This award-winning 175,000-sf high school for 800 students was designed to take full advantage of natural daylight. The bright atrium, naturally lit with continuous clerestory and circular skylights, is bounded by a sweeping arc of classrooms and open to the dining commons. It has become the central meeting place for students and teachers. The exterior uses an innovative terra cotta rain-screen cladding system with aluminum sun shades to control daylight into the classrooms.