An award-winning two- and three-story main academic building housing administration, classrooms, science and computer labs, library and cafeteria. The 131,000 gsf building is a braced steel framed structure with a brick veneer over precast panel cladding system intended to replicate the historic character of the original brick High School building.
$27.5M construction cost

A new urban campus in downtown San Jose consisting of two- and three-story steel frame and masonry wall construction. The campus includes administrative facilities, library, auditorium, multi-purpose building, K-6 classroom building and kindergarten. DASSE was presented with an Honor Award in Public Design for this project during the 2004 Concrete Design Awards on behalf of the Concrete Masonry Association of California and Nevada.
$18M construction cost

A new high school campus, constructed on the site of an old high school being demolished, consisting of six large buildings enclosing a total area of 192,000sf. A large cornerstone building houses administration, a performing arts theater and a library. The academic and science classrooms are housed in three three-story structures. Another large building houses the large and small gymnasiums with adjacent ancillary spaces including dance rooms and weightlifting/wrestling, lockers and dressing rooms and a concession facility; other enclosed space houses a cafeteria and sitting area for food consumption. All buildings are steel framed with stucco, CMU veneer and glazed exterior skin. The structures are situated into the hillside site with one-story tall building and site retaining walls, steps, terraces and landscaping.
$75M construction cost

This high school incorporates two 2-story classroom buildings, a media center and library, a theater, and an athletic facility, plus administration and dining commons. All structures are framed in structural steel. Due to its proximity to the Hayward Fault, this campus has been designed to incorporate "near-field" seismic effects.
$66M construction cost

This elementary school campus includes two classroom buildings (12,300 gsf each), a two-story administration/classroom building (33,000 gsf) and a media center (4900 gsf) with connecting covered walks. Also included is a gymnasium/multi-purpose building (12,300 gsf). The structures consist of wood/steel hybrid construction, with plywood shear walls, steel braced frames and special moment resisting steel frames. The two-story administration/classroom building has a clerestory between the pitched roofs to bring daylight to interior spaces. The lobby entrance features a two story open space with a circular stair.
$20M construction cost

This project involves four components: A new 35,000gsf, two-story steel frame building housing classrooms, offices, and a 15,000gsf hi-tech library; HVAC upgrade plus functional remodel to two science buildings; HVAC upgrade and functional remodel plus 1,200gsf expansion to Arts Building; 8,000gsf addition plus seismic retrofit of existing building to house administration functions.
$6.5M construction cost

New high school campus consisting of eight major steel-framed buildings including an administration/media center, two 2-story classroom wings, and individual buildings for performing arts, technology, fine arts, and a multipurpose/cafeteria facility, as well as locker/shower and gymnasium/wrestling buildings.
$33M construction cost

Campus expansion includes a new 25,000 sf science center and a new 18,000 sf performing arts facility. The science building is a single-story wood and steel hybrid structure that includes science and computer lab classrooms, large lecture hall and administration offices. Notable building features include tall clerestory spaces and exposed curved steel canopies. The performing arts building is a steel, concrete and masonry structure with a 325-seat theater, full fly gallery, scene shop, rehearsal area, offices and storage.
$10.0M construction cost

A new high school campus consisting of 14 buildings enclosing a total area of 270,000 sf, including an academic and science classroom building; a gymnasium with adjacent ancillary buildings including dressing rooms and a concession facility; other one-story buildings (some with multilevel and barrel vaulted roofs), house the Cafeteria, Multipurpose Room, Administration, Media Center, Performing Arts, Home Economics, and Industrial Arts. The Gymnasium barrel vaulted roof features custom designed long span steel tri-chord trusses.
$58M construction cost