Lincoln Middle School

The award-winning new Lincoln Middle School in Schiller Park, Illinois, was designed with an emphasis on experiential learning, stimulating curiosity, and inspiring students. The school was designed with dynamic, light filled spaces, and with places to gather, interact and inspire.

Connections to the outside environment are established through the large reading terrace and green roof garden off of the second floor library. In the central two-story atrium, a large Circular Luminous SkyCeiling provides a connection to the refreshing presence of overhead sky. The design team at STR Partners, the project’s architects, created an engaging three-dimensional oculus to enhance the illusion of nature provided by the SkyCeiling.