With an articulated façade and vibrant material palette, this pedestrian-scaled, multifamily housing block was designed to complement Studio VARA’s townhomes on the other side of a pedestrian mews in the heart of San Francisco’s Mission Bay neighborhood. Designed in collaboration with Paulett Taggart Architects, as part of a 152-unit affordable hou...
Project name
Sister Lillian Murphy Community
Architecture firm
Studio VARA, Paulett Taggart Architects
Location
San Francisco, California, USA
Photography
Bruce Damonte
Principal architect
Paulett Taggart Architects
Design team
Studio VARA design team: Christopher Roach, Principal. Maura Abernethy, Principal. Jackie Fung, Studio Director. Nick Brown, Project Manager. Mikki Okamoto, Designer. Jacqueline Lytle, Interior Designer. Ellyn Korn, Interior Designe. Paulett Taggart Architects design team: Paulett Taggert, Principal. Roselie Ledda, Project Manager. Karl Vinge, Job Captain
Civil engineer
Luk & Associates
Structural engineer
KPFF Consulting Engineers
Environmental & MEP
Emerald City Engineers, Inc
Landscape
GLS Landscape Architecture
Construction
Construction: Cahill Contractors, Inc. Project/Constuction Manager: Regent CM, LLC
Client
Mercy Housing Development
Typology
Residential › Apartments
The Hope Center & Berkeley Way Apartments grew out of a local need for housing and supportive services in the transit-rich downtown Berkeley area. Creating "an awesome Continuum of Housing integrated into the fabric of downtown community... a place to begin progress OUT of poverty and homelessness, projecting warmth, welcome, respect, dignity" are...
Project name
The Hope Center & Berkeley Way Apartments
Architecture firm
LEDDY MAYTUM STACY Architects
Location
Berkeley, California, USA
Photography
Bruce Damonte
Design team
Marsha Maytum, Vanna Whitney, Ryan Jang, Corey Schnobrich, Yung Chang, Jen Winnett, Jackie Liu, Kirk Nelson, John Son, Palmyra Stefania, Jeff Marsch
Collaborators
Low Voltage/Security: E Design C. Waterproofing: WJE. Acoustical: Salter. Greenpoints: Bright Green Strategies. Food Service: Marshall & Associates
Environmental & MEP engineering
Emerald City Engineers
Civil engineer
Luk & Associates
Structural engineer
Tipping
Landscape
Cliff Lowe & Associates
Client
BRIDGE Housing Corporation and Insight Housing
Typology
Residential › Apartments
Walker Hall is an adaptive reuse of a 1927 building at the core of the University of California, Davis campus. The project transformed a vacant, seismically unsafe building into a graduate and professional student center with meeting rooms, a lecture hall, and sophisticated active-learning classrooms that serve the entire campus. It coalesces histo...
Architecture firm
Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects
Location
University of California, Davis
Photography
Bruce Damonte, Jeff Marsh, Richard Barnes
Design team
Bill Leddy, Ryan Jang , Jasen Bohlander, Alice Kao, Enrique Sanchez
Collaborators
Security / Low Voltage / Acoustical: Charles Salter; AV: Shalleck Collaborative; Cost Estimating: TBD; Specifications: Stansen Specs
Structural engineer
Forell Elsesser
Typology
Educational Architecture > University
Central and South America have proven to be a hotbed of talent for baseball. The heart of this talent has become the Dominican Republic. Since the 50s, Major League Baseball has actively worked to develop talent in the region. As part of this development, all Major League teams have established an academy in the Dominican Republic.
Project name
San Francisco Giants Felipe Alou Baseball Academy
Architecture firm
jones | haydu
Location
Boca Chica, Dominican Republic
Photography
Bruce Damonte
Design team
Hulett Jones, Principal. Paul Haydu, Principal
Collaborators
Architect of Record: JMF Arquitectos; Master Planning: jones | haydu; Sustainability: WSP/Flack&Kurtz; Graphic design (signage): The San Francisco Giants
Interior design
jones | haydu
Structural engineer
Guillen Rosa & Asociados
Environmental & MEP
Vinntec, S.R.L.; Cadelec, S.R.L.
Construction
CCA Ing Cristian Ciccone y Asociados
Typology
Baseball Academy
Project name
The Amador Apartments
Architecture firm
jones | haydu
Location
Oakland, California, USA
Photography
Bruce Damonte
Principal architect
Hulett Jones, Paul Haydu
Design team
Hulett Jones, Principal. Paul Haydu, Principal. Aaron Goldman, Project Manager
Interior design
jones | haydu
Collaborators
Waterproofing: Thornton Tomasetti; Green Point Rater: Bright Green Strategies
Structural engineer
Strandberg Engineering
Environmental & MEP
Integral Group
Client
Presidio Bay Ventures
Typology
Residential › Apartment
Studio VARA teamed with Mithun and TNDC to develop the winning design for this 100% affordable housing project on one of the last residential sites in Mission Bay.
Project name
626 Mission Bay Boulevard
Architecture firm
Studio VARA (Associate Architect, townhomes), Mithun Solomon (Architect of Record, main building)
Location
San Francisco, California, USA
Photography
Bruce Damonte
Design team
Chris Roach, John Springer, Nick Brown, Claudia Merzario, Jared Clifton, Jakcie Fung
Interior design
AEW Engineering, Inc.
Collaborators
Project / Construction Management: Regent Construction Management; Acoustical Engineer: Pappidimos Group
Civil engineer
Urban Design Consulting Engineers
Structural engineer
KPFF Consulting Engineers
Environmental & MEP
Engineering 360
Landscape
Surface Design, Inc.
Lighting
Weller Design Architectural Lighting
Construction
Nibbi Brothers, Inc.
Client
Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corp
Typology
Residential › Housing
Situated on a ridge providing stunning views of Mount Diablo and the adjacent hills and valleys. The project involved adding a residential wing to an existing single-story house. The new two-story volume is connected to the original house at an acute angle, which opens the intersecting space by engaging it with the outdoor landscape and distant vie...
Project name
Diablo House
Architecture firm
Terry & Terry Architecture
Location
Danville, United States
Photography
Bruce Damonte
Principal architect
Ivan Terry, Alex Terry
Design team
Ivan Terry, Alex Terry, Naomi Hansen
Structural engineer
Advanced Engineering, Justen Peek
Construction
361 Construction, Sasha Saratlija
Typology
Residential › House
This adaptive reuse project transforms the most banal of commercial box buildings into a light-filled courtyard office space specifically outfitted for a discerning, high-end residential builder with an exclusive clientele.
Project name
Redwood Highway
Architecture firm
Studio VARA
Location
Mill Valley, California, USA
Photography
Bruce Damonte
Design team
Christopher Roach, Maura Fernández Abernethy, Jackie Fung
Interior design
Studio VARA
Civil engineer
CSW/ Stuber-Stroeh Engineers
Structural engineer
GFDS Engineers
Environmental & MEP
Axiom Engineers
Construction
Van Acker Associates
Typology
Commercial › Office Building
