BLUELINE EDUCATION BROCHURE

Blueline celebrates over 15 years of architecture and traces a lifelong journey of exploration and discovery - a journey that is
illustrated in these pages. Blueline has been blessed the past decade and a half by continually growing, broadening and
expanding our horizon and becoming a significant player in EDUCATION based architecture.
We believe that God has blessed our firm in both the clients that chose to work alongside us and the opportunities that were
presented to pursue our dreams and produce the type of significant architecture shown herein. Our journey allowed us to meet
clients with courage to believe that, given a chance, Blueline would meet its promise and deliver.

As you review this publication, we hope that it will become evident, as our clients entrusted us with increasingly significant
design opportunities, we more than exceeded those expectations while growing both creatively and spiritually.
The works presented herein serves as a testament that good design comes from the collaborative process that can develop
between clients and design architects. In this respect we have been exceptionally fortunate in the clients we have partnered with
over the years. Together we have worked to stretch the limits of architectural design and innovation and help our clients realize
their vision.

Our client-centric orientation allows us to excel at building relationships and enables our firm to solve design issues in a logical,
yet highly creative, way. By focusing on our clients’ vision, we have built many long-lasting relationships across the country that
have resulted in repeat commissions and enabled us to have profound and positive impacts on our client’s operations and
growth.

Jack Duran, AIA
Vice President



At Blueline, we seek to delve deeply into the issues underlying each design opportunity.
We tailor each specific client’s vision by utilizing a process of listening intently, analyzing
effectively and delivering an innovative, functional and aesthetically pleasing design
solution.

We pride ourselves on being good listeners. So, we would welcome the opportunity to meet, talk and
learn about you and your mission.

Whether you are ready to start fresh with a brand new building or just need to rethink your space,
we’re here to listen and help you lay a firm foundation for the future.



EDUCATION



ST. AGNES COLLEGE PREPARATORY CENTER FOR THE SCIENCES
HOUSTON, TEXAS

Set back from the convoluted residential-commercial blur of Bellaire
Boulevard, the 36,000 SF, 3-story, metal clad, brick, and glass structure

beams—all day and through the night casting a path through the
densely-laced, deep-rooted landscapes of the century-old campus of
St. Agnes Academy. With its reflective façade and circular rotunda, the
Center of the Sciences and Student Services building evokes a burning

“lantern” that symbolizes a beacon of light and makes St. Agnes
Academy’s role in fostering the spiritual and intellectual
enlightenment of this students.

Client’s Mission:
Rooted in the Dominican tradition, St. Agnes Academy provides a
Catholic college preparatory education that encourages young women
to develop intellectual curiosity, to work for social justice and to act

with integrity and compassion.



ST. PIUS X HIGH SCHOOL
NEW EDUCATION BUILDING

HOUSTON, TEXAS
The new St. Pius X Education Building plan is a two-story
structure designed to strengthen the “STEM” curriculum at this
college preparatory school. Set in an urban context and serving a
diverse population, the new building incorporates labs,
classrooms, a media center/library and offices. The modern
design, clad in stone and brick, features a two-story atrium lobby.
Previous phases include a new student entrance, education
spaces and exterior improvements. A school community survey
conducted by Blueline helped shape the project agenda and

program.

Client’s Mission:
Prayer, Study, Community, Preaching—this is a Dominican
education at St. Pius X High School. Inspired by Veritas, young
men and women embrace academic excellence and integrity,
celebrate the community’s diverse gifts and heritage, and

embody social justice and services.



THE VILLAGE SCHOOL
HOUSTON, TEXAS

Meritas, a world-wide family of college preparatory high schools,
embarked on an ambitious project to master plan and build a new high
school campus on a small site in west Houston. By consolidating their
various grade levels to a single campus, the project created a renewed

sense of academic community and addressed the need for a
comprehensive K-12 program. The building is both sheltering and
nurturing, while retaining an open plan to facilitate collaboration and
improve communication between departments, students and faculty.
The new three-story building is a state-of-the-art facility with an
academic program including high-tech classrooms, fully-outfitted science
lecture/laboratories and a performing and fine arts component.

Client’s Mission:
The Village School is an international community committed to
developing inquisitive lifelong learners prepared to think critically, to
collaborate genuinely, and to give themselves generously, as they
prepare to lead the next generation into an everchanging world.



REDEEMER CLASSICAL ACADEMY
KEEZLETOWN, VIRGINIA

Redeemer Classical Academy continue to adds students and
looks to explore the best use of its historic site as it plans for
growth. The first phase adds critical instructional space and
creates a more commodious and safer drop-off and entry for
students. Future phases add additional classrooms along with a
dedicated auditorium, expanded art room, music rehearsal
rooms and a gymnasium. Redeemer Classical Academy takes

advantage of its rural setting at the foot of Massanutten
Mountain to provide outdoor learning opportunities. The vision
cast in this plan will allow over 300 students to receive a classical

education enhance by its unique setting.

Client’s Mission:
Redeemer Classical School’s Mission is to Partner with Families
to Provide for the Christian Discipleship of Children through a

Classical Education for the Greater Glory of God.



THE SALVATION ARMY
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB LEARNING CENTER

HOUSTON, TEXAS
This facility, located in the Acres Homes community in Houston, Texas,

contains a competition gymnasium with support facilities and a
viewing area from the main concourse. The program is defined as a
series of children’s centers, intended to bridge disciplines and foster a

new approach to learning and discovery with the purpose of the
facility being to provide after-school and recreational programs for
area youth. The project’s design and master plan allows for future,
seamless expansion of the facility, essentially doubling the size while

maintaining the current entry and security access.

Client’s Mission:
The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part
of the universal Christian church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its
ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the
Gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without

discrimination.



TEXAS CARPENTERS & MILLWRIGHTS TRAINING EDUCATION
FACILITY

HOUSTON, TEXAS
This concrete structure was reconfigured and renovated to provide

a variety of learning, training, and administrative spaces for the
local chapter of a nationwide trade union. The finished building
houses a new entry pavilion, interior classrooms, offices, mock-up

spaces and construction methods laboratories. In addition to
upgrades to building infrastructure systems, exterior renovations
were made to make obvious the re-purposing of the facility from

commercial usage to educational functions.

Client’s Mission:
With pride in our more than 135-year history,
we lead the way in training, educating, and representing the next
generation of skilled construction professional.



EASTERN MENNONITE UNIVERSITY LECTURE HALL
HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA

Phase 3 of the Suter Science Center Renovation completed the
rejuvenation of a 50 year-old campus icon. Two rooms were the
centerpiece; the Swartzendruber Lecture Hall and the Hostetter

Museum of Natural History. The Lecture Hall was designed to
accommodate current university pedagogy of collaborative work and
smaller class size. The Museum is now housed in the old planetarium,

bringing new life to this treasured space.

Client’s Mission:
EMU prepares students to serve and lead in a global context. Our
community of learning integrates Christian faith, academic rigor, artistic

creation and reflective practice informed by the liberal arts,
interdisciplinary engagement and cross-cultural encounter.



ST. MARY’S SEMINARY BORSKI EDUCATION & ATHLETIC
CENTER

HOUSTON, TEXAS

St. Mary’s Seminary is a theologate which exists for the
personal, spiritual, academic and pastoral preparation of men

for the Roman Catholic priesthood. St. Mary’s is committed
to enabling men to grow in holiness and develop into

pastoral leaders who desire to serve the Church as priests
and who satisfactorily demonstrate their competence and

willingness for effective ministry.
As part of the campus development, the Borski Athletic
Center, which had fallen into disrepair was completely
gutted, floors raised and re-purposed to accommodate the

growing health and wellness needs of the campus
community and provide amenities that are fundamental to
spiritual living. The new building now houses a gymnasium,
weight room, conference rooms, administrative offices and
work room for staff collaboration. Materials were selected for

durability, accessibility and sustainability.

Client’s Mission:
The primary focus is the preparation of candidates for the
diocesan priesthood who intend to serve in the south and
southwestern part of the United States which is multi-ethnic

and multi-cultural.

Pope John XXIII High School
Katy, Texas

New College Preparatory School located on the
West side of metropolitan Houston. Saint John
XXIII College Preparatory School was the first new
Catholic High School to be built in the Houston-

Galveston Diocese in more than 40 years.
Phase I of the master plan includes a two-story
49,000 SF classroom building located at the hearth
of the campus and features a 65-foot bell tower

that is the focal point for student access.
The architectural motif upholds the tradition of
Catholic education. The main academic building,
with its tall bell tower, evokes the historic styles of

Catholic institutions of higher education.
Traditional building materials of stone and brick

masonry, elaborately detailed, convey the
permanence of church teaching that under girds

the school’s philosophy

Client’s Mission:
St. John XXIII College Preparatory School develops

and inspires the mind, body, spirit, and
imagination of students by providing a traditional

Catholic education.

WESTLAKE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER
HOUSTON, TEXAS

Designed as a safe, nurturing environment,
the Westlake Child Development Center
located in the Energy Corridor in west
Houston, Texas expands the Energy

Corridor’s previous childcare program with a
new 25,100 square foot facility. The center
serves over 200 children ages six weeks to six
years. The Campus embraces contemporary
architecture, the Early Childhood Learning

Center is leading this effort.
Located to an adjacent to upscale
neighborhood, the goal was to design a
sophisticated, residential scale center
incorporating playful elements that children
would relate to. The design features clean
volumes of building mass, interrupted by
vast glazed openings. The curved double
height concourse creates bright and airy
spaces, with an abundant amount of daylight
and views to the outdoors. The classrooms
are designed to provide classrooms with
direct access to the age-appropriate
playgrounds for the infants and toddlers.

Client’s Mission:
We give children a big boost on learning, for

life! We’re more than educators. We help
families build confidence for life.

JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY LAKEVIEW HALL
HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA

In 2014, JMU had a grab-bag of space needs and
very little time to address them. The JMU

Foundation stepped in to purchase the former
WVPT building on Port Republic Road. A diverse

group of programs were tagged to move into
Lakeview Hall. The School of Strategic Leadership
needed to move from a deteriorating house on
Main Street. The newly grant-funded Innovation-

Collaboration Entrepreneurship (ICE) program
needed maker space. And, with numerous capital
projects on the horizon, several other academic
departments needed places to land while other

facilities were built or renovated.

Client’s Mission:
We are a community committed to preparing
students to be educated and enlightened citizens

who lead productive and meaningful lives.

EASTERN MENNONITE UNIVERSITY SUTER SCIENCE CENTER
HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA

Originally built in the late 1960’s EMU’s Suter Science Center needed
a complete renovation . The biology and chemistry wing did not
meet current standards for laboratory safety and equipment was
outdated. The space was labyrinthine, making it hard for new
students to find their way. Faculty desired more space for
collaboration with students.

Blueline assembled a qualified design team with shared EMU’s vision
of creating an excellent laboratory and classroom setting to enhance
EMU’s unique science pedagogy. Mechanical and electrical systems

were selected to align with EMU’s goals of sustainability and long-
term value. Aesthetically, we met the client’s objective for

marketplace distinction with a classical palette of finishes. The result
is a project that will facilitate EMU’s commitment to quality educate

for decades to come.

Client’s Mission:
EMU prepares students to serve and lead in a global context. Our
community of learning integrates Christian faith, academic rigor,
artistic creation and reflective practice informed by the liberal arts,

interdisciplinary engagement and cross-cultural encounter.



JAMES MADISION UNIVERSITY TEACHING KITCHEN
HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA

The teaching kitchen project was a fit out of an existing gym area at
JMU for the cooking demonstration classroom (televised) and the
student cooking classroom. This kitchen and six-station lab for students
with room to store all those perishable ingredients. The teaching area
has several overhead cameras and two large wall-mounted monitors
for up to 30 students. The student lab area can accommodate up to six
teams of three students, with each area containing the professional-

grade stoves, refrigerators and many appliances.

Client’s Mission:
We are a community committed to preparing students to be educated

and enlightened citizens who lead productive and meaningful lives.



TXDOT NAVARRO COUNTY VISITORS CENTER
CORSICANA, TEXAS

Blueline was engaged by TxDOT to design the new Visitors
Center in Corsicana, Texas. The design intent was to incorporate
the surrounding environment and history of the area. Located in
the "Prairies & Lakes" region of Texas with patches of woodland
throughout this rolling grassland prairie, it was decided early in
the design process that wood would be a key featured element
in the design. The use of pine wood decking and wood timbers

accompanied by the river rock, established the key building
materials for the project.

Client’s Mission:
Through collaboration and leadership, TxDOT delivers a safe,
reliable, and integrated transportation system that enables the

movement of people and goods.



PHILLIPS 66 REFINERY
CONFERENCE/TRAINING CENTER

SWEENEY, TEXAS
The multi-disciplinary design team drew upon
the plant’s industrial aesthetic for inspiration,
utilizing structural and mechanical elements
in a sculptural fashion. The cafeteria and the

state-of-the-art fitness center serve a total
population of almost one thousand workers
on the site. After Hurricane Harvey destroyed

the existing Change House and Fitness
Centers, these projects were added to the
scope on a “fast track” basis, more than

doubling the project size.

Client’s Mission:
At its massive refinery in coastal southeast
Texas, Phillip 66 required a functional and

aesthetically pleasing facility to foster
employee and community meetings, and to
offer healthy food in a place convenient to

the many administrative shift workers.