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designbythebay.com

designbythebay.com is a blog dedicated to informing viewers about what is happening in the Bay Area in the design fields of architecture, landscape architecture, planning, urban design, and industrial design. It is also the company site for RCCo. We appreciate comments and suggestions from viewers about what interests them in these fields.

Robin Chiang & Co. (RCCo)

RCCo is a San Francisco architecture and planning firm with emphasis on the design of transportation facilities. The transit-oriented spinoff of a public architecture firm founded in 1976, RCCo has designed public transportation projects since 1979 including rail and bus stations, airport terminals, bus maintenance facilities, and streetscapes. The firm designed BART’s new Warm Springs Station in Fremont and is designing for the modernization of Powell Street station in San Francisco, one of the system’s busiest. The firm has gained a reputation for architecture and planning that combines practicality with innovation and is committed to incorporating sustainability in its practice and its projects.

Robin Chiang

The eponymous founder of RCCo has over 30 years experience in architecture and taught architectural design for many years including City College of San Francisco, UC Berkeley, Ames Research at NASA and College of Marin. His projects have won a number of design awards and his community service has resulted in citations and honors. In addition to transportation architecture he has been involved in the planning of new towns and urban infill in the Bay Area as well as East Asia, Western and Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

Sally Woodbridge

Architectural historian and writer Sally Woodbridge is editor for the blog content on designbythebay.com. She has written over 20 books on architecture and design.

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