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Tuesday, January 9th, 2018
Article source: Janson Goldstein
The master plan for this four-acre hillside site outside of the Upstate New York town of Hudson includes a new guesthouse and pool adjacent to an existing contemporary home. The 20-foot-by-45-foot pool takes advantage of the property’s Hudson Valley views, while the guesthouse, nearly surrounded by a new meadow, forms an entry court with the main structure. A covered breezeway divides the guesthouse into two sides, one a gym for the homeowners and guests, the other a living-and-sleeping area for guests. The opening acts as a bridge between the sides, allowing for privacy as well as connection to the surrounding landscape. Clad in vertical wooden slats, the structure’s simple construction, including exposed rafters and concrete flooring, features an elegant glass wall that maximizes the building’s transparency and view.
 Image Courtesy © Scott Frances
- Architects: Janson Goldstein
- Project: Hudson Valley Guest House
- Location: Hudson, New York, USA
- Photography: Scott Frances, Mikko Kikuyama
- Lead Architects: Hal Goldstein, Stefan Kusurelis, Mark Janson, Steve Scuro
- Gross Built Area (square meters or square foot): 1,000 sq. ft.
- Completion Year: 2015
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Monday, January 8th, 2018
Article source: V2com
BCCI Construction Company (BCCI), the Bay Area’s premier commercial contractor, is pleased to announce that the recent build-out of its headquarters is the first-ever WELL v1Certified project in San Francisco. Awarded by the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI™), WELL Certification has been bestowed on 31 projects worldwide. BCCI’s headquarters represents the 18th certified project in the United States, the 6th certified project in California and the first in San Francisco.
 Image Courtesy © Blake Marvin
- Architects: BCCI Construction Company, Inc.
- Project: WELL v1
- Location: San Francisco, California, USA
- Photography: Blake Marvin
- General Contractor: BCCI Construction Company, Inc.
- Structural Engineer: Partner Engineering and Science, Inc.
- MEP Engineer: Amit Wadhwa & Associates
- Commissioning: Glumac
- Audio/Visual: Charles M. Salter Associates, Inc.
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Monday, January 8th, 2018
Article source: v2com
Completed in spring 2017, this 33 unit LEED Gold apartment building, sits on an interstitial street in Brentwood, one block from Wilshire Boulevard. With its sculptural and colorful dimension, it celebrates the iconoclastic spirit of Los Angeles.
 An assembly ogf fiber cement, stucco, and blue and white glass, Image Courtesy © Dan Arnold
- Architects: Valerie Schweitzer Architects
- Project: The Tides Brentwood
- Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
- Photography: Dan Arnold, Inc. and Josh White Productions
- Client: Pluto Partners, Inc.
- Architect of Record: Plus Architects
- Design Architect: Valerie Schweitzer Architects
- Landscape Architect: S.Q.L.A.
- Structural: Masoud Dejban and Associates
- Mechanical Consultant: Air plus Consulting Engineers
- Budget: Approximately 20 million dollars for total costs, hard and soft.
- Project end date: May 1, 2017
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Monday, January 8th, 2018
Article source: v2com
A 1950s ranch house failed to make the most of its 17-acre site overlooking two converging creeks. The owners wanted to enlarge the house and take advantage of the sweeping vistas and light reflected off the water. The house was torn down to its foundation, which had to be kept in part due to the building’s proximity to the water. (The Chesapeake Bay Act would have required that a new structure shift significantly away from the shore.)
 Image Courtesy © JFrancis Dzikowski/OTTO
- Architects: BFDO Architects
- Project: Deep Point Road House
- Location: Montross, Virginia, USA
- Photography: Francis Dzikowski/OTTO
- Engineers: Leslie E. Robertson Associates, Structural Engineer
- Project End Date: June 2017
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Monday, January 8th, 2018
Article source: v2com
Parallax Architects and The Archer School for Girls are pleased to unveil “Archer Forward,” a bold and elegant Campus Master Plan proposed for the school’s historic campus. The Master Plan will help fulfill Archer’s promise and mission to provide an innovative 21st-century education for girls while respecting the campus’s rich architectural history and neighborhood setting.
 Visual Arts Center, as seen from the campus plaza, Image Courtesy © Parallax Architects/Shimahara Illustration
- Architects: Parallax Architects
- Project: The Archer School for Girls
- Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
- Photography: Parallax Architects/Shimahara Illustration
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Friday, January 5th, 2018
Article source: M-projects
Property Description
Provide a written description of the property, describing its architectural form, features, materials, setting, and related structures:
Subject Lot
The subject lot is located in the Marina neighborhood of San Francisco on the north side of Greenwich Street between Laguna and Octavia Streets, just south of Lombard Street. According to the Assessor’s Records, the parcel at block and lot 0506/013 is a total of 3,437 square feet.
 Image Courtesy © M-projects
- Architects: M-projects
- Project: 1864 Greenwich Street
- Location: Greenwich Street, California, USA
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Wednesday, January 3rd, 2018
Article source: Klopf Architecture
Klopf Architecture, Outer Space Landscape Architects, and Coast to Coast Construction updated and expanded a classic Eichler home in the San Mateo Highlands. The young couple with two small children came to Klopf with a strong appreciation of Eichler homes; they are minimalists with a modernist’s eye who, along with their tasteful modernist art objects and furniture, were looking for an updated and upgraded modernist home.
 Image Courtesy © Mariko Reed
- Architects: Klopf Architecture
- Project: Mid-Mod Eichler Addition Remodel
- Location: San Mateo, California, USA
- Photography: Mariko Reed
- Software used: ArchiCAD
- Klopf Architecture Project Team: John Klopf, and Angela Todorova
- Landscape Architect: Outer Space
- Contractor: Coast to Coast, Inc.
- Structural Engineer: Brian Dotson Consulting Engineer
- Energy Consultant: Energy Compliance Services
- Square Footage: 2,285
- Year Completed: 2015
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Wednesday, December 27th, 2017
Article source: Studio Schicketanz
Studio Schicketanz organized the design of this house around a central cleared knoll and prioritized outdoor space, producing a deep exploration into the ways in which a structure can merge with and arise from a very specific ecological language. Textured stone walls give rise to controlled cement steps leading to a crisply modernist structure detailed with geometric framing and supporting a cantilevered roof that offers a shaded penumbra around the entirety of the structure. Light is at play everywhere, from the dappled light that hits the stone wall to the reflection of the majestic neighboring tree in the house’s expansive glass facade.
 Image Courtesy © Studio Schicketanz
- Architects: Studio Schicketanz
- Project: Tehama 1
- Location: Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, USA
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Thursday, December 21st, 2017
Article source: Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects
The site is a deep, narrow, one-acre hillside property in Beverly Hills. The owners’ desires were to create an oasis that focused more on a sense of privacy and introspection rather than maximizing views or presenting an extroverted face to the neighborhood. In addition, the hillside site presented a number of significant technical challenges in terms of setbacks and maximum building envelope.
 The house sits on a narrow hillside lot in Beverly Hills, California, Image Courtesy © Jeremy Bittermann
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Wednesday, December 20th, 2017
Article source: Studio 804 Inc.
1330 Brook Street house is the latest example of Studio 804’s mission to build creative sustainable housing in established, but marginal urban neighborhoods. 1330 Brook Street is convenient to the vibrant cultural district of downtown Lawrence and to the public transportation system and the bike trails that link the town. It is less than a block from the East Lawrence Recreation Center which offers a wide variety of services and is across the street from Brook Creek Park and its open green spaces, playgrounds and large mature trees.
 Image Courtesy © Corey Gaffer
- Architects: Studio 804 Inc.
- Project: 1330 Brook
- Location: KANSAS, USA
- Photography: Corey Gaffer
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