City Leaders and Project Team Commemorate “Transformation” of 70-Year-Old Campus

A welcoming focal point, the new facility replaces the severely damaged library and media center previously lost to fire and includes an innovation lab, digital media lab, restrooms and support spaces.

Projects include a new Student Services Center and Auxiliary Gymnasium at Mountain View High School (MVHS), new one-story classroom buildings at Freestyle Academy for Arts & Technology (Freestyle Academy), and a new Student Services Center at Los Altos High School (LAHS).

Mountain View/Los Altos, Calif., July 12, 2021 –

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Complete Restoration and Modernization Takes Home Top K-12 Honor

Santa Rosa, Calif., March 16, 2021 – Alameda Unified School District’s (AUSD) Historic Alameda High School (HAHS), designed by leading Northern California education planning and design firm Quattrocchi Kwok Architects (QKA), was recently named the 2...

New Classroom Building is Largest Component of Multi-Phased Campus Conversion

San Jose/Santa Rosa, Calif., Feb. 9, 2021 – Blach Construction (Blach) and Quattrocchi Kwok Architects (QKA) recently broke ground on a new, two-story classroom building at Thornton Middle School...

In a feature article penned for School Construction News, Mark Quattrocchi discusses the potential of outdoor classrooms as a pandemic-era solution by considering lessons from the past and presenting solutions for the present. He discusses common challenges for creating outdoor learning spaces and encourages decision-makers to think of the many ways these spaces can allow students a...

We're pleased to announce the selection of four QKA projects by the North Bay Business Journal for its annual "Top Real Estate Project Awards.” Kudos to our dedicated teams who worked to bring the following projects to life: Davidson Middle School’s new STEM building, San Rafael; El Molino High School’s new performing arts center, Forestville; Laurel Dell Elementary School's ca...

Our local American Institute of Architects, Redwood Empire (AIARE) chapter awarded high honors to two QKA projects in its 2020 Design Awards program. Historic Alameda High School’s seismic retrofit and restoration, which has been widely recognized in industry award programs this year, received an Honor Award. Mariano Castro Elementary School’s replacement campus in Mountain View received a Committee on the Environment Honor Award for its sustainable design. Additionally, we are particularly pleased to report that some of our own QKAers were part of a team that received a Small Project Design Award for their remarkable Social Seesaw project, created for an AIARE design competition to develop interactive, public art. We are thrilled to be recognized for design excellence by Northern California's top design authority!

Half Moon Bay, Calif., Nov. 19, 2020 – When students and teachers are welcomed back to school premises, Cabrillo Unified School District (CUSD) will celebrate the opening of its new kindergarten triplex at Hatch Elementary School. The three buildings, totaling approximately 9,200 square feet of modern indoor and ou...

Mark Quattrocchi recently "sat down" with The Registry's Vlad Bosanac to discuss the intersection of career and community on an episode of the building industry-focused podcast. Hear Mark's perspectives on architecture and education's unique relationship, pre-COVID school design trends that will support students' return to the classroom, and what it really means to exert positive change as business leaders in the community.