gathering place. Flexible furniture and open lounge areas throughout the building support a variety of academic and social activities. The arts wing includes a 1,500-seat auditorium, black box theater, and music classrooms for band, orchestra, and chorus. Athletic facilities feature a natatorium, a multipurpose gym, a varsity competition gym, and renovated outdoor fields.

Minerva Park Middle School

Architect: Triad Architects

Minerva Park Middle School offers a dynamic, student-centered learning environment designed to foster creativity, innovation, and connection. The building features warm, modern classrooms with vibrant accents, floor-to-ceiling glazing, and industrial finishes that encourage focus and spark imagination. Corridor seating nooks filled with soft seating, bold colors, and interactive technology invite students to collaborate and shape their own educational experience. Art and engineering studios on the lower level open directly to the park, providing constant inspiration and access to cutting-edge tools like CNC machines, 3D printers, and laser cutters. Tiered seating areas mirror the outdoor amphitheater, supporting informal learning and social interaction. Every design element — from materials to spatial organization — was crafted to create an engaging, inclusive environment that nurtures curiosity and prepares students for future success.

Kipp Columbus Campus

Architect: Moody Nolan

• Honor Award, AIA Ohio Chapter, 2018

Situated on a former golf course, the KIPP Columbus Campus draws inspiration from its agrarian past through a series of contemporary barn forms to create a campus that includes an Early Learning Center, Primary, Elementary, Middle, and High Schools, an Environmental Center, and an Athletics and Wellness Complex. Learning environments are designed to maximize connections to the outdoors, with expansive glass openings and extended outdoor classrooms. Outdoor gathering spaces and classrooms allow students to engage directly with the landscape, emphasizing sustainability and hands-on learning. Visitors will explore how intentional indoor-outdoor connections cultivate environmental stewardship and a deeper sense of community.

Columbus Academy

Architect: The Collaborative

Columbus Academy, an independent school, approved an extensive campus transformation to realign programs and spaces to better support strategic goals. Approximately 38,000 SF of new instructional and multipurpose spaces were created along with an additional 53,000 SF reconfigured and renovated. The Collaborative’s role began with the master planning effort and moved directly into design and implementation of more than 90,000 SF of improvements including an expansion of the dining hall, new classrooms, a library, and a new visual arts center including a new art studio, gallery spaces and updated technology department and administrative offices. Band and orchestra areas were renovated with new practice rooms, storage space and acoustical improvements to existing classrooms.