Two firms, including Paul Bunton and BCA Architects, have been chosen to the implementation of the Weaver School District’s long range facilities master plan. The designs include a new 800 elementary school and updating of current education edifices.

Paul Bunton said he is excited to get started in the Central Valley school district. “This is the kind of project we have prided ourselves on for 23 years at BCA.”

At BCA Architects, Paul Bunton and his team strive to enhance the communities in which their designs are built. The designs connect to the history of the community and to the sustainability and educational demands of the future. Visit http://www.bcaarchitects.com to learn more.

San Jose, Calif. – Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal, a leading regional business weekly listed BCA Architects among its top 25 architecture firms in the Silicon Valley and San Jose business community in 2012. BCA Architects ranked number 10 on the list this year, marking the fourth consecutive year the firm has been recognized by the business publication which focuses on news and key trends in various industries, including real estate, engineering, architecture, construction, technology, and retail.

“We are very proud that as with previous years BCA Architects is on the list of top architecture firms in the region because they really are among the best firms we have worked with,” said Ron Galatolo, Chancellor of San Mateo County Community College District. “They consistently provide first-rate service; create designs that are visionary; and deliver innovation to their clients that help transform communities.”

Since 1981, Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal has identified and ranked the top architecture firms in the region according to revenue and data for the previous fiscal year. This year’s top architecture firms list will be added into the publication’s Book of Lists which ranks the most dynamic companies in the area across various fields.

“We are thrilled to be ranked so highly by such a reputable media source. Our headquarters strength in San Jose reflects the strength all of our offices in California,” said Paul Bunton, AIA, president of BCA Architects. “Our clients can depend on consistently receiving the highest quality of design work from us regardless of the requirements, the economy or other challenges,” Bunton added.

BCA Architects partners with clients on a mission to achieve excellence in design. Since 1989, BCA strives to strengthen communities through projects to: design facilities, help define partnerships, locate financing, and save energy or present alternate delivery methods. BCA goes above and beyond the task at hand to ensure their clients succeed. Visit:  www.bcaarchitects.com.

San Jose, Calif.-BCA Architects has begun schematic design work on a new 95 unit Assisted Living project in San Jose, CA.  The new 4-story facility is being designed on a site within one block of Valley Medical Center and will provide an outstanding living environment for residents in need of moderate assistance in their daily lives.  Common amenities will include many social gathering spaces such as a theater, physical fitness facility, a live entertainment venue, and outdoor gardens for the residents of the housing complex allowing them to live fulfilled lives amongst other residents in a supporting and stimulating environment.  Paul Bunton, President of BCA Architects stated that “BCA’s design of this Assisted Living development is exciting, and goes beyond the traditional and historic approaches to these types of facilities.  I believe that the current generation of residents entering their senior years want more than what is presently available in the marketplace.  This generation is more active than past generations, and has different interests that need to be captured and expressed in their living environment“.

BCA Architects landed on the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal’s list of top 25 regional firms for the fourth consecutive year. This year BCA ranked 10th on the list, moving down five spots from last year’s rankings.

Firm founder and president Paul Bunton, AIA, says that making the list at all is an honor during these tough economic times. “We’re really honored to be in the top 10 firms in Silicon Valley after coming through a recession where half of all architecture firms have gone away,” he says.

Bunton attributes the firm’s success to its areas of specialization-particularly education-and the clients’ commitment to improving their local facilities.

“The security and safety of the students and staff is the number one priority, so we’re taking a lot of these older schools and tearing them down and replacing them, or modernizing them, to make them secure places where learning can happen uninterrupted,” Bunton says.

Using the school building as a type of fence to block off the perimeter, he says, is one model that’s proven particularly successful. Play areas are in the middle, which allows teachers and staff to keep a better eye on who enters and exits the area.

On Tuesday, the Mendota Unified School District Board of Trustees voted in favor of placing a $19 million bond measure on the November ballot to secure funds for building a third elementary school in the area. BCA Architects created a long-range master plan for the school district and would run point on the design of the school and other facilities funded by the bond, if it passes.

“Even though the California school system is struggling so much with its budget, it’s still so important to improve facilities,” Bunton says. “There is a direct correlation between safety and modernization of buildings and student learning, and teachers recognize this.”