McDonogh School Student Center
The new Edward St. John Student Center on the campus of the McDonogh School, a coeducational day and boarding school, works to establish the southern edge of a new campus quadrangle while also becoming the school’s new “front door”.
- Its entry hall provides a transition from the front door to the new quad and organizes all the building’s program elements around it.
- The new 72,000 sf Student Center provides a variety of campus dining spaces, including a 650-seat grand Dining Hall.
- There are also facilities for student services, administration and the visual and performing arts programs.
- Designed to fit within the context of the oldest buildings on campus, the Student Center features a grand copper cupola, chimneys, red brick and grey stone.
Bowie Gridley Architects was also selected to provide design services for a
new STEM education building and renovations to other buildings.