Eunice Street Remodel: Project Profile
Real Estate Agents Matt Vance and Peter Ashbaugh discovered a rare mid-century modern home in North Berkeley and recognized its potential. The house had been designed by architect Elwood Hanson and offered a well-organized floor plan with vaulted views from the living room. Matt and Peter hoped to re-invigorate the minimally touched house and reached […]
Mariani Lodge, Rebuilding in Yolo County: Project Profile
The Mariani’s Napa County home was one of thousands destroyed in the early morning hours of Oct 9, 2017, as the Atlas Fire consumed +50,000 acres. Once the fires were contained, they looked at the charred remains of their family home and decided to rebuild on a farm they owned in Yolo County in order […]
Capitol Villas By BKBC Architects: Project Profile
Downtown Fremont will soon get its first dose of what’s been sprouting up in commercial districts throughout the Bay Area – a true mixed-use development designed by BKBC Architects, Inc. Located on an approximately one-acre site across the street from City Hall on the corner of Capitol Avenue & Hastings Street, this 95,000 sf building […]
JumpstartMD Medical Clinic: Project Profile
JumpstartMD, Northern California’s leading medically supervised weight-loss and wellness practice, opened its flagship center at One Embarcadero, San Francisco’s premier office and retail space and brought on Hilliard Architects to design the project. JumpstartMD helps members reshape their lives and achieve their personal health and weight loss goals, with a proven program based on eating […]
1960s Rancher Remodel: Project Profile
This remodel project was an upgrade to a 1960’s rancher in Orinda, designed by Kattenburg Architects. The goal was to replace the small, enclosed original kitchen and nook area and enlarge the space to open onto the reconceived living and dining rooms, creating a great room. Both the former living and dining room spaces were […]
San Benito High School Visual Arts and Performing Arts: Project Profile
The design and construction of the new San Benito High School Visual Arts and Performing Arts (VAPA) building started with a school district’s interest in receiving a turn-key project through a design-build project delivery. Based on the design criteria, Byrens Kim Design Works, in collaboration with Jeff Luchetti Modular Construction pursued the project with intent […]
Siprosa School Nairobi: Project Profile
The award-winning Siprosa School Nairobi designed by Sidell Pakravan, provides global progressive education in spaces that negotiate between classrooms, flexible spaces, and outdoor learning environments. These spaces are distributed through a collection of stacked and shifted voids that are wrapped by a terra cotta screen that connects diverse spaces, buffers the school from the city […]
Canyon Road Bridge House, Santa Fe: Project Profile
Negotiating a rolling wooded site overlaid with both historic review and terrain management constraints, a portion of this house, designed by Arkin Tilt Architects, bridges a minor dry arroyo to locate the main volume amongst the piñons, with the best views of downtown Santa Fe. Metaphorically, the home bridges past and present: traditional construction with […]
Valley Health Center Downtown San Jose: Project Profile
Situated at a transit gateway to downtown San Jose, the Valley Health Center designed by Ratcliff connects three vicinities that have lacked medical services. The 62,000 s.f. facility, raised on the grounds of the old San Jose Medical Center, serves a young, multi-ethnic population with a high dependence on public healthcare. A wide range of […]
Lafayette Backyard: Project Profile
The owner of this Lafayette property wanted to demolish the existing backyard structures and completely redesign the yard. They wanted to include a new garage, outdoor kitchen, lounge, patio, swimming pool with a waterfall, cabaña and fireplace covered with a mechanical, louvered trellis. They wanted the new work to complement their existing craftsman style house, […]