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California College of the Arts / Studio Gang

Andreas Luco — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Studio Gang, the international architecture and urban design firm led by Jeanne Gang, has completed an expansion on the California College of the Arts (CCA) campus in San Francisco. The new building physically extends from CCA's existing main academic building to create a vibrant indoor-outdoor environment for learning and making, strengthening relationships among varied people, ideas, and creative practices. "The design intends to create a dynamic environment for art and design education, while also inspiring new forms of making through unexpected interactions between disciplines," says Jeanne Gang, Founding Partner of Studio Gang. "I'm excited to see how our addition to CCA's campus shapes the future of art and design and adds to San Francisco's storied creative community."

Visa's Market Support Center / Henning Larsen

Hadir Al Koshta — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 03:00:00 +0000

Inspired by the basalt rock formation of California’s Devils Postpile in Yosemite National Park, Henning Larsen’s design of Visa’s new Market Support Center has taken its final form. The 13-story tower is one of four buildings in Phase One of the multiphase Mission Rock neighborhood. The Visa building is an architectural centerpiece, establishing the neighborhood as a new place to work, play, and live.

Pomona College Student Housing / Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects

Rayen Sagredo — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 15:00:00 +0000

This LEED Platinum certified project was the first student residence hall in California to receive such a rating. The award-winning project consists of two residence halls totaling 81,000 sf, housing 150 students in single bedroom, suite style living units. The North hall houses 73 beds; the South hall houses 77. Both buildings are 2 and 3 stories. The project also includes the headquarters for the campus Outdoor Action program and administration offices for the Campus Sustainability department both located on the ground floor of the South hall in addition to an underground 175 car parking garage with a natural turf field above located directly below the North hall

Twitter Skybridge / Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

Daniel Tapia — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 16:00:00 +0000

A 35-foot long sky bridge interconnects Twitter’s headquarters spaces occupying the upper floors of neighboring buildings in the Mid-Market District of San Francisco. Allowing users to circulate between their offices at the ninth level alleviates congestion of the elevators connecting the buildings’ densely occupied office floors. This elevated walkway provides new opportunities for employees to intermingle as they travel between the buildings, and fosters a greater sense of community within the company.

Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation / LMS Architects

Cristobal Rojas — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 18:00:00 +0000

The Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation is devoted to introducing design innovation at the center of university life, preparing students to address some of society’s most pressing challenges. The project is a team-based, project-centric educational space and a compelling symbol to the region of the University’s commitment to sustainable innovation.

Emerson College Los Angeles / Morphosis Architects

Karen Valenzuela — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 01:00:00 +0000

Bringing student housing, instructional facilities, and administrative offices to one location, ELA condenses the diversity of a college campus into an urban site. Evoking the concentrated energy of East-coast metropolitan centers in an iconic Los Angeles setting, a rich dialogue emerges between students’ educational background and their professional futures.

Physical Sciences + Engineering Center / Ratcliff

Daniel Sánchez — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 01:00:00 +0000

This spring, Foothill College, located in Los Altos Hills, California, in the high-tech heart of California’s Silicon Valley, unveiled its new Physical Sciences and Engineering Center (PSEC). Designed by Ratcliff, this major expansion to the historic and architecturally significant Foothill College delivers state-of-the-art facilities in a three-building complex that graciously marries the campus vernacular architecture with high-tech design solutions required by today’s learning environments.

SF Jazz / Mark Cavagnero Associates

Jonathan Alarcón — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The SFJAZZ Center is the first freestanding venue in the United States designed specifically for the performance, appreciation and enjoyment of jazz. The transparent, three-story Center comprises the Robert N. Miner auditorium, Joe Henderson Lab, rehearsal spaces, digital learning lab, café, box office, and administrative offices. The Center, which opened in January 2013, provides SFJAZZ with its first permanent home in the organization’s 30-year history and establishes a hub of music, culture, and community. It is expected to achieve LEED Gold certification from the USBGC.

House of Air / Mark Horton - Architecture

Christopher Henry — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000

House of Air, started in 2010 by two young entrepreneurs interested in the action sports world, is a trampoline facility that caters to the discriminating taste of the young, energetic and affluent population of active San Francisco. The breathtaking site is at the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge and in the Golden Gate National Park, with expansive views out to the San Francisco Bay that become even more apparent when the 45' wide glazed hanger door is opened. Inside the historic biplane hanger, a large field trampoline for bouncing sits along side a trampoline dodge ball court and three performance trampolines used for both competitive jumping as well as ski / snowboard / wakeboard training. Flanking the trampoline area are two pavilions housing a café, meeting facilities, lockers, and a lounge. Translucent blue walls lit from within are graphic interpretations of the vertical motion which takes place throughout the facility.

Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics / Morphosis Architects

Ethel Baraona Pohl — Mon, 25 May 2009 01:00:00 +0000

Since the construction of the Palomar Observatory in 1948, the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has continuously pioneered new ways of observing and explaining the heavens. Caltech scientists and engineers have deployed ever-changing telescopes on satellites, rockets, and balloons, and with these have made fundamental discoveries leading to new theoretical models. Paramount discoveries that have come out of Caltech include the cosmological nature of distant quasars, gamma-ray bursts, and brown dwarfs. In 2007 alone, Caltech astronomers found the largest object orbiting the sun since the discovery of Pluto in 1930, as well as the most distant galaxy in the universe. Yet, over the decades, the various specialists dispersed across the Caltech campus. The Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics brings together a dozen different groups with vastly different cultures, focuses, and scopes into a single structure designed to facilitate collaboration and spontaneous discourse.