“The circulation areas are more than just ways to get places, but spaces you actually want to be and hang out in,” says Eric Hass, a principal at DSH. Photo 4 of 11 in 11 Innovative and Modern Schools Where Creativity and Good Design Rule from A Forgotten Insurance Building Finds New Life as a Humming High School

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Contemporary on the inside and modern on the outside, Larchmont Charter High School in Los Angeles, a midcentury gem originally designed by Welton Becket, underwent a sensitive renovation at the hands of DSH // architecture, and now stands as a model of successful and sensitive adaptive reuse.