Rhodes+Brito Architects Awarded Contract to Design $12 Million Renovation Project at Princeton Elementary School in Orlando

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Rhodes+Brito Architects in downtown Orlando was recently awarded a contract to design an addition and renovation of the historic Princeton Elementary School on

Princeton Street

in College Park. 

 The proposed addition will be approximately 50,000 square feet and the existing building will undergo improvements with finishes, mechanical systems and classroom upgrades.

Ruffin Rhodes (top right photo), co-founder and partner at Rhodes+Brito Architects, said the $12 million project will start construction in June of 2011.

The façade of the historic building, which dates from the 1920s, will remain intact, Rhodes said. Additions will include new classrooms and a media center.

For more information, contact:

Ruffin Rhodes, Rhodes+Brito Architects, 407-648-7288 x103 ruffin@rbarchitects.com

 Maximiano Brito, Rhodes+Brito Architects, 407-648-7288 max@rbarchitects.com

 Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications 407-644-4142 (fax: 4410)