Westminster Academy designed by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, Thinking about ‘Universality of Use’ and employing connectivity and flexibility to provide pupils with a place where they take control of their own education, Westminster Academy’s open configuration of spaces is as much a creative work as it is a theatre of learning.
Photography: Timothy Soar
A long, rectangular block, stratified with glass panels and colored bands of terracotta tiles, rises up out of its gritty context to provide a civic landmark. The plan centers on a ground floor ‘marketplace’ which links all key communal spaces and visually connects the entire school via a full-height atrium.
Photography: Timothy Soar
Within the building, a robust material palette of unfinished concrete, timber, and painted blockwork combines with super scaled graphics and artworks to foreground the learning environment and encourage exhibition and display. This Stirling Prize-shortlisted city Academy accommodates 1175 students and 128 staff. The local community, who were extensively consulted with during the project, has access to much of the school and its sports facilities. Site Plan
Project Info:

Architects: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris

Location: Westminster Academy, 5601 North Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308, United States

Project Manager: Capita Symonds

Area: 141000.0 ft2

Project Year: 2007

Photographs: Timothy Soar, Matt Chisnall

Project Name: We...