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]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13826 Wed, 02 Jan 2019 06:10:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13826-continuing-education-vertical-school-expansions Sauerbruch Hutton’s copper-clad rooftop expansion of the Berlin Metropolitan School projects out over the existing building’s courtyard. Photo © Jan Bitter Sauerbruch Hutton’s copper-clad rooftop expansion of the Berlin Metropolitan School projects out over the existing building’s courtyard. Photo © Jan Bitter To support the new CLT addition, the architects took advantage of spare capacity in the shear walls of the structure below. Photo courtesy Sauerbruch Hutton Image courtesy Sauerbruch Hutton Image courtesy Sauerbruch Hutton A new gym, designed by Murphy Burnham & Buttrick for the Grace Church School in Manhattan has a boomerang-shaped roof invisible from the street. Photo © 2018 Francis Dzikowski/Otto A jack slab with springs provides an acoustic break between the new gym at the Grace Church School and the classrooms below. Photo courtesy MBB Image courtesy MBB From the exterior, Cottrell and Vermeulen’s new top floor at Streatham & Clapham High School in London appears almost as though it has always been there. Photo © Anthony Coleman The interior of the Streatham & Clapham rooftop addition looks more contemporary than the exterior, with structural elements that include glulam columns that branch and cross, and CLT ceiling panels. Photo © Anthony Coleman