We are passionate about designing educational campuses and other facilities with two decades of award-winning projects. Architects, over 100 school districts and the Division of State Architect rely on KNA—we do our homework each and every day. Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the ... Read More
Projects + On the Boards
A Redesigned Elementary School Goes Desert Modern
As the community in Cathedral City continues to grow, the Palm Springs Unified School District saw the need to improve the Agua Caliente Elementary School to support its growing population. The current school located in the Dream Homes neighborhood was first built in 1961. From Baker Nowicki’s website: “A ... Read More
Seismic Rehabilitation for Plummer Auditorium
A historic landmark since 1994 located on the Fullerton High School campus, Plummer Auditorium has been a staple of Fullerton and north Orange County since 1930. KNA was asked to provide structural engineering services for the seismic rehabilitation of the building. Taking special care to not lose its ... Read More
California Schools Embrace STEM with New Innovation Center at Jurupa Valley H.S
At KNA, we believe in engineering. We live it every day. That’s why working on a project like the new Innovation Center for Jurupa Valley High School is so rewarding. Larry Kaprielian and Jim Ebrahim recently attended the Open House, December 20, to celebrate the opening of Phase I of the project. The ... Read More
Orange Gets Greener: KNA Completes Orange Coast College’s New Recycling Center
The fruitful product of Orange County’s Measure M, Orange Coast College’s (OCC) Recycling Center has recently been completed—and it’s beautiful! KNA is so pleased to be a part of this “green” project. The Center will handle the college’s and the surrounding communities’ recycled material, serving up to 300 ... Read More
Redefining the Education Landscapes. Inspiring Students to Learn and Grow
Who holds the future in our society? Most people say it is our youth as children will inherit our world, our communities, our government. It’s not surprising that educating younger generations is at the center of providing excellence in education, serving up knowledge, opportunity, tools and building ... Read More
KNA Collaborates with Ruhnau Clarke Architects for School of the Future
It’s been almost twenty years of planning for the Castaic High School project to break ground, and it’s all happening now. The first construction crews arrived in early June with an expected move in for ninth graders in August 2019. Located in the hills of the Santa Clarita Valley, about 35 miles north of ... Read More
Recycle. Design. Install. Flush = Container Design
Can a shipping container be re-purposed for use on a school campus? Sure, why not! KNA Structural Engineers just completed design on such a project for our client Baker Nowicki Design Studio. They recycled a shipping container and turned it into a toilet room. Now that’s innovation. The primary objective ... Read More
KNA Structural Engineers Chosen to Design New Campus in San Diego
San Diego Unified School District has begun the development of a new K-12 educational facility at the existing Logan K-8 and Memorial Prepatory Middle School located east of downtown San Diego. The new learning center includes classrooms and facilities designed to serve the growing community. The first phase ... Read More
A Proud Timberwolf Stands Atop of Thompson Middle School
The Timberwolf greets students and faculty high above their school.When Murrieta Valley USD’s Thompson Middle School wanted to place their mascot of a timber wolf to stand proudly on top of their school, we took the lead in getting the project approved through the San Diego office of the Division of the State ... Read More