McCarthy Residence / Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects

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Architects: Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects
Location: San Francisco, CA,
General Contractor: Clandmark Building Engineering Construction Inc
Project/Construction Manager: Clive McCarthy
Structural Engineer: GFDS Engineers
Project year: 2007
Photographs: Rien van Rijthoven

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Toast / Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects

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Architects: Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects
Location: San Francisco, CA,
Project team: Stanley Saitowitz, Alan Tse
Structural Engineering: GFDS Engineers
Mechanical, Electrical, Lighting & Plumbing Engineering: LMR Consulting Engineers
Lighting: Revolver Design
General Contractor: Carolan Construction
Project year: 2008
Photographs: Rien van Rijthoven

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United Oil Gasoline Station / Kanner Architect

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Architects: Kanner Architects
Location: Los Angeles, California,
Architect in Charge: Stephen H. Kanner
Project team: Damian Lemons, Nicolas O.S. Marques, Jay Fukuzawa, Clare Olsen, John Mebasser, Claudia Wiehen, Lincoln Tobier, Stephane Corbel
Client: United Oil
Project Area: 630.8 sqm
Project year: 2009
Photographs: John Linden & Nicolas O.S. Marques

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Ambassador School / Gonzalez Goodale Architects

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Architects: Gonzalez Goodale Architects
Location: Los Angeles, CA,
Principal-in-charge: Armando Gonzalez, FAIA
Design principal: David Goodale, AIA, LEED AP
Project designer; Chung Chan
Principal/ Senior project manager: Harry Drake, AIA
Project Team: Anthony Tam, AIA, Sheila Mactal, Say-Vun Khov, Bill Ortega, Juan Bermudez
Landscape: ahbe
Lighting: Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design
Project year: 2009
Photographs: Tim Street, Inta Krukle, Magnus Stark

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The Hollywood / Kanner Architects

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Architects: Kanner Architects
Location: Los Angeles, CA,
Project Architect: Stephen H. Kanner
Project team: Jay Fukuzawa, Greg Larusso
Client: Metro Modern Developers
Structural Engineers: Nabih Youseff
Contractor: HyMax Construction
Project Area: 13,935 sqm
Project year: 2005-2008
Photographs: John Edward Linden

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Oakland House / Kanner Architects

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Architects: Kanner Architects
Location: Oakland, California,
Client: Craig and Terri Rubenstein
Project Area: 394 sqm
Budget: $2.5 million
Project year: 2007
Photographs: Tim Griffith

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1234 Howard Street / Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects

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Architects: Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects
Location: San Francisco, CA,
Project year: 2007
Photographs: Natoma Architects

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Facebook Offices / O+A Studio

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A few weeks ago we presented you photos from architectural offices that our readers shared through . And now, we bring to you the offices in Palo Alto, designed by Studio O+A.

Studio O+A is a San Francisco based practice, founded by Primo Orpilla and Verda Alexander during the dot-com boom of the early 1990s, bringing quality design to start-ups and venture firms at .

I wish ArchDaily was big enough to require such facilities… the interior space is amazing, specially the open working areas and several small meeting/working/relaxing spaces here and there, that reflect the spirit of collaboration inside Facebook.

Architect’s description and more photos after the break:

University of La Verne / Gonzalez Goodale Architects

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Architects: Gonzalez Goodale Architects
Project team: Armando L. Gonzalez, FAIA, Project Principal, David L. Goodale, AIA, Design Principal, John Ferguson, AIA, Project Manager, Gerda Buss, Interiors/FF&E
Mechanical / Plumbing: Khalifeh & Associates
Electrical: N.A. Cohen Group Inc.
Structural: Englekirk & Sabol
Food service: Ricca Newmark Design
Acoustical: McKay Conant Hoover
Landscape: EPT Design
Signage: Biesek Design
Area: 40,000 sqm
Construction: 2007-2009
Photography: Magnus Stark Photography

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Frontier Project / HMC Architects

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The Frontier Project, located in , Southern , is a 14,000 square foot demonstration building that will educate all in the community about the latest information, technologies and approaches regarding environmental friendliness.  The project will make resident consumers, commercial builders, and sustainable advocates aware and informed of the alternative building methods to encourage sustainability.  HMC Architects’ building will not just be something for visitors to look at and admire; rather, the building will become more of a learning experience as visitors are welcomed into its spaces and sustainable strategies are pointed out with their importance explained. “Everything from material and plant selection, the layout of space, and the maintenance regime will have a purpose, demonstrating the principle of green design for home owners, consumers, contractors, design professionals, sustainability advocates and the general public,” explained the Frontier Project founders.

More about the demonstration building, including a video and images, after the break.

Brooks Avenue House / Bricault design

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Architects: Bricault design
Location: Venice, CA,
Structure: Steel and Wood
Heating: Hydronic radiant slab
Electricity: Grid-tied solar
Insulation: Icynene spray foam insulation, recycled cotton fibre battens
Site Area: 490.5 sqm
Constructed Area: 352.5 sqm
Project year: 2009
Photography: Kenji Arai, Danna Kinsky

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Conduit / Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects

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Architects: Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects
Location: San Francisco, CA,
Project team: Stanley Saitowitz, Alan Tse
General Contractor: Brian Spiers
Acoustics: Dale Pekrul
Project year: 2007
Photographs: Rien van Rijthoven

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Pine Mountain Road / Stanley Saitowitz Natoma Architects

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When we shared our interview with Stanley Saitowitz, design principle of Natoma Architects Inc., earlier this week on AD, we promised to share his latest works. For his  weekend residence, Saitowitz creates “an elemental architecture of column and roof, a man made grove of habitation.”

More about the weekend residence after the break.

Tehama Grasshopper / Fougeron Architecture

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Architects: Fougeron Architecture
Location: San Francisco, CA,
Project Team: Anne Fougeron, Todd Aranaz, Toby Stewart, Dennis Luedeman (Architectural Metals), Endres Ware Architects / Engineers (Structural Engineering)
Project area: 418 sqm
Project year: 2007
Photographs: Richard Barnes & Rien Van Rijthoven

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Bridge House / Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects

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Architects: Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects
Location: Marin, CA,
Project year: 2002-2005
Photographs: Natoma Architects

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Julius Shulman (1910-2009)

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Case Study Houses was a residential experiment sponsored by the Arts & Architecture magazine, introducing the modern movement ideas for affordable and efficient housing during the post-war years in the US.

The result? Amazing houses by Richard Neutra, Raphael Soriano, Craig Ellwood, Charles and Ray Eames, Pierre Koenig and Eero Saarinen, built between 1945-1966 mostly in LA.

Most of you already know about this… mostly due to the incredible photos that registered this houses, reflecting more than just pure architecture, a lifestyle. And the man (genius) behind the lens was , who passed away yesterday July 16th, 2009.

A selection of his photos after the break.

Orange Office / Sander Architects

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Architects: Sander Architects
Location: Venice, , USA
Constructed Area: 672 sqm
Project year: 2009
Photographs:

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Hidden House / Standard

Architects: Standard
Location: Mount Washington, Los Angeles,
Project team: Jeffrey Allsbrook, Yoshihiro Miura, Monica Oller, Sylwia Pasciak
Constructed Area: 325 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Benny Chan

2Inns / Sebastian Mariscal Studio

Architect: Sebastian Mariscal Studio
Location: La Jolla, , Mexico
Designer & Builder:
Design Team: Dominique Houriet & Sebastian Mariscal
Structural Engineering: Omar Mobayed
Area: 412.5 sqm each one
Project year: 2006
Photographs: Hisao Suzuki

1028 Natoma Street / Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects

Architects: Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects
Location: San Francisco, CA,
Project year: 2004-2005
Photographs: Natoma Architects

ARTIC / HOK

HOK‘s Los Angeles office, with Parsons Brinckerhoff, was just announced the winner for the ARTIC (Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center) in , California.  This new transit center, featuring a high-speed rail network, will update ’s public transportation system and ignite further development in the city.  “We’re getting the critical infrastructure in place where you can actually envision a day in the future where you can reliably get around without a car,” added Todd Osborne, vice-president at HOK.

More about the ARTIC transit center after the break.