Phase Two of BHS: Building on Excellence

8/28/2007
Fine Arts Center Recognized: The Fine Arts Center has been selected for inclusion in American School and University magazine's 2007 Architectural Portfolio, which will be published in late November. The project was selected in the category "Outstanding Buildings: Specialized Facilities." The Fine Arts Center will also be featured in the "Explore the Gallery" section of SchoolDesigns.com in January or February, 2008.

6/24/2005:
Science & Fine Arts: The completed science wing and fine arts center are both visible in a new aerial shot from 2004.

5/18/2005:
Fine Arts: The bronze Bruin statue was installed in the lobby of the new Fine Arts Center/Field House.

1/27/2005:
Fine Arts: Recently a group of Bartlesville educators visited Pawhuska to view the full-scale clay sculpture for the bronze bear that will be placed in the lobby of the Fine Arts Center and Field House later this year.

9/26/2004:
Fine Arts: The end of Phase Two was marked when over 1,000 people attended the Dedication and Open House of the new Fine Arts Center on September 19. There are photos and information about the event, which featured performances by students from each discipline and several distinguished alumni.

9/6/2004:
Fine Arts: There are a couple of snapshots of the stage with a Steinway piano and orchestra shell: an angled view and a straight shot from the balcony. There is also a snapshot of the south facade. The auditorium slideshow has received its final update. Broadband visitors can enjoy final views from the auditorium stage and the auditorium balcony. There are also final PixAround views of the choir room, the orchestra room, the computer lab, the visual arts room, and the drama room.

8/21/2004:
Fine Arts: There is a snapshot from the first student assembly. Broadband visitors can view a PixAround view of the same event.

The second phase of the project added onto opposite ends of the campus. A new science wing was built just north of the main building on a lawn, while a new fine arts center was built just south of the old field house on a student parking lot.

Science Wing

Exterior 3-D Renderings:
High-Angle | Small Low-Angle | Large Low-Angle
Comparison of the low-angle rendering to reality
Floor Plans: Lower | Upper
Exterior Elevations

Fine Arts Center

Floor Plans: Lower | Upper
Exterior Elevations: South | West | North | East
Exterior 3-D Rendering: Small | Large
Entrance 3-D Rendering: Small | Large

Exterior PixAround Viewpoints

If you have a broadband connection (or plenty of patience if using a dialup link), the above map includes red "Photo Spots" you can click to see PixAround Viewpoints. These are photographs with viewpoints you can move and zoom. Shots of the phase two areas are being taken before, during, and after construction.

Exterior PixAround Viewpoints
for Phase Two:

Fine Arts Area:

Science Area:

northwest parking lot

rooftop view of north lawn

alleyway view of north lawn

Both:

atop stadium pressbox

Interior PixAround Viewpoints

Science Wing Interior PixArounds:

1st Floor:
2nd Floor:

Fine Arts Center Interior PixArounds:

(Other photos and movies of the new science wing and fine arts center are available.)

Phase Two Description:

Original Budgeting:
$2.5 million for science wing (11% of the project funding)
$8.2 million for fine arts center (35% of the project funding)
(Also, some phase three monies were brought forward for part of the lobby areas and some phase four monies were brought forward to pay for the new central plant)

Designed from May, 2001 to February, 2002; Bid in March, 2002;
Contract awarded on April 15, 2002 to TAO Inc. of Bixby, Oklahoma
for $11,024,681 for both structures; Groundbreaking May 20, 2002; Final Completion in September, 2004

The new science wing is attached to the north end of the main 1939 building. The 16,800 square foot wing houses two biology labs, two chemistry labs, a physics lab, and a physics/chemistry lab. Each lab is about 1600 square feet and has an adjoining office/stockroom. There is a room for student science projects on one floor and a central chemistry stockroom on another. Each floor has student restrooms, and there are some small faculty restrooms.

The new 68,131 square foot fine arts center is just south of the existing field house. It features a 1200-seat auditorium, dressing rooms, as well as fine arts instruction rooms. There are rooms for choir, band, drama, stagecraft, visual arts, orchestra, and an arts computer technology lab. The last three areas are in the West Wing, funded by a $1,000,000 donation from the Bartlesville Public School Foundation. The lobby of the fine arts center will eventually be shared with a new field house built just east of the center.

New Central Plant
The extensive additions to the campus necessitated a new central plant for climate control, etc. The plant shell with equipment for the fine arts wing was built in phase two, and additional equipment will be added to it as various phases are completed.

Crestview Property
Crestview Apts. This parcel, former site of the Crestview Apartments, was not part of the bond package; the property was purchased using regular district funds. The apartments were razed and the school board has voted to eventually consider this property for additional parking as funds become available.

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