Brighton High School

High School for the Future: the new Brighton High School has a collegiate aesthetic that creates an atmosphere elevating the school’s rich tradition of excellence in academics, athletics, and the arts. Ideas of openness, visibility, flexibility, collaboration, adaptability, and technology have been carefully integrated to support Canyons School District’s high school curriculum.

Built as a Next-Generation educational facility, Brighton High School features stunning views, ample natural light, and innovative learning spaces. With a full range of collaborative learning spaces, the school is centered along a 3-story main corridor that connects the performing arts, CTE areas, and learning studios with a student commons, media center, and an athletic building complex with arena-style gymnasium and outdoor plaza. Learning communities contain multiple classrooms gathered around a central, collaborative flex space, with teacher support areas and smaller breakout rooms. Each of the three levels contains wayfinding and design features that reference nature: trails, peaks, and waterways, which are incorporated into the lighting, flooring patterns, and wall graphics.

SERVICES: Master Planning, Programming, Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture

AWARDS & RECOGNITION:
2023, Best Project, K-12, ENR Mountain States
2023, Project of the Year Finalist, ENR Mountain States
2023, Award of Merit, Safety, ENR Mountain States
2023, BEST Award, ‘Best K-12 Project’, IIDA Intermountain
2023, ‘Gold Winner Unique Installation’, Starnet Commercial Flooring
2023, Excellence in Masonry Award, ‘Institutional – Secondary Design Merit’, Utah Masonry Council
2022, ‘K-12 Award of Excellence’, Associated General Contractors of Utah

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Design Challenge
SITE CONSTRAINTS
Systematically replace the high school with the complex site constraints of a smaller high school site on a hillside without altering the location of the sports stadium.

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BY THE NUMBERS
Cottonwood Heights, UT  |  405,000 SF  |  2022

Earth Centered
Photovoltaic-ready roof system. High-efficiency centralized mechanical system. Adaptive reuse of existing structures and site components. High performance insulation system on exterior walls. Low maintenance materials.