Architect’s rendering of the new Brent School seen from North Carolina Avenue. The entrance is at the right.
View from North Carolina Avenue and D Street looking southwest. To maximize use of space a play area for younger students is located facing North Carolina, while the play area for older students is behind the school.
Here’s a closer view of the entrance.
The view from the corner of 3rd and D Streets looking northeast. (D Street shifts south a block after it intersects North Carolina Avenue.)
The view from D Street looking northwest showing the location of the play area for older students.
Here’s a rendering showing the building’s footprint.
Images of the New Brent School and Project Update
by Larry Janezich
Posted November 16, 2024
At last Tuesday night’s ANC6B meeting, Erika Lehman from the DLR Group design team presented the plan and architectural renderings for the Brent School modernization project. The school is located at 3rd and North Carolina SE. The raze-and-construction timeline anticipates that the new building will be ready to open in the fall of 2007.
DLR Group will take over occupancy in August of 2025. Demolition will be complete by the end of the year and construction of the new building will begin thereafter. During the closure, students will attend the former Meyer Elementary School at 2501 11th St NW. Free busing will be provided and depart from a location near Brent.
Project Overview – Brent’s modernization will include:
- Upgraded classrooms and community spaces with improved technology.
- Enhanced safety features – modern security systems and updated building infrastructure.
- Green spaces – new outdoor areas for play and learning
- Accessibility improvements.
For more, go here: https://www.brentelementary.org/our-school-2/modernization
CAPITOL HILL CORNER 
Not very imaginative architectural design. Looks like it was awarded to the winner of a high school competition, more like a prison than a school.
kind of hilarious that this kind of design passed muster for a city building, but anyone else doing work in the historic district has to use compatible design and materials…
Hardly surprising. Historic districts aren’t really about architecture. They are a tool for protecting high home prices and enforcing de facto segregation.
A There are many “minority” property owners in the Capitol Hill Historic District, many of whom living here for generations. They benefit from “high home prices”, too.
Wow, first we get the only homely library renovation and then we get this for Brent. Is the playground on the east side going to be dark and gloomy? I hope in winter it isn’t shaded by the building all day.