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BEZEK DURST SEISER :: Architects and Planners Serving Alaska and the Arctic North -- In Anchorage: 907-562-6076

Areas of Expertise: Learning

Bezek • Durst • Seiser has developed an excellent reputation when it comes to educational facility design. In fact, it may be what we are best known for. We have worked as planners, programmers, and designers on nearly 200 learning facilities throughout the state of Alaska.

We understand what it takes to support the delivery of today’s curriculum, and have a track record of using innovative techniques to revitalize existing education facilities and integrate new additions and new programs.

A Commitment to Raising the Bar

Our early experience included unique projects, such as Point Lay K-12 School, that set standards for other rural school projects. Today we continue to raise the bar with projects such as Chugiak High School, which we are helping to transform into a school for the 21st century.

The facilities we’ve designed include: general and specialized classrooms, libraries, gymnasiums, multi-purpose rooms, laboratories, computer / technology labs, libraries, performing arts centers, administration and faculty offices, and food service facilities.

All of these projects have a common theme: create an effective learning environment as well as a true center of the community. To do this, we work closely with school districts and universities. Together we develop plans focused on “use zoning” to maximize space usage and flexibility, and to ensure the efficiency of operations, management, and maintenance.

We consider every detail of a building, placing a special emphasis on natural lighting, good acoustics, and sustainable building systems and materials. And we design with careful consideration of local environmental conditions.

The result? Educational facilities that are helping to take learning to a new level.

Representative Projects

Buckland K-12 School, Buckland

Chugiak High School Renewal, Chugiak

Creekside Park Elementary School, Anchorage

Facilities Inventory, Program Analysis and Cost Estimating for 82 Anchorage School District Facilities, Anchorage

UAF Biological Sciences Facility (BIOS) Fairbanks

UAF Natural Sciences Facility, Fairbanks

UAF West Ridge Research Building Planning Study, Fairbanks

Valley Christian School Gymnasium, Palmer

West High School Science Center, Anchorage