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House Ocho in Carmel, California, USA by Feldman Architecture

Sunday, May 15th, 2011

Located in a nature preserve in the Santa Lucia Mountains, the site of oak forests and steep meadows strongly impacted and inspired Feldman Architecture’s design for House Ocho. In order to reduce the impact of the home’s massing and to preserve site lines, the building settles into the ground and overhanging roofs are planted with tall native grasses. The house is also divided up into a series of pavilions to lessen its overall mass.

Exterior (Images Courtesy Paul Dyer)

  • Architect: Feldman Architecture
  • Name of Project: House Ocho
  • Location: Carmel, California, USA
  • Photography: Paul Dyer, Kodiak Greenwood
  • Completion Date: September 2004
  • Size of Home: 2900sf + 600sf cottage for guests
  • Software used: AutoCAD

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The Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust in Los Angeles, California by Belzberg Architects

Thursday, May 12th, 2011

The Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust (LAMH) opens its doors this fall as the permanent home and display of a collection of artifacts from a ghastly era one-half century passed.  Located within a public park at the site of an existing Holocaust memorial, the architecture of the L.A. Museum of the Holocaust straddles the line between autonomous sculpture and a civic destination mindful of the institution and public audience it serves.  Museums must function in a precise manner to simultaneously deliver a message through potent content presentation while offering a spatial experience which affords visitors a contemplative asylum.  Additionally, this museum uses architecture to enhance the ambient foundation for visitors to receive the intended messages being delivered through each display.  Ultimately, the overall design of the building and interior displays transforms each visitor’s encounter with the building and surrounding park into a memorable event capable of instilling a lasting impression of the genocide which occurred and the tolerance needed to move forward compassionately.

Aerial View (Images Courtesy Iwan Baan)

  • Architect: Belzberg Architects
  • Name of Project: The Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust
  • Location: Los Angeles, USA
  • Completion Date: October 17th 2010
  • Photography: Belzberg Architects, Benny Chan – Fotoworks, Iwan Baan

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McCarthy Begins Construction For New $456 Million Scripps Cardiovascular Institute and Central Energy Plant in La Jolla

Thursday, May 5th, 2011

McCarthy Building Companies, Inc., one of the nation’s leading healthcare builders, has construction under way for the new 383,000-square-foot Scripps Cardiovascular Institute and adjacent 26,000-square-foot Central Energy Plant on the Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla campus, located at 9888 Genesee Ave. in La Jolla, Calif. Construction completion is targeted for January 2015, with an anticipated tenant move-in date of April 2015.

Scripps Cardiovascular Institute Tower SE View

  • Structural and civil engineer: KPFF, Inc.
  • Mechanical engineer: X-NTH
  • Landscape architect: MWPA
  • Location: La Jolla, California
  • Cost: $456 Million
  • Completion: due 2015

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Alvarado House in San Francisco, California by Terry & Terry Architecture designed using ArchiCAD

Saturday, April 30th, 2011

The original Alvarado home was a small Victorian, built in the late 19th century.  It presented limitations typical of the homes of the era:  a very compartmentalized floor plan; dark internal rooms; a small, utilitarian kitchen; and little connection to the outdoors.  Our concept was to transform the existing Victorian house to better suit the needs of a modern family, with particular emphasis on changing the rear of the house.  One of the challenges was to optimize light, while preserving privacy in a dense urban setting.

Front View

  • Architect: Terry & Terry Architecture
  • Name of Project: Alvarado House
  • Location: San Francisco, California, USA
  • Project Team: Alex Terry AIA, Ivan Terry
  • Engineer: Santos Urrutia Structural Engineers Inc.
  • Landscape Architect: Outer Space Landscape Architecture
  • General Contractor: Timberline Construction
  • Project Area: 2,600 sqf
  • Photographs: Ethan Kaplan
  • Software used: ArchiCAD

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Hybrid House in Joshua Tree, California by Ecotech Design

Thursday, April 28th, 2011

The stairway is curved and sheathed in recycled, corrugated metal with a vertical slit window facing east to distribute morning light evenly across the walls of the 18’ high stairwell that also doubles as a display gallery for the photography studio.

Hybrid House

  • Architects: Ecotech Design
  • Project: Hybrid House
  • Location: Joshua Tree, California
  • Photography: Jack Parsons

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Eureka Valley Residence in San Francisco, California by Cary Bernstein Architect

Sunday, April 24th, 2011

The renovation of this 1908 craftsman’s house and garage was completed in three phases over the course of 7-years.   Interiors were opened up, basements were excavated to create additional living stories and modern details were introduced throughout the property, resulting in a final design that reveals multiple layers of time and occupancy.  The small building footprints (600sf house / 500sf garage) are optimized for function and light while their new spatial connection across the courtyard makes the full site available for the daily use of the family.

Eureka Valley Residence

  • Architects: Cary Bernstein Architect
  • Project: Eureka Valley Residence
  • Location: San Francisco, California
  • Completion: 1999 & 2003 (House), 2006 (Garage)
  • Project Team: Rita Chang, Jessica Goldbach, Sia Her, Brieanne Marshall, William Winters
  • Photography: Sharon Risedorph (SR), David Duncan Livingston (DDL), Roger Casas (RC)
  • Software used: AutoCAD

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Palisades House in Los Angeles, California by Studio Shift Architect

Friday, April 22nd, 2011

This major renovation to a single-family home in Los Angeles on a rather dramatic site aims to provide multiple direct connections to the outdoors maximizing exposure to the newly landscaped rear yard that abuts a small creek. An upper, exterior deck extends out from the living room placing you among the trees and bamboo, a soft green buffer that effectively maintains a veil of privacy. The lower deck connects the master bedroom and the two children’s bedrooms with casual seating areas and a jacuzzi tub.

Palisades House

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Ed Roberts Campus in Berkeley, California by Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects

Thursday, April 21st, 2011

The Ed Roberts Campus is one of the first buildings of its kind in the nation – a community center serving and celebrating the Independent Living / Disabled Rights Movement.  Located at a regional transit hub and integrating advanced strategies of Universal Design and Sustainable Design, the ERC is designed to welcome and support people of all abilities.

Ed Roberts Campus

  • Architects: Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects
  • Project: Ed Roberts Campus
  • Location: Berkeley, California
  • Site Area: 149,000 sf
  • Occupied Floor Area: 82,400 sf
  • Basement Garage Floor Area: 52,100 sf
  • ERC Parking capacity: 119 spaces, including 13 accessible; plus 35 valet space
  • Photography: Tim Griffith
  • Software used: AutoCAD for design & FormZ for rendering.

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Senior Center in San Diego by Smith Consulting

Wednesday, April 20th, 2011

Smith Consulting Architects-Designed Building Reuse Project For Downtown San Diego Senior Center Achieves Leed Gold

The new Gary and Mary West Senior Wellness Center, which was adapted from a former 17,460-square-foot auto dealership originally built in 1927, has officially received LEED-NC Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Located at the northeast corner of Fourth Avenue and Beech Street at 1525 Fourth Avenue, the once vacant building was fully restored to bring vibrant purpose to downtown San Diego, serving the region’s growing senior population.

Gary & Mary West Senior Wellness Center Front Desk

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UCSD Health Sciences Biomedical Research Facility In La Jolla

Wednesday, April 20th, 2011

SAN DIEGO — (April 19, 2011) — McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. has begun construction for the new 196,000-square-foot, five-story Health Sciences Biomedical Research Facility located on a 3.3-acre site within the School of Medicine campus at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) in La Jolla, Calif. The project team is targeting LEED Platinum Certification.

UCSD Biomedical Facility - (c) Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects

  • Architects: ZGF Architects
  • Construction:  McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.
  • Cost: $105 Million
  • Area: 196,000-square-foot
  • Location: La Jolla, CA
  • Software used: Autocad 3D  for the design, BIM  for design assist of the MEP, and NavisWorks  for Clash Detection.

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