Reed-Custer Elementary School
ARCHITECT: STR Partners
LOCATION: Braidwood, IL
This two-story school is 100,000 square feet. It has masonry, load bearing walls with steel and precast plank construction. The building houses a learning center with reading room, two music rooms, two computer labs, a small and large gym, and a dining room with adjoining kitchen. Special consideration was taken to design the small gym and music suite to double as storm shelters. The building also features a channel glass wall at the main entrance staircase.
