QKA Principals Aaron Jobson and Mark Quattrocchi offer an overview of the Collaborative for High Performance Schools, a credentialing organization providing design and building professionals with clear guidelines and tools to implement strategies that improve student health and achievement and conserve resources and protect the environment. Read the full article, including examples in using the credits and criteria, published in School Construction News.

QKA welcomes John Dybczak to the firm’s executive leadership team as principal, the fifth in our more than 30-year history. We also congratulate Kevin Chapin on his elevation to associate, and Eve Eppard, Lyanne Schuster and Avian Soupholphakdy on their promotions to project managers.

Congratulations to QKA Principal Aaron Jobson on this prestigious industry honor! Each year ENR California honors 20 exceptional young professionals who bring energy and innovation to their industries and communities. The youngest partner in QKA’s history, Aaron is heralded for his forward-thinking and sustainable education design philosophy.

QKA Principals Aaron Jobson and Steve Kwok were interviewed for a Press Democrat piece on the efforts and progress of Homes for Sonoma, a group of volunteer architects and builders formed after the October 2017 wildfires to jump-start rebuilding efforts. Homes for Sonoma’s goal is to design and provide short-term housing for fire victims, while also easing the shortage of affordable housing in the North Bay.

The QKA-designed NGL Academy transformed a former Santa Rosa office building into a 6,000 square-foot nontraditional high school campus, utilizing a variety of interconnected learning spaces to support an array of learning styles, including student-driven exploration.

QKA is proud to announce that we have now opened our second office location in downtown Pleasanton led by Firmwide Chief Operating Officer David Hansen. The Pleasanton location conveniently allows for greater accessibility to QKA’s many East Bay, Peninsula and South Bay design clients and projects.

Recognizing a joint effort between QKA and international design firm Gensler, the districtwide Facilities Master Plan is the first facilities and technology improvement plan pursued across all of the college’s sites in 100 years.

QKA was onsite yesterday, along with district officials and project partners, at the groundbreaking ceremony of the future Lila Bringhurst Elementary School, a 1,100-student school that is a central part of South Fremont’s 111-acre new mixed-use urban development project in response to the city’s continued rapid growth.

QKA Principal Mark Quattrocchi offers his tips for increasing energy savings and making learning environments more comfortable and effective by implementing readily available energy-saving measures in school design. Read the full article published in School Construction News.

MORGAN HILL, CALIF. — June 7, 2017 —  At its monthly Board of Education meeting last night, Morgan Hill Unified School District (MHUSD) Board of Trustees unanimously awarded Quattrocchi Kwok Architects (QKA) and Blach Construction Company (Blach) with a $39.5 million design-build project to redevelop Britton Middle School. This will serve as a flagship project for the voter-approved Measure G school facilities improvement bond program.