http://designbythebay.com Robin Chiang & Company Sat, 07 Apr 2012 07:06:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://designbythebay.com/2011/11/artisanal-recycling/ http://designbythebay.com/2011/11/artisanal-recycling/#comments Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:11:10 +0000 Sally B. Woodbridge http://designbythebay.com/?p=1522 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. ]]> http://designbythebay.com/2011/11/artisanal-recycling/feed/ 4 http://designbythebay.com/2010/06/landfill-rethink-reinvent-renew/ http://designbythebay.com/2010/06/landfill-rethink-reinvent-renew/#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 23:01:37 +0000 Sally B. Woodbridge http://designbythebay.com/?p=977 Historically, landfills have been the repositories of rubbish, defined as waste, refuse or litter of no value. But as municipal dumps filled up, the importance of finding ways to re-use the debris from construction and demolition grew rapidly and rubbish began to acquire commodity status and a bigger market.]]> http://designbythebay.com/2010/06/landfill-rethink-reinvent-renew/feed/ 7 http://designbythebay.com/2010/04/350-mission-street/ http://designbythebay.com/2010/04/350-mission-street/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:45:07 +0000 Sally B. Woodbridge http://designbythebay.com/?p=825 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.]]> http://designbythebay.com/2010/04/350-mission-street/feed/ 0 http://designbythebay.com/2010/02/brower-center-berkeley/ http://designbythebay.com/2010/02/brower-center-berkeley/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:30:22 +0000 Sally B. Woodbridge http://designbythebay.com/?p=697 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. ]]> http://designbythebay.com/2010/02/brower-center-berkeley/feed/ 6 http://designbythebay.com/2009/06/salvation-armys-turk-st-center/ http://designbythebay.com/2009/06/salvation-armys-turk-st-center/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:50:57 +0000 Sally B. Woodbridge http://designbythebay.com/?p=431 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.]]> http://designbythebay.com/2009/06/salvation-armys-turk-st-center/feed/ 11 http://designbythebay.com/2008/10/bart-wsx/ http://designbythebay.com/2008/10/bart-wsx/#comments Sun, 26 Oct 2008 01:00:33 +0000 RCCo http://designbythebay.com/?p=10 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. ]]> http://designbythebay.com/2008/10/bart-wsx/feed/ 2 http://designbythebay.com/2008/09/cargo-way-conceptual-design/ http://designbythebay.com/2008/09/cargo-way-conceptual-design/#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:14:58 +0000 RCCo http://designbythebay.com/?p=176 Planning effort to develop a conceptual master plan for Cargo Way, a segment of the Bay Trail in Bayview Hunter's Point. Presently an industrial boulevard serving the City’s cargo and freight transportation needs, the process established strategies and guidelines for a safe and attractive mix used street shared with pedestrians and cyclists.]]> http://designbythebay.com/2008/09/cargo-way-conceptual-design/feed/ 0 http://designbythebay.com/2008/09/greening-the-backlands/ http://designbythebay.com/2008/09/greening-the-backlands/#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:56:11 +0000 Robin Chiang http://designbythebay.com/?p=172 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.]]> http://designbythebay.com/2008/09/greening-the-backlands/feed/ 0 http://designbythebay.com/2008/07/designers-atlas/ http://designbythebay.com/2008/07/designers-atlas/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:32:27 +0000 Sally B. Woodbridge http://designbythebay.com/?p=166 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.]]> http://designbythebay.com/2008/07/designers-atlas/feed/ 1 http://designbythebay.com/2008/07/ecological-democracy/ http://designbythebay.com/2008/07/ecological-democracy/#comments Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:30:16 +0000 Sally B. Woodbridge http://designbythebay.com/?p=25 This densely written and wonderfully illustrated book seeks answers to questions such as: what is wrong with the cities we have created and what can be done to correct our mistakes?]]> http://designbythebay.com/2008/07/ecological-democracy/feed/ 0