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MILLBROOK,\u00a0NY \u2013 <\/strong>An iconic dairy barn-turned-student center at Millbrook School in the Hudson River Valley received both a Merit Award for Preservation from the American Institute of Architects\u2019 Philadelphia Chapter, as well as a Palladio Award from Traditional Building <\/em>magazine in 2014.\u00a0 Constructed by Kirchhoff-Consigli Construction Management (KCCM) of Pleasant Valley, New York and designed by Voith & Mactavish Architects, LLP (VMA), of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the adaptive reuse of the circa 1930s dairy barn into a multi-purpose learning, sharing and entertainment hub provides Millbrook School\u2019s 280 students a place to socialize and further their education outside of the classroom.<\/p>\n A college preparatory boarding school located on 800 acres of former farmland, Millbrook School expanded over the past decade, with the addition of new state-of-the-art facilities, including the pivotal renovation of The Barn, a favorite building on campus since the school\u2019s inception in 1931.<\/p>\n The original Depression-era barn was repurposed to convert a shaky interior with no existing foundation into a sturdy, two-story building. The first floor includes a caf\u00e9, bookstore and student\/teacher counseling area. The second floor multi-purpose space showcases the original woodwork. A loft used as a study hall and gaming room can easily be converted into a dance hall for special events. In addition, the project\u2019s extensive sustainable features led to LEED Gold certification\u2014an impressive 100% of the energy consumed at the Student Center is derived from renewable sources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" MILLBROOK,\u00a0NY \u2013 An iconic dairy barn-turned-student center at Millbrook School in the Hudson River Valley received both a Merit Award for Preservation from the American Institute of Architects\u2019 Philadelphia Chapter, as well as a Palladio Award from Traditional Building magazine in 2014.\u00a0 Constructed by Kirchhoff-Consigli Construction Management (KCCM) of Pleasant<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n