Houlton School

Houlton School in Rugby, Warwickshire, is located on the grounds of the Rugby Radio Station, which was established in 1926. According to developer Morgan Sindall Construction, the station "at the height of its power in the mid-20th century, was the largest in the world. In 1927 the site transmitted the first transatlantic radio signal." The station was phased out between 2003 and 2007, Van Heyningen and Haward Architects created the plan that transformed the former Rugby Radio Station power building and its water tower, and added three new teaching blocks. Morgan Sindall Construction received a £39 million commission to convert the radio station into a secondary school that would "provide…