ATLANTA - On Saturday, November 14, 2009, the AIA Atlanta Tours committee offers a lecture and guided tour of the Howard School.  Reserve your place by clicking onAIAatlantaTours@gmail.com or through the AIA Atlanta calendar section of the AIA Atlanta website.  The lecture starts at 2 p.m., and tours run continuously from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Lecture and tour are free and open to the public.

The new campus for the Howard School is located on a 13+ acre parcel adjacent to a former Mill building along a busy rail spur. It is a significant piece of the burgeoning urban redevelopment on the Westside of the city of Atlanta. In relocating its campus, from two historic houses in the established neighborhood of Druid Hills to a transitional Industrial neighborhood, the school took a leap of faith and in turn became pioneers for urban development.

The Howard School is a private K-12 school, which caters to students with auditory, learning and concentration issues. The design for the school’s new campus needed to be reflective of both the neighborhood aesthetic and the school’s unique teaching style. The design focused on five main points of emphasis to enhance learning: Flexibility, Comfort, Contextual, Sustainable and Community.