St. Stephen’s Episcopal School Campus
Austin, TX
History
It was a bleak, wintry St. Stephen’s Day, Dec. 26, 1949, in the sparsely populated Hill Country west of the state capital. A pilgrim caravan pulled up at a remote plateau, and from the cars issued a stream of ladies in calf-length coats and furs, gentlemen in suits and wool overcoats, and clergy in bright vestments.
That memorable afternoon the group witnessed a ground-breaking ceremony in which Bishop John E. Hines, headmaster William Brewster, Trustees, and other participants turned spadefuls of rocky soil on a spot that would come to be known simply as the “Hill.” Biting winds did not cool the enthusiasm of Hines, Brewster, the Trustees, their families, and other dedicated folk, who saw their dream of an Episcopal school in Central Texas finally realized.
History Continued...
“This is a happy day for all of us,” the Rev. Brewster said. “We promise to dedicate ourselves to education that concerns the whole person: body, mind and spirit.” - sstx.org
A delicately proportioned layout of buildings thread between native existing live oak trees to create public courtyards benched into this steeply sloping terrain.
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General Contractor
Rogers - O'Brien Construction Company
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Structural Engineer
Architectural Engineers Collaborative
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Landscape Architect
Resource Design
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MEP Engineer
Energy Engineering Associates
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Civil Engineer
Carlson Brigance and Doering, Inc., Thompson Land Engineering
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Acoustic Engineer
JEAcoustics
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Photographer
Andrew Pogue
Temple Upper School
To manage the steep rock bluffs and numerous live oak trees, the building was broken into an upper layer for the main classrooms, which projects over a layer of smaller rooms tucked below. Native limestone walls support a generous roof canopy that defines both indoor and outdoor spaces for this classroom building.
Temple Dining Hall & Booth Student Center
The dining room is the culmination of this project's elegant assembly of parts, with solid concrete, stucco, and stone walls supporting a reflective steel frame. These materials appear to glow together as one in the natural light that washes in from the exterior window walls, creating a calming air to the interior spaces.
Wycliff-Freeman House
As one of the most recent additions to the campus master plan, this residence hall provides students with generous views of the outdoors along with bright, shared spaces for living and working. The main building, combined with smaller faculty residence structures, form a number of small courtyard spaces, which are a private counterpoint to the large expanse of green to the east and west.
Christine Aubry, St. Stephen's director of advancement
Brett Koenig Greig, Completing the Circle. Texas Architect November / December 2013
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Arthur W. Andersson, FAIA
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F. Christian Wise, AIA
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Travis Greig, AIA
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Leah Davis, AIA
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Matthew Lewis, AIA
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Laine Hardy
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Kailen Ko
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Anita Chumnanvech
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Kristen Heaney
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Becky Joye
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Wenny Hsu
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Excellence in Construction Award - Associated Builders and Contractors - St. Stephen’s Episcopal School Campus
Associated Builders and Contractors
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Best Construction Project - Associated Builders and Contractors - St. Stephen’s Episcopal School Campus
Associated Builders and Contractors
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Excellence in Construction - Associated Builders and Contractors - St. Stephen’s Episcopal School Campus
Associated Builders and Contractors
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Three Star Rating - Austin Energy Green Building Program - St. Stephen’s Episcopal School Campus
Austin Energy Green Building Program
