PROJECT: CONCORDIA LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION AND COMMONS ADDITION
CLIENT: CONCORDIA LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL
LOCATION: TOMBALL, TEXAS
ARCHITECT: MERRIMAN HOLT POWELL ARCHITECTS
Concordia Lutheran High School is one of Paradigm’s longest-standing clients. Selected through a competitive interview process, Paradigm delivered a 27,968-square-foot, two-story addition housing new classrooms, science labs, art rooms, administration offices, a Welcome Center, and the “Senior Patio” — critical infrastructure that allowed Concordia to grow to its current enrollment capacity.
When the school’s fundraising campaign fell short mid-design, leadership considered pausing the project entirely. Paradigm proposed a better approach: structure the Commons addition as a bid alternate, priced in parallel by the same subcontractors under the same permit. The school could break ground immediately, with the Commons ready to activate when funds allowed. It worked. Visible construction activity energized donors, fundraising surged, and the Commons was authorized. Crews moved seamlessly from one structure to the next with no delays, no remobilization, and pricing already locked in.
Concordia continued to engage Paradigm for subsequent campus improvements including athletics expansions, a multimedia studio with green screen walls, and a gaming and digital studio. The Commons became a go-to venue for donor events, a direct return on the preconstruction strategy that made it possible.
More than two decades later, Concordia brought Paradigm back for its largest project yet: a $20 million gymnasium and fine arts expansion. That trust was earned one project at a time.
