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Coliseum Place Affordable Housing / David Baker Architects

Hadir Al Koshta — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 16:00:00 +0000

The six-level building includes 59 affordable homes and social services for low-income and formerly unhoused families, including households gaining assistance through the Oakland Housing Authority.

Golden Age Wine / David Baker Architects

Andreas Luco — Fri, 09 Oct 2020 19:00:00 +0000

Tucked into a neighborhood retail street in Birmingham, Alabama, Golden Age Wine is an unexpected find. The 2,000-sf wine shop is the first in the state to offer natural wine by the glass and bottle. The Golden Age proprietors wanted the flexibility to showcase an unrivaled selection of more than 800 natural wines in a space that captures the honesty, sustainability, and beauty of this growing movement. Adaptive reuse of an original 1962 building, the space had great bones that had been covered up through the years. A dropped acoustic-tile ceiling hung down past the storefront windows, the interior was clad in bumpy drywall, and the concrete floor was obscured by dark brown polish. The new design opened the ceiling to full height, smoothed the walls, ground the floor surface down to its original aggregate, and reorganized the interior space.

Edwina Benner Plaza / David Baker Architects

Andreas Luco — Sat, 07 Mar 2020 19:00:00 +0000

This sustainable building addresses the pressing need for affordable housing in Silicon Valley, one of the nation’s most expensive markets. The vibrant community provides 66 affordable rental homes for low-income families, including units reserved for formerly homeless families. The plan optimizes an underutilized site previously occupied by one single-story commercial building and bounded by a busy highway, an active Hindu temple, and residential uses. The massing strategy and program arrangement—placing the homes away from the front of the building—shield the common areas, courtyards, and residential units from noise and pollution. Tucking the parking in a dense, tandem garage allowed the design to be driven by the open space. Elements on the site are organized to promote an environment for healthy living, cultivate a sense of community, and maximize connection to the landscape.

Harmon Guest House / David Baker Architects

Andreas Luco — Mon, 27 May 2019 16:00:00 +0000

An expansion to the family, the Harmon Guest House joins DBA’s h2hotel and Hotel Healdsburg to complete a trio of boutique eco-hotels adjacent to the square in Healdsburg. The new guest house sits on a narrow lot just to the north of h2hotel, bringing an increased capacity for sustainable accommodations and a needed parking resource for the popular wine-country town.

Dr. George W. Davis Senior Residence and Senior Center / David Baker Architects

Rayen Sagredo — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 11:00:00 +0000

This dynamic new senior community center and on-site supportive senior homes are the realization of a long-time dream of activists and advocates working to create a gracious space for local elders to age in place in health, dignity, and company. The center is the heart of a developing Aging Campus in the Bayview neighborhood and the point of entry for a wide range of targeted senior services.

300 Ivy Street / David Baker Architects

Karen Valenzuela — Sat, 31 Jan 2015 01:00:00 +0000

This mixed-use development of urban market-rate homes, restaurants and shops continues the repair of the neighborhood fabric damaged by the removal of the Central Freeway. The design was developed as a balance of inside and out: equally addressing the needs of residents for high- quality, modern, peaceful homes with the needs of the community for vibrant retail, a place for pedestrians, and a texture and scale that respects the surrounding buildings.

Station Center Family Housing / David Baker + Partners Architects

Jonathan Alarcón — Fri, 17 May 2013 01:00:00 +0000

Station Center is at the heart of Union City’s vision to create the Station District, a vibrant city center bustling with neighborhood retail, community parks and high-quality housing.

La Valentina Affordable Housing / David Baker + Partners

Jonathan Alarcón — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 01:00:00 +0000

For more than two decades, a high-crime light-rail stop at a toxic empty lot; now, a sustainable affordable housing development and new gateway to downtown. This new affordable rental building remediates a toxic site, bolsters important local electrical and storm-water infrastructure, and brings compact transit-oriented homes to a neglected area.

Fillmore Park / David Baker + Partners Architects

Daniel Sánchez — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 01:00:00 +0000

Fillmore Park offers 32 affordable new for sale units for first-time homebuyers who are working families or individuals earning between 70 and 100% of the area medium income.

Richardson Apartments / David Baker + Partners

Victoria King — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0000

David Baker + Partners worked with Community Housing Partnership and Mercy Housing California to develop the Drs. Julian & Raye Richardson Apartments, which will provide permanent supportive housing for a very-low-income, formerly homeless population.

Armstrong Place Senior Housing / David Baker + Partners

Megan Jett — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000

This complex development fills a formerly industrial city block with an innovative housing mix: Affordable urban townhomes to keep growing families in the city and family housing adjacent to senior apartments to prevent seniors from living in isolation.

Folsom + Dore / David Baker + Partners

Christopher Henry — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000

These 98 rental units of supportive affordable housing serve tenants with special needs, such as physical and developmental disabilities, HIV/AIDS, and chronic homelessness. Folsom + Dore is the first new building in San Francisco to receive a LEED Silver rating, and its sustainable features both reduce its environmental impact and curtail the energy costs borne by residents.

Tassafaronga Village / David Baker + Partners

Christopher Henry — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000

This new neighborhood, situated on seven-and-a-half acres in the southern end of Oakland, has a range of affordable housing, green pathways, pocket parks, and open spaces. The development has achieved one of the first LEED ND Certified Gold Plans.

h2 Hotel / David Baker + Partners

Christopher Henry — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Registered for LEED certification, h2 Hotel infuses all aspects of its design, operations, and attitude with eco-consciousness—including such energy-saving measures as a green roof and solar panels.