Urban Designer Jay Claiborne reflects on lessons learned from thirty-five years of living in a house designed by William Wurster.
Go to Post | January 12th, 2012residential
Artisanal Recycling by Leger Wanaselja
In this post, we highlight several projects from a Berkeley architectural firm that practices Artisanal Recycling, a craft-oriented approach to reusing materials and objects.
Go to Post | November 11th, 2011BRIDGE Housing at 25
The BRIDGE Housing Corporation, a non-profit company considered by many to be the state’s foremost developer of affordable housing, has built more than 13,000 housing units since its founding in 1983.
Go to Post | December 17th, 2009Salvation Army’s new Turk Street Center
The Salvation Army’s Turk Street Center, designed by Herman Coliver Locus, is that rare building which both honors the context of an historic district and stands out as decidedly contemporary.
Go to Post | June 29th, 2009Book Review: Cliff May and the Modern Ranch House by Daniel P. Gregory
From the early 1930s to the 1980s, Cliff May designed over 1,000 buildings, most of them houses, which came to symbolize “western living” for a national and even international audience.
Go to Post | January 19th, 2009Glen Park Community Plan
The Glen Park Community Plan is one of several planning efforts underway in the City’s transit-served neighborhoods. Glen Park with its BART station is a piece of the Citywide Action Plan to meet the need for housing and jobs.
Go to Post | May 17th, 2008
