Sonoma Academy

RHAA worked with WRNS Architects to develop a new Grange building, Theater, and productive teaching gardens and orchard at Sonoma Academy in Santa Rosa, a renowned private college preparatory high school. The 34-acre campus is surrounded by over 1,000 acres of preserved open space at the foot of Taylor Mountain. The new Grange building program includes a flexible indoor-outdoor cafeteria space, maker spaces, and administration offices. The building is a LEED project, a certified Living Building Challenge, and a pilot International WELL Building Institute project. The project has an ecologically designed landscape and green roof and includes productive edible gardens to support learning and health.

Awards:

2020 AIA East Bay Excellence in Design for Well-Being Award

2018 AIA COTE Award

2018 AIA Citation Award

2018 Building Design + Construction Team Award Honorable Mention

2018 National Institute of Building Sciences High Performance Building

2017 California ZNE School Team Leadership Award

2017 AEC Team Zero Net Energy Leadership, California ZNE Schools award