DiNisco Design is pleased to announce the Angier Elementary School in Newton, MA, has been awarded LEED Gold certification. The LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating system, developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), is a prominent program for buildings that are designed, constructed, and operated for improved environmental and human health performance. The City of Newton’s active participation in the design process demonstrates its strong commitment to environmental sustainability. The Angier Elementary School was the oldest school building in Newton still in service as a neighborhood elementary school. The school did not have a cafeteria, nor was.

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On Saturday September 17th, Higgins Middle School in Peabody, Massachusetts, was officially dedicated. Many dignitaries and people from the town attended the ceremony to get their first chance to view the new school building, the largest middle school in Massachusetts. The project required almost two years to construct, and was carried out in conjunction with the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA).

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Dinisco Design Partnership announces that Douglas Elementary School, Douglas, Massachusetts has been selected for publication in Penton’s American School & University® 2015 Architectural Portfolio. The project is featured in the November 2015 edition of the magazine and also online at www.SchoolDesigns.com. An annual competition honoring education design excellence, the Architectural Portfolio spotlights projects representing today’s most effective learning environments. The original Douglas Intermediate/Elementary School was overcrowded and had insufficient classrooms. The size, configuration, and topography of the available site, plus adjacent wetlands, posed a challenge in optimizing the orientation of a new 83,000 SF elementary school. Maximizing the north/south orientation.

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DiNisco Design Partnership announces that Joseph Estabrook Elementary School, Lexington, Massachusetts has been selected for publication in Penton’s American School & University® 2015 Architectural Portfolio. The project is featured in the November 2015 edition of the magazine and also online at www.SchoolDesigns.com. An annual competition honoring education design excellence, the Architectural Portfolio spotlights projects representing today’s most effective learning environments. DiNisco Design worked with the Town of Lexington to construct a new 540 student, K–5 elementary school on the site of the former Estabrook Elementary School. The new Elementary School is certified as a LEED-S Silver school. Other special features.

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DiNisco Design Partnership, Ltd. announces that Danvers High School, Danvers, Massachusetts has been selected for publication in Penton’s American School & University® 2014 Architectural Portfolio. The project is featured in the November 2014 edition of the magazine and also online at www.SchooIDesigns.com. An annual competition honoring education design excellence, the Architectural Portfolio spotlights projects representing today’s most effective learning environments. The project resolved ineffective programmatic spaces, made substantial maintenance repairs, and reduced high operating costs in an existing building. The intent was to establish a campus image, in which buildings would stand in harmony with the natural site and the.

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DiNisco Design Partnership, Ltd. is pleased to announce that their Howe-Manning Elementary School project in Middleton, MA, has achieved MA-CHPS (Massachusetts Collaboration for High-Performance Schools) Verified status. DiNisco and the school district were honored for that distinction at the MA-CHPS 10th Anniversary celebration at this year’s ArchitectureBoston Expo (ABX) at the Boston Convention Center last Thursday (November 15th). Howe-Manning was presented with the award along with eight other schools and was additionally presented with a State Senate Official Citation from Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr (R-Gloucester). Of the eight schools honored that evening, only one other school was presented with.

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