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Saint Theresa Parish school facility entrance with brick columns and glass entryway designed by O'Brien & Keane

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St. Theresa School, Phase IV
Building Addition

St. Theresa School in Ashburn, Virginia, was one of O'Brien & Keane's first completed projects back in 1993. Phase IV, pictured here, culminates the work with new meeting rooms, offices, and a chapel.

Exterior view of St. Theresa School Phase IV building addition featuring brick arcade columns and modern classical design
Bright renovated hallway at St. Stephen's & St. Agnes Middle School with skylights, modern pendant lights, and glass-walled classrooms

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St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes Middle School
Common Area Renovation

SSSAS enjoys a whole new look and feel with the complete replacement of all interior finishes in the common areas and an entrance addition. Work included flooring, ceilings, drywalling and paint, and the creation of new hangout spaces.

Renovated entrance and lobby area at St. Stephen's & St. Agnes Middle School featuring a tiled reception desk with school emblem and exposed brick wall
Early Saints Learning Center classroom at St. Stephen's & St. Agnes Lower School featuring wooden student tables, custom cabinetry, display boards, and interactive learning areas

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St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes Lower School
“Early Saints” Learning Center

The first floor of Sinclair Hall was gutted and retrofitted to follow suit with the design vocabulary and materials palate developed in collaboration with SSSAS. Kid-friendly and flexible, the new facility welcomes the young students into academia.

Classroom interior at St. Stephen's & St. Agnes Lower School "Early Saints" Learning Center featuring wooden student tables, cubby storage, low shelving, and a whiteboard
Early childhood playroom interior with wooden toys and tree wall decal by O'Brien & Keane
Classical brick school building exterior with grand portico columns, entrance steps, and American flagpole by O'Brien & Keane

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Congressional School
Portico Replacement

Tasked with the design of a new portico, OB&K responded with classical detailing that underscores the institution’s heritage and emphasizes the dignity of the learning environment within.

Classical brick school building exterior with white portico and columns by O'Brien & Keane
Prefabricated modular classroom unit being hoisted by crane during the construction of additions at John Adams Elementary School

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John Adams Elementary School
Classroom Additions

Permanent prefabricated classroom modules answered the question of how the project could get completed over the summer recess. The high performance LEED-silver equivalent design included phenolic rainscreen panels.

Modern school exterior with wood-grain facade panels and landscaped courtyard by O'Brien & Keane
Modern interior of the computer lab at Catholic University of America featuring rows of desktop workstations, collaborative study tables, and overhead LED linear lighting

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Catholic University of America
Nursing and Physics Labs

OB&K provided complete interior design and A/E services in collaboration with CUA to deliver these two new lab spaces for the school, including all new finishes, furniture, and technology infrastructure.

Modern computer lab interior with student workstations and desktop computers by O'Brien & Keane
Modern faculty and staff commons lounge with acoustic ceiling panels and dining seating by O'Brien & Keane

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Congressional School
Faculty Room

Following an HVAC replacement project, OB&K had the opportunity to transform the old boiler room into a flexible and productive place for the teachers. The space offers accommodations for dining, meeting, collaboration, individual work, mail, and a sound-isolated phone booth for sensitive calls.

School faculty room interior with staff workspaces and writable wall surface by O'Brien & Keane
Renovated library interior at St. Stephen's & St. Agnes Middle School featuring wood-framed glass partition walls, bookshelves, a custom circulation desk, and study seating

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St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes Middle School
Library Renovation

Privileged with the opportunity to design a library to house the school’s rich collection classic and contemporary resources, OB&K answered with clean lines, materials and colors found in nature, and the optimization of natural daylight.

Interior view of the renovated St. Stephen's & St. Agnes Middle School Library featuring student study tables, non-fiction book stacks, large windows, and modern acoustic ceiling panels
Exterior view of St. Stephen's & St. Agnes Lower School Facilities Workshop building with a green standing-seam metal roof next to an outdoor playground

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St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes
Lower School
Facilities Workshop

The foundation and basement of an underutilized cottage on site was repurposed to offer valuable workshop space for the men and women that keep the place looking good and running well.

Exterior view of the original Facilities Workshop building at St. Stephen's & St. Agnes Lower School before renovation, featuring white siding, a screened porch, and surrounding trees

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Exterior view of the renovated St. Stephen's & St. Agnes Lower School Facilities Workshop building featuring light gray brick siding, black shutters, classical front portico columns, and a blue front door

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St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes Upper School
Head of School Residence Renovation and Addition

This family home is also the scene of many important school events that the family hosts, however, the existing layout didn’t provide the flexibility and space needed. OB&K prepared the designs for a main floor remodeling, with new entrance and veranda additions and fresh exterior materials.

White covered porch with arched columns and wooden steps on a school building by O'Brien & Keane
Modern school conference room interior with large wooden meeting table, wall-mounted display screen, and cabinetry by O'Brien & Keane

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St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes Upper School
College Admissions Center

Modular movable furniture enables recruitment teams the flexibility to set up the space as they wish, while at the same time, the school can showcase the students’ art projects along the gallery.

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