Coahoma County Higher Education Center
Duvall Decker · Clarksdale, MS · 2 mo ago
EducationFull-time
About the Project
This project creates a space for education, community programming, and events. A joint effort by Coahoma County, Coahoma County Community College, and Delta State University, the complex addresses the needs of all three entities by providing:
- 150-seat conference center
- Classrooms
- Distance learning facility
- Resource center
- Demonstration kitchen
- Administrative offices
The existing gym was transformed into a new conference center, and a new 12,700-square-foot classroom building was added. Sited around the historic Cutrer Mansion, the ensemble overlooks the bluff from the city to the river bottom lands, framing the historic mansion and linking the complex to the city grid.
The project celebrates the community’s diversity and the region’s landscape, culture, blues heritage, and its full and complex social history.
Project Team
- Duvall Decker (Lead)
- N. Montgomery Dodson, PE
- I.C. Thomasson Associates, Inc
- Construction Cost Analysis, Inc
- Michelle Borst Lewis, ALSA
- Environmental Management Plus
Awards
- 2011 AIA Mississippi Merit Award
- 2011 Design with Brick Honor Award