SARASOTA, FLA. – The School Board of Sarasota County’s new $31.8 million Sarasota County Technical Institute designed by SchenkelShultz Architecture, Sarasota, received an Award of Merit (K-12 Education Category) at ENR Southeast magazine’s “2011 Best Projects” Awards presented in Orlando. The firm and the newly-constructed facility were previously showcased in the July 2011 issue of School Planning & Management magazine. Willis A. Smith Construction, Inc., Sarasota, served as Construction Manager for the project. Heralded as the largest new facility of its kind in the Southeast, the 198,454-square-foot facility is the second of three phases designed by SchenkelShultz at the 52-acre Sarasota Technical Center campus. Partnered with the neighboring $16.5 million, 73,370-square-foot Suncoast Polytechnical High School, the new technical center blends polytechnical and technical education on one campus and offers 11th and 12th grade students an opportunity for hands-on learning before setting out into the real world.
SchenkelShultz has designed more than 33 million square feet of K-12 projects in Florida. Ranked for the second consecutive year as the #1 Education Facilities Architect by ENR Southeast magazine, as well as 94th largest among Architectural Record magazine’s Top 250 Architectural Firms, SchenkelShultz is celebrating 53 years of design excellence specializing in justice, education, aviation and commercial facilities design. With eleven offices nationally (seven in Florida) and 15 LEED® Accredited Professionals, SchenkelShultz is a recognized leader in green design that is committed to incorporating sustainable concepts into every project.
SchenkelShultz Architecture’s sustainable design portfolio also includes: Stetson University’s Lynn Business Center, the first LEED®-Certified building in the state of Florida; the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing at Florida Atlantic University, the first LEED®-Gold Certified College of Nursing in the United States; Signature Flight Support’s Boston Logan Executive Terminal, the first LEED® Certified general aviation terminal in the country; Edison State College’s Early Childhood Development Center, the first LEED®-Gold Certified building in Collier County (Fla.) and first LEED® Certified building at Edison State College; and Seminole County (Fla.) Public Schools’ Midway Elementary School, the first LEED® Certified elementary school in central Florida.
Also commemorating 28 years in Florida under the leadership of J. Thomas Chandler, AIA, President and COO, the firm established its Orlando office in 1983 and subsequently expanded with six additional offices in Fort Myers, Jacksonville, Naples, Sarasota, Tampa and West Palm Beach.
SchenkelShultz Architecture, Sarasota, is located at 677 North Washington Boulevard, phone 941-952-0076. For more information, follow SchenkelShultz Architecture at http://twitter.com/SchenkelShultz or visit www.schenkelshultz.com.
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