Kirkwood High School

By James Biehle | |

Kirkwood High School Science Building
Kirkwood School District, Kirkwood, MO

Scope: Needs analysis and master planning for new science building including 15 lab/classrooms, student project spaces and prep and storage spaces.

Credit: Dickinson Hussman Architects, St. Louis, MO, Architect of Record

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