July 12, 2021
The Lone Star College system, with multiple campuses in the Houston metropolitan area, has its own onsite technical high school named the East Aldine Satellite Center. The 64,000-square-foot facility features a contemporary design with a restrained palette of façade materials, including eye-catching metal panels in two distinctive finishes.
Designers on the project, including lead firm IBI Group and the Houston-based Collaborate Architects as design and associate architects, worked with materials guidelines provided by local government officials in their plans for the combined building’s exterior. Stone, metal panels and glass were highlighted in those guidelines for the college, and became included in the high school as that facility grew to be more closely connected to the larger structure.