Milipitas Residents Opposing Housing for Homeless Rebuffed in Court Again
This is originally written by Joseph Geha on The Mercury News MILPITAS — A Santa Clara County effort to convert a Milpitas hotel into permanent…
Month: December 2020
Architect’s Role in Achieving Carbon Neutrality by 2030
This is originally written by Lisa Brown from The Globest SAN FRANCISCO—The American Institute of Architects 2030 Commitment is a framework to provide standardized tools…
UC Berkeley leaders give virtual toast to renaming of building to Bauer Wurster Hall
https://vimeo.com/480034100 To celebrate the renaming of Wurster Hall to Bauer Wurster Hall, UC Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design (CED) recently held a virtual toast and a…
Alameda County, San Francisco vote to extend COVID hotels
This article is originally by Marisa Kendall on The Mercury News Supervisors in Alameda County on Tuesday voted to extend leases on four hotels sheltering…
ABI November 2020: Business conditions at architecture firms backslide from October
However, firms remain modestly optimistic about 2021 Architecture firm billings declined for the ninth consecutive month in November. The ABI score of 46.3 for the…
Harry M. Jacobs March 16, 1936 – December 3, 2020
Harry died on December 3 at his home in Oakland, CA. He is survived by his loving wife of 56 years Cynthia Evans; his son…
Grafton Architects at AIAEB Member Appreciation Party
At our Membership Appreciation Party, we had numerous guest speakers, games, and socializing. Although it was virtual, we hope that our members had a great…
Practical Considerations: The Risk of Paying More than Your Proportionate Share of Fault
Written by Jim Castles Many design firms have faced the following scenario: A building, or series of buildings (e.g., college campus) has serious defect issues,…
Former AIAEB Executive Director Sandra Stickney Has Passed
Sandra Stickney, AIA East Bay Executive Director from the late seventies through the early 2000’s, has passed away from Alzheimer’s. She passed on the 23rd…
2020 Election Slate
Candidates For AIA East Bay Board Director – 2020 Voting takes place online. Only members in good standing may vote. All members have received an…
