Key Project Attributes
- Grades: 9-12
- Capacity: 1,400
- Scope: Addition and Renovation
- Size: 110,000 square feet (addition), 25,000 square feet (renovation)
- Completion: 2021
Blending Legacy and Innovation for a Future-Ready Learning Environment.
The reimagined Amon Carter-Riverside High School holistically transforms a historic campus while honoring its legacy. Guided by student input and reinforced by administrators, the core planning concept focused on re-master planning the site—removing outdated buildings, reorganizing circulation, and creating outdoor community spaces that echo the spirit of the school’s original 1930s master plan.
At the heart of the redevelopment is a new 110,000-square-foot academic building that delivers a dynamic, engaging, and innovative learning environment. Spanning three visually connected levels, the structure is rich with flexible collaboration areas that support next-generation learning.
The site design reinforces the central main entry while introducing a new student courtyard that provides much-needed gathering space for activities ranging from art, science, and engineering projects to fine arts performances and informal socializing during lunch and after school.
An innovative three-story media center unites the campus, organized around a student-centered atrium known as The Eagles Nest. This vibrant hub integrates academic, social, and collaborative learning into the school’s culture. At the ground level, large public learning and exhibit spaces showcase robotics, engineering, visual arts, and ceramics programs. To the north, a dedicated wing offers performance and support spaces for band, orchestra, and choir.
The upper levels house specialized CTE programs—including marketing, graphic design, business, education, and computer internetworking—alongside classrooms and labs for physics, chemistry, and anatomy. Together, these spaces foster innovation while preserving the school’s historic identity.
“The decision to use Glenn|Partners for this critical project was based, in part, on their experience and creative design process. But what has differentiated them from other firms is their ability to listen and their personal commitment and accountability. They always make us feel like we are their only client.”