Terri Meyer Boake B.E.S. B.Arch. M.Arch.
Associate Professor School of Architecture University of Waterloo

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Lincoln Elementary School
1967

Gunnar Birkerts Architect

Columbus, Indiana

 

About the building:

Lincoln Elementary School was the AIA Honor Award Winner for 1967. The school combines two schools within one building. Daylighting for the gymnasium is achieved by an innovative section, pictured below.

 

Courtyard at side of school.
Entrance to school. Concrete rib slab roof.

Clerestory lighting at top transfers daylight to sloped windows below.

Closer view of sloped windows in wood clad wall that share light into the spaces below.

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last updated March 8, 2008