Santa Clara Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)
At the base of Silicon Valley bordering San Jose, Sunnyvale and Cupertino is historic Santa Clara, “The Mission City”, named after Mission Santa Clara founded in 1777. The city is...
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BART Warm Springs Station
I came to architecture with a background in English and a life long interest in design. At Robin Chiang & Company (RCC) I have been learning that creating architecture for...
Cargo Way/Bay Trail Conceptual Design Study
In 2006, the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency (SFRA) coordinating with the Port of San Francisco (Port) received a grant from the Association of Bay Area Governmenst (ABAG) to study improving a segment of the Bay Trail along Cargo Way in the Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood.
Artisanal Recycling by Leger Wanaselja
When you walk or drive around Berkeley’s flatland neighborhoods, the buildings that line the grid of streets are not likely to attract your attention. A few large turn-of-the-19th century houses that once occupied...
350 Mission Street
The 27-story office building shown below, designed by SOM design partner Craig Hartman, is proposed for 350 Mission and Fremont Sts., a site adjacent to that of the future Transbay...
The Zanker Road Landfill, Rethink, Reinvent, Renew
You may not think of landfills as harbingers of a “green” future, but if you check the web site of the Zanker Road Landfill or, even better, visit the landfill...
The new Brower Center in Berkeley
The recently completed David Brower Center in downtown Berkeley is a memorial to a major figure in this country’s environmental movement. Brower served as the first Executive Director of the...
Salvation Army’s new Turk Street Center
Photograph by Tim Griffith The Salvation Army’s Turk Street Center is that rare building which both honors the context of an historic district and stands out as decidedly contemporary. The...
