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A school building is much more than a collection of classrooms or a backdrop for children's art. It is a facility that conveys a sense of excitement and well-being through the lively interplay of daylight, color, and spaces, all of which impact the quality of the learning environment.

BLRB builds schools that enable students to perform at their best. In the process, the community gets a facility that is cost effective, durable, useful and respectful of the environment. Because 99 percent of our work is K-12 related projects, we are able to put our past experience and expertise to work on subsequent projects while remaining true to the unique vision and requirements of each facility which we design.

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Auburn Mountainview High SchoolBow Lake Elementary SchoolBrighton Elementary SchoolFern Hill Elementary SchoolGarfield High SchoolGig Harbor Civic Center
Greenwood Elementary SchoolHamilton Middle SchoolInterlake High SchoolNewport Heights Elementary SchoolOlympia High SchoolMount Rainier High School
Mount Tahoma High SchoolSouth Lake High SchoolSouth Shore K-8 SchoolUniversity Place Primary School

BLRB Architects has more experience with large high school projects, complex modernization/addition projects and phased projects at occupied facilities than any other architectural firm in the State of Washington.

Auburn Mountainview High School | Auburn, Washington

BLRB designed a school that is traditional in style, energy-efficient in use of materials and resourceful in meeting challenges of of a severely sloping site.

Bow Lake Elementary School | SeaTac, Washington

Bow Lake Elementary School is all about integration, collaboration and team building. From the design stage to the final education program, the new Bow Lake Elementary School is a merging of two concepts under one new building.

Brighton Elementary School | Seattle, Washington

The design of the school was driven by two primary considerations. First, create small, personalized educational communities. Second, ensure that the school continues to serve as a vital community resource.

Fern Hill Elementary School | Tacoma, Washington

BLRB’s charge was to design a facility that first and foremost meets educational program goals, but that also celebrates the school’s long history and honors the community’s ties to the facility.

Garfield High School | Seattle, Washington

Garfield High School is an example of what can be accomplished on a very small, impacted urban site with multiple voices needing to be heard, and an architect enthused about helping turn a community landmark into something of which new generations can be proud.

Gig Harbor Civic Center | Gig Harbor, Washington

BLRB designed a new civic complex to unite municipal offices, provide much needed space for city staff, allow for public use and future expansion, and merge with adjacent park land.

Greenwood Elementary School | Seattle, Washington

BLRB’s design objective was clear: Restore the rich historical heritage of the structure while providing architecturally compatible additions to meet educational program requirements.

Hamilton Middle School | Seattle, Washington

Built in 1927 and known for its academic rigor, Hamilton International Middle School infuses a global perspective into daily curriculum, highlighting foreign language, math and science in addition to traditional subjects. The facility stands as a testament to excellent education and as a landmark to the city of Seattle and the Wallingford community.

Interlake High School | Bellevue, Washington

Originally slated as a modernization project, during the initial planning and design, BLRB realized a better way to achieve the school's educational goals. BLRB created a design that exceeds expectation.

Newport Heights Elementary School | Bellevue, Washington

When Bellevue School District moved to update its elementary schools to newly created standards, the question of whether to modernize Newport Heights or replace it loomed large. A resourceful and sustainability-minded architecture plan made it clear: build a new, long-lasting facility to meet the needs of students and community members while saving tax dollars.

Olympia High School | Olympia, Washington

BLRB’s design was highly creative in use of space, and construction on the $28 million project occurred in phases with a full 1,600 student body on campus.

Mount Rainier High School | Des Moines, Washington

BLRB delivered a new school that would better serve its educational needs as well as mitigate the impact of its location—all on a very tight budget.

Mount Tahoma High School | Tacoma, Washington

The goals of BLRB were to create a comprehensive, state-of-the-art high school that would support and enhance Mount Tahoma's educational program, celebrate its unique culture and traditions, and ultimately become a community landmark.

South Lake High School | Seattle, Washington

South Lake High School, both philosophically and figuratively, is all about connections. Connections are formed between students and teachers, students and other students, and school and community. BLRB's design supports and strengthens that notion.

South Shore K-8 School | Seattle, Washington

The South Shore K-8 School is helping to fulfill Seattle Public Schools' goal of better preparing students for the demands of a rapidly changing, globalized world through new levels of personalization, collaboration and synergy between disciplines and grade levels.

University Place Primary School | University Place, Washington

While building a new educational facility would surely draw students into the 21st century, University Place Primary School takes technological influences to a new level. Designed to give students a digital edge, the school features mobile computer labs, classroom voice enhancement systems, digital projectors and wireless networks. With such forward-thinking features, students are a click above the competition.