With its rectangular structures, long hallways and cookie-cutter classrooms, traditional school design is as fundamental as reading, writing and arithmetic. But these days, as K-12 learning environments evolve, so do design themes and practices.
"Things are rapidly changing," says Mark Quattrocchi, principal and founder of Santa Rosa-based Quattrocchi Kwok Architects. "We are looking at a different way of designing schools to respond to different ways of teaching."