Architecture

Bridges to Nowhere – for now

Monday, July 26th, 2010 Posted in Architecture | 15 Comments »

Pedestrian bridges, often including bicycle usage associated with urban areas are now in demand. As shown by the three bridges presented here, the reduced scale of urban bridges and their proximity to human beings and nature no longer call for a rustic design.

San Mateo’s Shoreline Parks

Thursday, June 24th, 2010 Posted in Architecture | 4 Comments »

Endres Ware provided architecture and engineering services for two parks in San Mateo along the Bay Trail, a 450-mile continuous open space corridor around the San Francisco Bay, helping to transform the once desolate and often windy expanse of waterfront.

Emeryville’s Doyle Hollis Park

Monday, June 21st, 2010 Posted in Architecture, Environmental | 2 Comments »

Thoughtful design is not something one expects to find in the restroom buildings of public parks. So it is a pleasure to publish a noteworthy example of thoughtful, even elegant, design in the restroom facilities of the City of Emeryville’s Doyle Hollis Park.

350 Mission Street

Thursday, April 29th, 2010 Posted in Architecture, Environmental | No Comments »

The 27-story office building designed by SOM’s Craig Hartman, is proposed for 350 Mission, a site adjacent to the future Transbay Terminal. The project epitomizes contemporary design aided by computerized tools and committed to energy conservation and environmental responsibility.

The new Brower Center in Berkeley

Monday, February 8th, 2010 Posted in Architecture, Environmental | 6 Comments »

The recently completed David Brower Center is a memorial to a major figure in the environmental movement. The building design and its structural system were created to insure that the physical embodiment of Brower’s legacy would be a state-of-the-art expression of his life’s work.