sustainability
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.
More... Artisanal Recycling by Leger Wanaselja
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.
More... 350 Mission Street
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.
More... The new Brower Center in Berkeley
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.
More... Salvation Army’s new Turk Street Center
The Warm Springs BART Station will be the southernmost station on the original Fremont line. The site was once known for spas and resorts that took advantage of its springs. The design recalls the origin of the area.
More... BART Warm Springs Extension
Planning effort to develop a conceptual design for Cargo Way, a segment of the Bay Trail to make it safe and attractive for pedestrians and cyclists while ensuring the industrial boulevard serves the City’s industrial and cargo freight transportation needs.
More... Cargo Way/Bay Trail Conceptual Design Study
The latest master plan for the Port of San Francisco’s 47 acres Backlands, Piers 90 and 94, identifies potential tenants with both the means to build and operate within a sustainability program.
More... Greening the Port of San Francisco’s Backlands
The Designer’s Atlas of Sustainability is about how design in all fields can move toward the goals of sustainability; the integration of information about design and sustainability rewards users with a rich range of ideas, concepts, and facts presented in a sophisticated format that is itself thought-provoking. As with other kinds of atlases, the varied text does not converge on one conclusion. Rather, readers take what they need to make their own.
More... Book Review: The Designer’s Atlas by Ann Thorpe