November 28, 2022
Bush School
Located on the private school’s Madison Valley campus, the three-story, 20,000-square-foot building has 10 classrooms and casual break-out areas on two upper levels, and a basement level with a 400-seat multipurpose room. There’s also a student lounge, student/faculty collaboration center, administrative offices and a faculty work room.
It was built using a mass plywood panel structural system to reduce embodied carbon and optimized efficiency. Mass plywood panels and glulam beams are on display throughout the learning spaces. A heavy-timber stairway leads from the basement level to each of the two primary learning levels. These also have wood clad corridors, benches and desks. Large windows maximize natural light and provide views of surrounding trees and Lake Washington.
Net zero features include two large solar arrays and energy-efficient mechanical systems.
Owner: Bush School
Architect, interior designer, landscape architect: Mithun
General contractor: Exxel Pacific
Civil engineer: KPFF
Structural engineer: DCI Engineers
Building envelope: 4EA Building Sciences
Kitchen design: JLR Design Group
MEP engineer, sustainability consultant: PAE
Acoustical engineer, lighting: Stantec
Surveyor: Bush, Roed & Hitchings
Geotechnical, shoring engineer: Terracon
PHIUS consultant: O’Brien 360
Owner’s representative: Bloom Projects
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