The design of Block 7B draws inspiration from the industrial quality of the historic site. The building’s massing is informed by its corner location and its relationship with the adjacent tower at Block 7A, designed by Foster + Partners. LMSA worked closely with the Foster team to ensure that the two buildings, which share a mid-block passageway an...
Project name
Power Station Block 7B - Sophie Maxwell Building
Architecture firm
Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects
Location
San Francisco, California, USA
Design team
Richard Stacy, Mario Russo, Ryan Jang, Emily Wang, Aruna Bolisetty, Katie Huang, Caroline Lebar, Alexa Jacobsen, Anna de Anguera
Collaborators
Developer: Associate Capital. Contractor: Swinerton. Structural: FTF Engineering / MKA. Landscape: Plural. MEP: PAE. Sustainability: Atelier Ten. Civil: CBG Building Company. EBM: Sitco. Acoustical: Salter. Waterproofing: Simpson Gumpertz & Heger. Lighting: Cirius Engineering
Visualization
Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects, Foster + Partners
Typology
Commercial › Mixed-Used Development
Tours, Parties, and Martini Lessons. Benefit Modernist Preservation and Documentation. Saturday-Thursday, February 17th-22nd. Among the Palm Springs Modern events to attend are the Modapalooza tours and parties in homes by Modern and contemporary talents: Donald Wexler, FAIA, Craig Ellwood, and Christopher Kennedy.
Title
Modapalooza Celebrating Palm Springs Modernism
Category
Architecture & Design
Eligibility
Open to public
Register
https://usmodernist.org/modapalooza.htm
Date
Saturday- Thursday, February 17th - 22nd
Venue
Palm Springs, California
Price
Entry Time Options: $65. Modapalooza Parties: $195
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
3D Modeling Helps Transform Former Muscle & Fitness Office Into a Modern Research Lab. The former Los Angeles epicenter of global bodybuilding is now a leading biotech laboratory devoted to regenerative medicine and therapeutic drug delivery.
“Content is not going anywhere. There is still a market for sound stages. New, more technologically advanced ones, along with legacy stages, are eventually going to be filled,” said Tima Bell, Assoc. AIA, founding partner of Relativity Architects, to a group of developers and Hollywood executives recently.
Written by
Julie D. Taylor, Hon. AIA, Taylor & Company
Photography
Canadian Studios, Canada, designed by Relativity Architects. Rendering courtesy of Relativity Architects
Rosecrans is a substantial adaptive reuse project that sought to breathe new life into a nondescript 85,000sf two-story concrete building in El Segundo from the 1960s. The original building lacked a sense of entry point, natural light, and communal spaces. Our mission was clear: transform Rosecrans into a beacon of well-being and connection.
Architecture firm
ShubinDonaldson
Location
El Segundo, California, USA
Photography
Fotoworks / Benny Chan
Principal architect
Russell Shubin & Mark Hershman
Design team
Ilya Kozin, Jay Fukuzawa, Edward Anastas, Marcos De Leon
Lighting
Oculus Design Studio
Construction
Turner Construction
Material
Concrete, Glass, Steel, Plywood, Wood Ceiling, Screens, Biophilia
Client
Continental Development Group
Typology
Commercial › Office, Adaptive Reuse, Repositioning
Located in San Francisco’s Dolores Heights neighborhood, this home was a collaboration between Jones | Haydu and Kevin Sawyers of Sawyers Design, who is also part owner of the residence. Kevin and his husband wished to remodel and expand their existing earthquake cottage that had been added onto piecemeal over the years, transforming these awkwardl...
Project name
Dolores Heights Residence
Architecture firm
Jones | Haydu, Sawyers Design
Location
San Francisco, California, USA
Photography
Matthew Millman
Design team
Hulett Jones, Design Principal in Charge. Paul Haydu, Principal. Grace Leung, Project Architect. Sawyers Design team: Kevin Sawyers
Collaborators
Historic: Left Coast Architectural History
Interior design
Sawyers Design
Structural engineer
Strandberg Engineering
Environmental & MEP
Mechanical Engineer: Design/Build; Electrical Engineer: Design/Build; Geotechnical Engineer: Rockridge Geotechnical
Construction
Jeff King and Co
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
How do you infuse a sense of community into your office space?Enter Tricon, a project spanning 66k square feet, tailored for a home rental company with a
heart. This transformation turned a run-of-the-mill office park tilt-up warehouse in Tustin into a vibrant, bustling hub for the adaptable and diverse workforce of Tricon Residential.
Architecture firm
ShubinDonaldson
Location
Tustin, California, USA
Photography
Fotoworks / Benny Chan
Principal architect
Mark Hershman
Design team
Alessandra Del Rio, Christiane Dussa , Geo Chevez, Brice Schiano
Structural engineer
Grimm & Chen Structural Engineering
Environmental & MEP
SPMD TK1SC
Construction
Sierra Pacific Constructors & DEB Construction. Water Feature Consultant: WaterStudio
Client
Tricon Residential
Typology
Commercial Architecture › Office Building, Adaptive Reuse
