Colton School

Damaged in Hurricane Katrina, the circa-1929 former Colton High School in New Orleans' historic Marigny neighborhood will be converted to a new pre-K through eighth grade public school for the State of Louisiana Department of Education's Recovery School District at a cost of $28 million. The three story concrete-frame and masonry infill structure will have a new 25,000 square-foot addition on its south exposue and will be certified LEED Silver. Besides classrooms and teaching spaces, the structure will house administrative offices, a new cafeteria, library and gymnasium. Ongoing structural damage to the exterior shell of the building due to a poor original design will necessitate an entirely new masonry enclosure and new windows throughout.