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Placements

Examples of projects that I have placed in design publications on behalf of my clients.

5-innovative-multifamily-projects-showcase-the-benefits-of-building-better

5 Innovative Multifamily Projects Showcase the Benefits of Building Better

Park 17, located in Denver’s City West neighborhood, marks architect Valerio Dewalt Train’s second foray into high-rise modular construction with developer Kairoi Residential, general contractor MPC, and the Prescient prefabricated load-bearing metal stud wall system.

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Photo: Tom Harris
Design: Valerio Dewalt Train
innovation-one-completes-at-university-research-park-in-madison-wis

Innovation One completes at University Research Park in Madison, Wis.

University Research Park (URP) recently partnered with Valerio Dewalt Train (VDT) to produce a master plan meant to enliven and densify the office park’s existing facilities.

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Photo: Steve Hall at Hall+Merrick Photographers
Design: Valerio Dewalt Train
10-questions-with-christine-mcgrath-breuer

10 Questions With… Christine McGrath Breuer

Her Midwest roots run deep. Christine McGrath Breuer, principal at Valerio Dewalt Train, is Chicago-born and a practicing architect in the Windy City office of the generalist firm. Like the studio, she does it all.

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Photo: Valerio Dewalt Train
can-manuals-and-toolkits-help-us-design-a-safer-present-or-future

Can Manuals and Toolkits Help Us Design a Safer Present or Future?

Our pals at Studio O+A developed a unique Covid Handbook.

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Photo: Studio O+A: A Toolkit for the Times
Design: Studio O+A
mason-on-mariposa

Mason on Mariposa

A few years ago, when David Baker Architects began work on Mason on Mariposa, a mixed-use project in the Portrero Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, it marked a return to the firm’s past.

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Photo: Adam Potts
Design: David Baker Architects
these-are-the-best-covid-19-signs-weve-seen

These are the best COVID-19 signs we’ve seen

Studio O+A’s COVID-19 safety posters are as cheerful as they are effective: They lure you in with splashy colors and anthropomorphic monsters.

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Photo: Poster designs: Elizabeth Vereker, Paulina McFarland, Chelsea Hendrick, Sarah Hotchin, and Minnee Pham
Design: Studio O+A
c-19-poster-series-by-studio-oa-infuses-life-saving-messaging-with-positive-vibes

C-19 Poster Series by Studio O+A Infuses Life-saving Messaging with Positive Vibes

Five Studio O+A designers address the pandemic through graphic art.

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Photo: Elizabeth Vereker, Paulina McFarland, Chelsea Hendrick, Sarah Hotchin, and Minnee Pham
Design: Studio O+A
in-vino-veritas

In Vino Veritas

David Baker Architects imbues a natural wine bar in Alabama with warmth and restraint.

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Photo: Rob Culpepper
Design: David Baker Architects
signs-of-the-times-wayfinding-in-the-age-of-covid-19

Signs of the Times: Wayfinding in the Age of COVID-19

With the pandemic as the impetus, Studio O+A (and two other design firms) reimagine the future of wayfinding, graphic communication, and circulation.

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Photo: Elizabeth Vereker / Courtesy Studio O+A
Design: Elizabeth Vereker / Studio O+A
beautiful-but-affordable-david-baker-architects-on-creating-dignified-affordable-housing

Beautiful but Affordable: David Baker Architects on Creating Dignified Affordable Housing

Words from David Baker and Amanda Loper.

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Photo: Mariko Reed
Design: David Baker Architects
contract-multivitamin-mindi-weichman-of-studio-oa

Contract Multivitamin: Mindi Weichman of Studio O+A

A dose of Mindi Weichman’s design musings in her own words.

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Photo: Studio O+A
Design: Studio O+A
into-the-light

Into The Light

TEF Design renovates an existing medical/surgery unit at Kaiser Fremont Medical Center into the healthcare giant’s first Acute Medical Psychiatric Unit.

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Photo: David Wakely
Design: TEF Design
a-textural-patchwork-and-grove-of-redwoods-takes-up-residence-in-san-francisco

A Textural Patchwork—and Grove of Redwoods—Takes Up Residence in San Francisco

855 Brannan, a mixed-use complex by David Baker Architects, generously makes the most of outdoor living for tenants and the public alike.

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Photo: Bruce Damonte
Design: David Baker Architects
studio-oa-revamps-mcdonalds-chicago-area-research-compound

Studio O+A Revamps McDonald’s Chicago-Area Research Compound

Studio O+A overhauls the McDonald’s Innovation Center in Romeoville, Illinois. Featured in the The April 2020 issue of Metropolis.

 

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Photo: Garrett Rowland
Design: Studio O+A
upwardly-mobile

Upwardly Mobile

LiveRamp designed by Studio O+A gets the cover of Contract’s February/March 2020 issue.

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Photo: Garrett Rowland
Design: Studio O+A
222-taylor

222 Taylor

David Baker Architects’ affordable housing project in the Tenderloin District of San Francisco for low-income and formerly homeless families and individuals.

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Photo: Bruce Damonte
Design: David Baker Architects
signs-of-good-times

Signs of Good Times

A wayfinding project by Media-Objectives (Valerio Dewalt Train’s in-house experiential design studio) enhances identity in Mount Prospect, Illinois.

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Photo: Francisco Lopez de Arenosa for Valerio Dewalt Train/Media Objectives
Design: Media-Objectives
how-a-studio-embedded-a-california-citys-heritage-into-commercial-interiors

How a studio embedded a California city’s heritage into commercial interiors

Studio O+A revamps an Oakland office.

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Photo: Garrett Rowland
Design: Studio O+A
balboa-park-pool

Balboa Park Pool

A joint venture of ELS Architecture and Urban Design and Kuth Ranieri Architects.

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Photo: Bruce Damonte
Design: ELS Architecture and Urban Design, Kuth Ranieri Architects
studio-oa-redesigns-library-for-stevenson-school

Studio O+A Redesigns Library for Stevenson School

A library for the digital age.

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Photo: Kristina Cho
Design: Studio O+A
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Stevenson School Library / Studio O+A

Studio O+A redesigns Stevenson School’s library for the digital age.

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Photo: Kristina Cho
Design: Studio O+A
in-the-sf-bay-area-david-baker-architects-bucks-the-trend-of-dull-modular-housing

In the SF Bay Area, David Baker Architects Bucks the Trend of Dull Modular Housing

The 243-unit luxury rental complex Union Flats designed by David Baker Architects (DBA) is an exemplar for the design potential of modular construction.

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Photo: Bruce Damonte
Design: David Baker Architects
on-the-horizon

On The Horizon

Architects Cecily Young and John Ruble spearhead a down-to-the-bone renovation of their home set into steep terrain in Berkeley, CA.

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Photo: Michael Schmidt
Design: Cecily Young, John Ruble / Moore Ruble Yudell Architects
keeping-the-conversation-going

Keeping the Conversation Going

Nine architecture firms provide insight on riding the economic cycle.

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Photo: N/A
Design: Multiple
google-redwood-city-nods-to-its-surroundings-with-delightful-details

Google Redwood City Nods to Its Surroundings With Delightful Details

Valerio Dewalt Train turns an existing office building into a playful but productive workspace for Google.

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Photo: Francisco Lopez de Arenosa / Valerio Dewalt Train
Design: Valerio Dewalt Train
larkin-street-substation-addition-illuminates-an-industrial-corner-in-san-francisco

Larkin Street Substation Addition Illuminates an Industrial Corner in San Francisco

TEF Design and Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design.

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Photo: Mikiko Kikuyama
Design: TEF Design
cia-at-copia

CIA at Copia

Part restaurant, part teaching space, Architectural Resources Group designed the vision for the Culinary Institute of America at Copia as a cultural site for the food and beverage scene in Napa, California.

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Photo: Victor M. Samuel
Design: Architectural Resources Group
open-minded-cooper-molera-adobe-pioneers-a-new-model-for-historic-sites

Open Minded: Cooper Molera Adobe Pioneers a New Model for Historic Sites

Our pals at Architectural Resources Group land the cover of the Fall 2019 issue of Preservation Magazine.

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Photo: Angela DeCenzo
Design: Architectural Resources Group
carnegie-mellon-university-tepper-school-of-business-david-a-tepper-quadrangle

Carnegie Mellon University – Tepper School of Business David A. Tepper Quadrangle

Moore Ruble Yudell worked with Renaissance 3 Architects to complete the Tepper School of Business David A. Tepper Quadrangle as a gathering place for Carnegie Mellon University students.

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Photo: Albert Vecerka
Design: Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners
cmg-to-bring-back-1912-feel-for-sf-civic-center-overhaul

CMG to bring back 1912 feel for SF Civic Center overhaul

Backed by a supergroup design team that includes Kennerly Architecture + Planning, Gehl Studio, HR&A, and others. A final version of the community-led design will be unveiled later this year with final completion expected by 2022.

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Photo: CMG Landscape Architecture
Design: Kennerly Architecture + Planning, Gehl Studio, HR&A, and others
a-midcentury-pool-complex-in-san-francisco-gets-a-modern-refresh

A Midcentury Pool Complex in San Francisco Gets a Modern Refresh

Kuth Ranieri Architects and ELS Architecture and Urban Design teamed up, which tailored the aging facility to the needs of its present-day community.

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Photo: Bruce Damonte
Design: Kuth Ranieri Architects and ELS Architecture
david-baker-architects-on-growing-a-team-based-family-friendly-practice

David Baker Architects on Growing a Team-Based, Family-Friendly Practice

For this week’s Studio Snapshot, David Baker discusses the struggles of striving out on one’s own, how DBA’s work culture has changed over the years to become more family-friendly, and what new research arenas mean for the practice.

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Photo: Mariko Reed
Design: David Baker Architects
airports-of-the-future

Airports of the Future

Harvey Milk Terminal 1, San Francisco International Airport.

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Photo: Gensler/Kuth Ranieri Joint Venture
Design: Gensler/Kuth Ranieri joint venture
hovering-house-studio-varas-family-home-appears-to-rise-from-its-palo-alto-plot

Hovering house: Studio Vara’s family home appears to rise from its Palo Alto plot

A new home for a family of five in Palo Alto is the brainchild of San Francisco based Studio Vara.

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Photo: Matthew Millman
Design: Studio Vara
in-charleston-south-carolina-wood-porches-to-add-warmth-to-senior-housing

In Charleston, South Carolina, Wood Porches to Add Warmth to Senior Housing

David Baker Architects (DBA) partnered with local firm McMillan Pazdan Smith (MPS) to design Willliams Terrace, a 41-apartment complex for residents age 62 and older.

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Photo: Photo credit: Kris Decker/Firewater Photography
Design: David Baker Architects
an-art-filled-house-with-an-eccentric-floor-plan-sits-on-san-francisco-bay

An Art-Filled House With an Eccentric Floor Plan Sits on San Francisco Bay

A house with a pinwheel-shaped plan becomes a wide-open home for two art and design collectors. Designed by Mark English Architects.
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Photo: Joe Fletcher
Design: Mark English Architects
studio-oas-design-for-the-slack-headquarters-puts-employees-heads-in-the-clouds

Studio O+A’s design for the Slack Headquarters puts employees’ heads in the clouds

Studio O+A spreads the wonder of natural landscapes across six floors for Slack.

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Photo: Garrett Rowland
Design: Studio O+A
harmon-guest-house-by-david-baker-offers-contemporary-lodging-in-california-wine-country

Harmon Guest House by David Baker offers contemporary lodging in California wine country

David Baker Archiects designs its third boutique eco-hotel in Healdsburg, CA.

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Photo: David Baker Architects
Design: Bruce Damonte
inside-slacks-new-san-francisco-hq

Inside Slack’s New San Francisco HQ

Studio O+A crafts the ultimate workplace for Slack by channeling life on the Pacific Crest Trail.

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Photo: Studio O+A
Design: Garrett Rowland
kuth-ranieri-tls-transform-a-dilapidated-roller-coaster-into-steel-mesh-aviary-in-china

Kuth Ranieri + TLS transform a dilapidated roller coaster into steel mesh aviary in China

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Photo: Kuth Ranieri Architects
Design: Tom Leader Studio Landscape Architecture (TLS), Kuth Ranieri Architects
studio-vara-revitalizes-a-spacious-apartment-in-san-franciscos-soma-neighborhood

Studio VARA Revitalizes a Spacious Apartment in San Francisco’s SoMa Neighborhood

Local firm Studio VARA collaborated closely with their client to help the pied-à-terre realize its full potential.

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Photo: Bruce Damonte
Design: Studio VARA
david-baker-architects-designs-healdsburgs-intoxicating-harmon-guest-house

David Baker Architects Designs Healdsburg’s Intoxicating Harmon Guest House

Piazza Hospitality and David Baker Architects.

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Photo: Bruce Damonte
Design: David Baker Architects
valerio-dewalt-train-blends-virtual-and-natural-worlds-for-youtube-headquarters-lobby

Valerio Dewalt Train Blends Virtual and Natural Worlds for YouTube Headquarters Lobby

Valerio Dewalt Train refreshs the former Gap headquarters for YouTube.

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Photo: Mariko Reed
Design: Valerio Dewalt Train
with-a-roving-food-truck-a-californian-design-studio-gives-and-gains-urban-insight

With a roving food truck, a Californian design studio gives and gains urban insight

Studio O+A takes a design road trip.

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Photo: Elexa Henderson
Design: Studio O+A
with-its-deep-wraparound-porches-and-resilient-design-this-south-carolina-senior-housing-project-aims-for-comfort-and-safety

With Its Deep Wraparound Porches and Resilient Design, This South Carolina Senior Housing Project Aims for Comfort and Safety

The Charleston project—designed by David Baker Architects—is clad with aluminum-and-ipe screens and lime-washed brick. The latter is a favorite throughout historic parts of the city.

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Photo: Kris Decker/Firewater Photography
Design: David Baker Architects
the-lodge-at-the-presidio-gives-guests-a-historic-lodging-experience-overlooking-the-golden-gate

The Lodge at the Presidio Gives Guests A Historic Lodging Experience Overlooking The Golden Gate

The adaptive reuse project, completed by Architectural Resources Group is a hotel housed by the northernmost of five historic 19th-century former military barracks, Building 105, within San Francisco’s Presidio.

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Photo: David Wakely
Design: Architectural Resources Group
tiny-apartments-fill-david-bakers-388-fulton-block-in-san-francisco

Tiny apartments fill David Baker’s 388 Fulton block in San Francisco

David Baker designs San Francisco’s “first market-rate, micro-units”

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Photo: Bruce Damonte
Design: David Baker Architects
extreme-architecture-the-great-lengths-and-heights-of-high-design

Extreme architecture: The great lengths (and heights) of high design

Pals MRY and Mark English find themselves in extreme conditions.

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Photo: Mark English Architects
Design: Mark English Architects, Moore Ruble Yudell
kuth-ranieri-and-elena-calabrese-collaborate-on-northern-california-mid-century-house

Kuth-Ranieri and Elena Calabrese Collaborate on Northern California Mid-Century House

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Photo: Bruce Damonte
Design: Kuth Ranieri Architects, Elena Calabrese Design
mcdonalds-new-chicago-headquarters

McDonald’s New Chicago Headquarters

IA Interior Architects and Studio O+A collaborate on McDonald’s Chicago headquarters.

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Photo: Garrett Rowland
Design: IA Interior Architects, Studio O+A
facing-a-tight-budget-a-california-school-transformed-its-architecture-with-color

Facing a Tight Budget, a California School Transformed Its Architecture With Color

The 800-student Caliber ChangeMakers Academy, built for $144 per square foot, saw architects, a nonprofit, and students collaborate on a vibrant color palette.

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Photo: David Wakely
Design: TEF Design
hillside-courtyard-house

Hillside Courtyard House

Kuth Ranieri Architects revamps a Bay Area midcentury house for a downsizing parent

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Photo: Bruce Damonte
Design: Kuth Ranieri Architects
partners

Partners

Since their first project at RISD Byron Kuth and Liz Ranieri have grown together – both professionally and personally.

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Design: Kuth Ranieri, Gensler, TLS
david-baker-architects-designs-san-franciscos-first-market-rate-micro-unit-condo-development

David Baker Architects Designs San Francisco’s First Market-Rate Micro-Unit Condo Development

San Francisco’s first market-rate micro-unit condo development, designed by David Baker Architects.

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Photo: Bruce Damonte
Design: David Baker Architects
design-of-sfos-new-terminal-1-inspired-by-bay-area-naturalism

Design of SFO’s New Terminal 1 Inspired by Bay Area Naturalism

A Gensler/Kuth Ranieri Architects joint venture.

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Photo: Gensler
Design: Gensler and Kuth Ranieri Architects
art-on-themart-along-the-chicago-river

Art on theMART along the Chicago River

Mark Dewalt and Bill Turner talk about Art on theMART, a privately funded partnership with the city of Chicago.

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Photo: Tom Harris
Design: Valerio Dewalt Train
tef-design-and-project-color-corps-create-an-inspiring-school-in-vallejo

TEF Design And Project Color Corps Create An Inspiring School In Vallejo

Our pals at TEF collaborated with Berkeley-based non-profit Project Color Corps to bring a sense of creativity to a public charter school by way of an awe-inspiring mural.

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Photo: David Wakely
Design: TEF Design
cisco-meraki-studio-oa

Cisco Meraki / Studio O+A

Studio O+A designs Cisco Meraki’s 2nd floor (they designed the 4th floor in 2013).

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Photo: Garrett Rowland
Design: Studio O+A
san-francisco-airports-big-room-offices-san-francisco

San Francisco Airport’s Big Room Offices – San Francisco

Gensler andKuth Ranieri Architects with Hamilton Aitken Architects have collaborated on a temporary office for the San Francisco International Airport.

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Photo: Jason O’Rear
Design: Gensler, Kuth Ranieri Architects, Hamilton Aitken Architects
artist-david-irelands-restored-san-francisco-house-reveals-the-art-of-the-everyday

Artist David Ireland’s Restored San Francisco House Reveals the Art of the Everyday

ARG Conservation Services preserves a celebrated work of lived-in sculpture.

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Photo: Drew Kelly
Design: Architectural Resources Group
mark-english-architects-updates-a-1917-san-francisco-residence-by-elizabeth-austin

Mark English Architects Updates a 1917 San Francisco Residence by Elizabeth Austin

Mark English Architects updates a San Francisco residence for a new century of life.

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Photo: Joe Fletcher
Design: Mark English Architects
adobe-san-francisco-town-hall-by-valerio-dewalt-train

Adobe San Francisco Town Hall by Valerio Dewalt Train

Valerio Dewalt Train updates the historic Baker & Hamilton building.

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Photo: Jasper Sanidad
Design: Valerio Dewalt Train
the-future-of-practice-medium-firms

The Future of Practice: Medium Firms

Midsize, design-oriented firms straddle a fine line between smaller, scrappier studios and large corporate offices, often competing against both.

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Photo: Valerio Dewalt Train
Design: Valerio Dewalt Train
randall-museum-renovation

Randall Museum Renovation

Pfau Long Architecture and Kuth Ranieri Architects collaborate on the Randall Museum.

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Photo: ruce Damonte
Design: Pfau Long Architecture, Kuth Ranieri Architects
a-cliffhanger-in-pacific-palisades

A Cliffhanger in Pacific Palisades

Architects Jeanne Chen and Bob Dolbinski’s house on a steep lot in the Rustic Canyon neighborhood of Pacific Palisades.

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Photo: Colins Lozada
Design: Jeanne Chen and Bob Dolbinski
shedding-light

Shedding Light

Architectural Resources Group designs for bicycling commuters.

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Photo: Panic Studio LA
Design: Architectural Resources Group
david-baker-architects-brings-market-rate-micro-units-to-san-francisco

David Baker Architects Brings Market-Rate Micro-Units to San Francisco

David Baker Architects explores positive and negative forms.

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Photo: Bruce Damonte
Design: David Baker Architects
the-commonwealth-clubs-san-francisco-headquarters-honors-its-union-history

The Commonwealth Club’s San Francisco headquarters honors its union history

Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects creates a home for civil discourse.

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Photo: Bruce Damonte
Design: Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects
ucla-the-william-andrews-clark-memorial-library

UCLA – The William Andrews Clark Memorial Library

Architectural Resources Group seismic rehabilitation and expansion of UCLA’s Clark Library.

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Photo: Stephen Schafer
Design: Architectural Resources Group
owen-kennerly-peter-pfau-and-lou-vasquez-collaborate-for-a-california-apartment-complex

Owen Kennerly, Peter Pfau, and Lou Vasquez Collaborate for a California Apartment Complex

Collaborating.

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Photo: Bruce Damonte
Design: Kennerly Architecture & Planning, Pfau Long Architecture
new-talent-2018-joe-lawtons-growing-studio-is-a-hybrid-of-graphic-design-and-architecture

New Talent 2018: Joe Lawton’s Growing Studio Is a Hybrid of Graphic Design and Architecture

Joe Lawton has built a practice dubbed Media Objectives (M-O) within the architecture firm Valerio Dewalt Train Associates (VDTA).

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Photo: Courtesy of Joe Lawton
Design: Media Objectives (M-O)
toward-zero-parking-challenging-conventional-wisdom-for-multifamily

Toward Zero Parking: Challenging Conventional Wisdom for Multifamily

David Baker and Brad Leibin on designing for a future not dominated by privately owned cars.

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Photo: Bruce Damonte
Design: David Baker Architects
a-showcase-workplace

A Showcase Workplace

Studio O+A overhauls an old-school showroom.

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Photo: Garrett Rowland
Design: Studio O+A
treehouse-by-moore-ruble-yudell-architects-planners

Treehouse by Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners

Buzz Yudell and Tina Beebe’s live/work house.

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Photo: Colins Lozada/Moore Ruble Yudell
Design: Moore Ruble Yudell
at-sfo-a-1960s-airplane-hangar-conceals-a-working-design-office

At SFO, a 1960s Airplane Hangar Conceals a Working Design Office

Gensler and Kuth Ranieri Architects design a temporary workplace constructed inside an SFO airplane hangar.

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Photo: Jason O’Rear
Design: Gensler and Kuth Ranieri Architects
kuth-ranieri-architects-transforms-an-abandoned-roller-coaster-into-an-aviary-in-china

Kuth Ranieri Architects transforms an abandoned roller coaster into an aviary in China

Adaptive reuse for the birds.

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Photo: Kuth | Ranieri Architects
Design: Kuth | Ranieri Architects
the-office-of-the-future-designing-a-space-worthy-of-your-companys-potential

The Office of the Future: Designing a space worthy of your company’s potential

Primo Orpilla and Joe Valerio (among others) talk about workspace design!

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Photo: Bruce Damonte
Design: Studio O+A
affordable-senior-housing-incorporates-african-inspired-design-elements

Affordable Senior Housing Incorporates African-Inspired Design Elements

David Baker Architects design an “Aging Campus” for seniors in the Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood.

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Photo: Bruce Damonte
Design: David Baker Architects
microsoft-envisioning-center-innovation-lab-redmond

Microsoft Envisioning Center Innovation Lab – Redmond

A flexible and reimagined innovation lab designed by Studio O+A!

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Photo: Jeremy Bitterman
Design: Studio O+A
5-workplaces-welcome-lively-decorative-touches

5 Workplaces Welcome Lively Decorative Touches

Blend Labs by Studio O+A.

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Photo: Garrett Rowland
Design: Studio O+A
cisco-meraki

Cisco Meraki

Studio O+A revisits its original design for the offices of a fast-growing tech company.

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Photo: Garrett Rowland
Design: Studio O+A
piazza-hospitality-and-david-baker-architects

Piazza Hospitality and David Baker Architects

A mini hospitality empire in Sonoma County.

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Photo: David Baker Architects
Design: David Baker Architects
adobe-town-hall

Adobe Town Hall

Valerio Dewalt Train reconfigures a former tool factory.

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Photo: Jasper Sanidad
Design: Valerio Dewalt Train
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Residential: David Baker Architects

Five88 in San Francisco, CA.

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Photo: Keith Baker
Design: David Baker Architects
fort-mason-center-for-arts-culture-by-leddy-maytum-stacy-architects

Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture by Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects

LMSA restores and transforms Pier 2 into an expansion for the San Francisco Art Institute.

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Photo: Bruce Damonte
Design: Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects
bill-sorro-community-by-kennerly-architecture-planning

Bill Sorro Community by Kennerly Architecture & Planning

200 Sixth Street in SF designed be Owen Kennerly.

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Photo: Bruce Damonte
Design: Kennerly Architecture & Planning
from-brownfields-to-a-new-transit-oriented-downtown

From Brownfields to a New Transit-Oriented Downtown

David Baker Architect’s modular development in Northern California.

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Photo: David Baker Assoc / Google Earth
Design: David Baker Architects
los-gatos-residence

Los Gatos Residence

Mark English renovation and addition to an existing single-family midcentury hillside house.

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Photo: Joe Fletcher
Design: Mark English Architects
so-long-conference-room-how-microsoft-envisions-the-future-office

So Long Conference Room! How Microsoft Envisions the Future Office

Studio O+A keeps following the future.

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Photo: David Wolfe
Design: Studio O+A
valerio-dewalt-train-associates-overcomes-nimby-lawsuit-to-build-expressive-tower-on-chicagos-south-side

Valerio Dewalt Train Associates overcomes NIMBY lawsuit to build expressive tower on Chicago’s South Side

Vue53 in the South Side Chicago neighborhood of Hyde Park.

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Photo: Steve Hall
Design: Valerio Dewalt Train Associates
art-deco-movie-theater-lights-up-san-francisco-once-more

Art Deco Movie Theater Lights Up San Francisco Once More

Architectural Resources Group restores the iconic New Mission Theater.

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Photo: David Wakely
Design: Architectural Resources Group
lower-sproul-redevelopment-moore-ruble-yudell-architects-and-planners

Lower Sproul Redevelopment / Moore Ruble Yudell Architects and Planners

Students at University of California, Berkeley voted for a student fee hike to help the university fund the adaptive reuse, construction, and revitalization of the multi-building Lower Sproul Plaza.

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Photo: Alan Karchmer
Design: Moore Ruble Yudell Architects
studio-oa-twelve-true-tales-of-workplace-design

Studio O+A: Twelve True Tales of Workplace Design

The new book from Studio O+A!

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Photo: Frame Publishers
Design: Studio O+A
kistler-vineyards-barn-by-architectural-resources-group

Kistler Vineyards Barn by Architectural Resources Group

ARG designed a small winemaking facility and a second tasting room.

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Photo: David Wakely
Design: Architectural Resources Group
hunters-view-housing-blocks-5-6

Hunters View Housing Blocks 5 & 6

Paulett Taggart Architects.

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Photo: Bruce Damonte
Design: Paulett Taggart Architects
the-wooden-lantern

The Wooden Lantern

Hillman Hall by Moore Ruble Yudell Architects.

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Photo: Colins Lozada / Moore Ruble Yudell Architects
Design: Moore Ruble Yudell Architects
new-100-percent-affordable-apartment-complex-takes-root-on-remediated-land-in-san-francisco

New 100-percent-affordable apartment complex takes root on remediated land in San Francisco

The Pacific Pointe development, designed by David Baker Architects with Interstice Architects, is the first 100-percent-affordable housing development in the new Hunters View area of San Francisco.

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Photo: Bruce Damonte
Design: David Baker Architects
kistler-vineyards

Kistler Vineyards

ARG revamps a historic farmhouse in Sonoma County, California.

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Photo: David Wakely
Design: Architectural Resources Group
the-future-is-post-industrial

The Future is Post Industrial

Noll and Tam transforms a Silicon Valley tilt up into a modern workplace. San Francisco magazine, April 2017

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Photo: Daniel Gaines Photography
Design: Noll and Tam
nancy-stephen-grand-family-house

Nancy & Stephen Grand Family House

The privately funded Nancy & Stephen Grand Family House by LSMA. Architectural Record, April 2017

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Photo: Bruce Damonte
Design: Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects
business-in-the-front

Business In The Front

O+A crafts an unexpectedly modern workplace for a finance company. AN Interior, March/April 2017

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Photo: Jasper Sanidad
Design: Studio O+A
the-architecture-is-the-message

The Architecture Is the Message

Kapor Center designed by Anne Fougeron. San Francisco magazine, April 2017

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Photo: Bruce Damonte
Design: Fougeron Architecture
100-percent-affordable-housing-complex-proposed-for-san-franciscos-mission-district

100-percent affordable housing complex proposed for San Francisco’s Mission District

David Baker Architects, along with affordable housing developers BRIDGE Housing Corporation and Mission Housing Development Corporation.

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Photo: David Baker Architects
Design: David Baker Architects
totally-tubular-sonogrotto-and-peepshow-win-peoples-choice-awards

Totally Tubular: SonoGROTTO and peepSHOW Win People’s Choice Awards

sonoGROTTO winner of the 2016 Market Street Prototyping Festival.

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Photo: R.Brad Knipstein and Michael Alan Ross
Design: Kuth Ranieri Architects
cooper-hewitt-national-design-awards-catching-up-with-winner-studio-oa

Cooper Hewitt National Design Awards: Catching Up With Winner Studio O+A

An interview with husband-and-wife team Primo Orpilla and Verda Alexander.

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Photo: Jasper Sanidad
Design: Studio O+A
what-is-a-stabilized-relic

What Is A ‘Stabilized Relic’?

David Wessel, Principal of ARG Conservation Services talks about stabilizing de la Montanya Monument.

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Photo: ARG Conservation Services
Design: ARG Conservation Services
renovated-opera-house-a-boon-for-the-bayview-but-work-remains

Renovated Opera House a boon for the Bayview, but work remains

Good work from TEF Design, Knapp Architects, and Walter Hood.

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Photo: David Wakely
Design: TEF Design, Knapp Architects, and Walter Hood
a-colorful-installation-memorializes-one-of-chicagos-lost-ymcas

A colorful installation memorializes one of Chicago’s lost YMCAs

Media Objectives, the design studio within Valerio Dewalt Train Associates (VDTA), installation in homage to a former YMCA.

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Photo: Matt Dula
Design: Valerio Dewalt Train Associates
take-an-international-tour-of-5-mid-century-residences

Take an International Tour of 5 Mid-Century Residences

A Quincy Jones renovation by Stanley Anderson of MRY.

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Photo: Art Gray
Design: Stanley Anderson
stanford-neuroscience-health-center

Stanford Neuroscience Health Center

TEF Design at Stanford.

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Photo: Bruce Damonte
Design: TEF Design
sunset-magazine

Sunset Magazine

Eva Hagberg Fisher checks out Sunset’s new offices by RMW.

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Photo: Jasper Sanidad
Design: RMW architecture & interiors
lake-and-bake

Lake and Bake

David Baker’s Lakeside Senior Apartments on the edge of Oakland’s Chinatown neighborhood.

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Photo: Bruce Damonte
Design: David Baker Architects
crit-gordon-parks-arts-hall

Crit > Gordon Parks Arts Hall

Valerio Dewalt Train’s Gordon Parks Arts Hall samples styles and forms from its architecturally diverse surroundings.

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Photo: Steve Hall (Hedrich Blessing Photographers)
Design: Valerio Dewalt Train Associates
greater-good-tef-designs-clubhouse-for-the-boys-girls-clubs-of-san-francisco

Greater Good: TEF Design’s Clubhouse for the Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco

Good Works by TEF!

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Photo: David Wakely
Design: TEF Design
interiors-pacbell-building

Interiors: PacBell Building

Studio O + A savors the past and moves forward!

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Photo: Jasper Sanidad
Design: Studio O+A
pge-mission-substation

PG&E Mission Substation

TEF Design revitalizes a PG+E substation and returns it to its original glory.

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Photo: Bruce Damonte
Design: TEF Design
gordon-parks-arts-hall

Gordon Parks Arts Hall

A link between old and new makes the cover of Architect magazine.

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Photo: Steve Hall (Hedrich Blessing Photographers)
Design: Valerio Dewalt Train Associates
school-spirit

School Spirit

A revived Sproul Plaza complex supports student life and activities.

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Photo: Bruce Damonte
Design: Moore Ruble Yudell Architects and Planners
preservation-today

Preservation Today

A Conversation with David Wessel, Charles Chase, and Naomi Miroglio of Architectural Resources Group.

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Photo: David Wakely
Design: Architectural Resources Group
u-s-embassy-finland

U.S. Embassy Finland

Coupled with a renovation, Moore Ruble Yudell crafts a new chancery as a beacon of light in Helsinki.

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Photo: Werner Huthmacher
Design: Moore Ruble Yudell Architects and Planners
lower-sproul-redevelopment

Lower Sproul Redevelopment

Town Meets Gown: With a renovation and a new building, a university redefines an important plaza and establishes a stronger connection between campus and the city.

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Photo: Bruce Damonte
Design: Moore Ruble Yudell Architects and Planners
constraints-and-creativity-shape-affordable-housing-for-seniors-in-oakland-california

Constraints and Creativity Shape Affordable Housing for Seniors in Oakland, California

Lakeside Senior Apartments designed by David Baker Architects.

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Photo: Bruce Damonte
Design: David Baker Architects
from-armed-forces-to-arts-enthusiasts-fort-mason-centers-pier-2

From Armed Forces to Arts Enthusiasts: Fort Mason Center’s Pier 2

Marsha Maytum, principal of San Francisco–based Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects talks about the rehabilitation of the Fort Mason Pier 2 shed.

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Photo: Bruce Damonte
Design: Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects
affordable-housing-energizes-san-franciscos-mission-bay

Affordable Housing Energizes San Francisco’s Mission Bay

1180 Fourth Street a design collaboration by Mithun|Solomon, Kennerly Architecture & Planning, and Full Circle Architects.

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Photo: Bruce Damonte
Design: Kennerly Architecture and Mithun|Solomon
prairiefire-a-mixed-use-center-meets-t-rex

Prairiefire: A Mixed-Use Center Meets T. Rex

Rob Anderson (Field Paoli) and Fred Merrill (Merrill Companies, LLC) on developing Prairiefire.

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Photo: Field Paoli Architects
Design: Field Paoli Architects
crafting-authenticity-for-retail-destinations

Crafting Authenticity for Retail Destinations

ELS Architecture and Urban Design principal, Sean Slater on describing the appeal of “authenticity” in the urban landscape.

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Photo: Sean Slater
Design: ELS Architecture and Urban Design
home-renovation-for-a-modern-family-in-bel-air

Home Renovation for a Modern Family in Bel Air

A renovation by Moore Ruble Yudell Architects and Planners.

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Photo: Trevor Tondro
Design: Moore Ruble Yudell Architects and Planners
boys-girls-club-design-enhances-surroundings-and-kids-lives

Boys & Girls Club Design Enhances Surroundings And Kids’ Lives

San Francisco Boys & Girls Club’s Don Fisher Clubhouse designed by TEF Design.

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Photo: David Wakely
Design: TEF Design
culture-by-design-lessons-from-todays-tech-workplaces

Culture by Design: Lessons From Today’s Tech Workplaces

Huntsman Architectural Group president, Sascha Wagner on modern tech workplaces.

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Photo: Brendan Williams (courtesy of Huntsman Architectural Group)
Design: Huntsman Architectural Group
restoring-dublins-missing-link-the-grangegorman-urban-quarter-development

Restoring Dublin’s Missing Link: The Grangegorman Urban Quarter Development

Moore Ruble Yudell principal, James Mary O’Connor on revitalizing central Dublin.

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Design: Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners
uber-eleventh-floor

Uber Eleventh Floor

Studio O+A designs Uber’s eleventh floor.

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Photo: Jasper Sanidad
Design: Studio O+A
studio-visit-moore-ruble-yudell

Studio Visit > Moore Ruble Yudell

Sam Lubell pays Moore Ruble Yudell a visit.

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Photo: MRY
Design: Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners
pass-with-flying-colors

Pass With Flying Colors

LMS Architects integrates sustainability in the curriculum with their new building for Nueva School at Bay Meadows.

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Photo: Kyle Jeffers
Design: Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects
11-strategies-for-building-community-with-affordable-housing

11 Strategies for Building Community with Affordable Housing

David Baker and Amit Price Patel talk design strategies for building communities.

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Photo: Brian Rose
Design: David Baker Architects
it-takes-a-village

It Takes A Village

James Mary O’Connor tells how Santa Monica rebuilt its core.

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Design: Moore Ruble Yudell Architects and Planners
over-and-above

Over and Above

Edie Cohen takes a ride into Uber’s new headquarters by Studio O + A.

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Photo: Bruce Damonte
Design: Studio O+A
hunters-view-redevelopment

Hunters View Redevelopment

Getting it right in Bayview Hunters Point. Lydia Lee visits one of San Francisco’s toughest neighborhoods to review Paulett Taggart’s hopeful housing.

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Photo: Bruce Damonte
Design: Paulett Taggart Architects
a-cover-barn

A Cover Barn

Turnbull Griffin Haesloop’s barn that is not a barn lands on the cover of Residential Architect. Editor Katie Gerfen (originally from these parts) goes out on the range.

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Photo: David Wakely
Design: Turnbull Griffin Haesloop
a-big-canvas

A Big Canvas

110,000 square feet is a big canvas. Studio O + A fills it beautifully. Edie Cohen checks out all of it (including the yurts) in the November issue of Interior Design.

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Photo: Jasper Sanidad
Design: Studio O+A
new-light-old-light

New Light / Old Light

Architectural Resources Group renovates and repurposes a historic landmark at Cal Tech. Joann Gonchar looks deep into the coelostat.

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Photo: David Wakely
Design: Architectural Resources Group
phoenix-rising

Phoenix Rising

Architect Owen Kennerly designs a great house on 27th Street in Noe Valley. Only to have it burn down a year later. The owners rebuild and make it even better. The New York Times comes out to report on the result.

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Photo: Matthew Millman
Design: Kennerly Architecture & Planning
net-zero-case-study

Net Zero Case Study

Architect LMS and engineer IDeAs collaborate on using known technologies to build a net zero house. Editor Jane Kolleeny visits Cupertino to report the collaboration in the November/December issue of GreenSource.

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Photo: Bruce Damonte
Design: Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects
a-wpa-yacht

A WPA Yacht

Local writer Eva Hagberg boards the yacht known as the Maritime Museum and checks out the restoration by Architectural Resources Group in the July/August issue of Metropolis.

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Photo: David Wakely
Design: Architectural Resources Group
when-art-and-healthcare-come-together

When Art and Healthcare Come Together

The new Laguna Honda Hospital in San Francisco took ten years to design and build. Read how Anshen+Allen/Stantec and a cast of hundreds accomplished this in the October issue of Contract.

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Photo: David Wakely
Design: Anshen+Allen/Stantec
yelp-shoots-for-a-five-star-office-redesign

Yelp Shoots For A Five-Star Office Redesign

FastCoDesign.com looks at Studio O+A’s redesigned Yelp headquarters in San Francisco. “It’s got the vibe of a Mission hipster’s thrift-store living room, with loads of graphics on the wall.”

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Photo: Jasper Sanidad
Design: Studio O+A
pumps-matter-too

Pumps Matter Too

Amy Eliot of Tom Eliot Fisch interviews Amy Neches of SF Redevelopment and Tim Beedle of Catellus about infrastructure at Mission Bay in the most recent issue ofArcCA. Her pump station lights the way.

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Photo: David Wakely
Design: TEF
facebook-headquarters

Facebook Headquarters

Studio O + A keeps the best of a 60s building in Stanford Research Park but brings it into the 21st century for Facebook. Katie Weeks gives us the update in “Face to Face” in the July 2009 issue of Contract.

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Photo: Cesar Rubio
Design: Studio O+A
the-eye-knows

The Eye Knows

Architectural Resource Group restores an unusual and enormous window by artist Emile Norman at San Francisco’s Masonic Temple. Ron Nyren sees it all in the May 2009 issue of Interior Design.

Photo: David Wakley
Design: Architectural Resources Group
cavallo-point-the-lodge-at-the-golden-gate

Cavallo Point – The Lodge At The Golden Gate

The new Cavallo Point Lodge occupies 27 acres at the north end of the Golden Gate Bridge on a decommissioned Army base, which is now part of the Fort Baker National Register Historic District and Golden Gate National Parks. Twenty-one historic buildings were rehabilitated by Architectural Resources Group and 14 new structures were designed by Leddy Maytum Stacy. They were integrated into the historic site to create a conference and retreat center that is a model of preservation, sustainable development, and public-private-nonprofit partnership. Architectural Record reported on the unique project in their December 2008 issue.

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Photo: David Wakley
Design: Architectural Resources Group / LMS Architects
kaiser-santa-clara-medical-facility

Kaiser – Santa Clara Medical Facility

The new campus for Kaiser’s Santa Clara campus sits on the site of a former orchard. The organizing spine recalls the open landscape. In the space between the hospital and the medical office building Kaiser hosts a weekly farmer’s market. The cover story for the September 2007 issue of Health Facilities Management tells the whole story.

Photo: David Wakely
Design: Anshen + Allen (now Stantec)
clarium-capital

Clarium Capital,

Peter Thiel, founder of the hedge fund Clarium Capital, asked Architecture TM to design a very different kind of workplace. The project was featured in the May 2007 issue of Interior Design.

Photo: Cesar Rubio
Design: ArchitectureTM
designer-of-the-year

Designer of the Year

Mark Harbick, AIA, was named 2006 Designer of the Year by Contract magazine. His story can be found in the January 2006 issue.

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Photo: David Wakely
Design: Mark Harbick, AIA
deanza-college-science-building

DeAnza College Science Building

The idea of “Science on Display” can be seen in this award winning addition to DeAnza’s 60s era campus. The sustainable project was featured in the April 2005 issue of Contract.

Photo: David Wakely
Design: Anshen + Allen (now Stantec)
beach-house

Beach House

The clients lost a beloved Wurster beach house and asked the architects to capture something of the past without replicating it. Breathe shared the story in February 2005.

Photo: Mathew Millman
Design: Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architects
huntsman-architectural-group

Huntsman Architectural Group

The serenity of Huntsman Architectural Group’s new offices was written about in both the June 2004 issue of Architectural Record and the May 2003 issue of Interior Design.

Photo: David Wakely
Design: Huntsman Architectural Group
levis-offices

Levi’s Offices

When Levi’s moved into an old ad agency they wanted a dramatic new look on a very dramatic (read modest) budget. The combination of vintage furniture and new pieces was described in the June 2003 issue of Contract.

Photo: Donna Kempner
Design: Studio O+A
ia-interior-architects-firm-profile

IA Interior Architects Firm Profile

IA’s global expansion was captured in the November 2003 issue of Interior Design.

Photo: David Wakely
Design: IA Interior Architects
goldman-school-for-public-policy

Goldman School For Public Policy

A historic Ernest Coxhead house and a complimentary building by Architectural Resources Group create a new courtyard, the heart of the school. The story of how once radical Berkeley demanded a conservative design solution is well documented in the pages of the January/February 2003 issue of Preservation.

Photo: David Wakely
Design: Architectural Resources Group
leo-burnett-offices

Leo Burnett Offices

Morris Lapidus updated for the Bay Region. This beautiful reception area appeared in the November 2001 issue of Interior Design.

Photo: David Wakely
Design: SmithGroup
seismic-upgrade-for-frank-lloyd-wrights-1937-hanna-house-at-stanford-university

Seismic Upgrade for Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1937 Hanna House at Stanford University

Architectural Resources Group finds an innovative way to repair a Usonian House. Appeared in Architectural Record, November 2000 (pg 175-176).

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Design: Architectural Resources Group
irvington-community-center

Irvington Community Center

This is one of those great buildings where program, design, and structure all come together beautifully. Designed by ELS, it was published on the cover of Architectural Record in June 1996.

Photo: David Wakely
Design: ELS Architecture and Urban Design
firm-profile

Firm Profile

Refining the legacy of AC Martin was captured in a profile by David Martin, FAIA in the February 1990 issue of Designers West.

Design: AC Martin Partners
san-francisco-centre

San Francisco Centre

One of my earlier assignments was placing San Francisco Centre in the May 1989 Architectural Record and on the cover of January 1989 Shopping Center World. The curving escalators were the first installed in the US.

Photo: David Wakely
Design: Whisler/Patri (now Patri/Merker)