In Session: Fall 2025
Safe By Design
Education is your priority. Ours is designing schools that are safe places for it. In this issue, we explore how designers can help establish physically, socially, and neurologically secure spaces for learning.
We’re rethinking the school bathroom, well beyond ADA compliance. Sensory management takes center focus as we offer design recommendations that help maintain a neurologically safe environment. We also examine how to build schools that stand up to challenges like climate change and site security.
School safety isn’t just about preventing harm—it’s about creating spaces where every student feels secure, supported, and ready to learn.
Additionally, we spotlight Kendall Central School District’s state-of-the-art playground and celebrate Salamanca City CSD’s IIDA NY Buffalo City Center Interior Design Award!
Want to see your idea in the next issue of In Session? We would love to hear more about it. Submit your topic to [email protected].
School’s In Session
It’s easy to rest on the expertise acquired in over 30 years of design for K-12. We’ve completed over $800 million in Capital Projects for schools and along the way we’ve learned a thing or two.
However, we believe experience alone isn’t enough to add real value to our clients. Just as our industry and business has evolved, so has education. The science of learning has advanced, and so too must our classrooms.
In Session is an awareness that for us, school is always in session. We continue to seek opportunities to learn from experts in pedagogy, benchmark projects from across the country, and explore new material and technology applications. We spend time researching the questions and issues facing our clients and share what we learn here with you.
