Durham Johnston School
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Amalgamation of two schools based at separate sites into a single building
The school previously occupied a split site, with 900 pupils at Crossgate Moor and 450 at Whinney Hills.
The school is arranged around a has a triple height fully glazed central street, which links all the facilities and provides learning spaces along its length.
Learning space and separate community facilities allow out-of-hours community operations. Teaching spaces are flexible with sliding and folding internal walls allowing for teaching in up to four open classroom arrangements.
The building achieved a BREEAM very good rating.
Data
- Completed: Dec 2009
- Floor area: 12,900m2
- Sector: Education
- Total cost: £26M
- Procurement: Two Stage Design and Build
- Address: Durham Johnston Comprehensive School, Crossgate Moor, Durham, DH1 4SU, United Kingdom
Professional Team 
- Architect: Ryder Architecture
- Project architect: Paul Swarbrick
- Client: Durham County Council
- Main contractor: GB Building Solutions
- Structural engineer: Arup
- Services engineer: Arup
- M&E engineer: Arup
- Landscape architect: AWP
- Project manager: Turner & Townsend
- Quantity surveyor: Turner & Townsend