With its rectangular structures, long hallways and cookie-cutter classrooms, traditional school design is as fundamental as reading, writing and arithmetic. But these days, as K-12 learning environments evolve, so do design themes and practices.
Spanning two blocks in the heart of downtown Sunnyvale, the Carmel Loft House project is designed to bring new life into the city by the San Francisco Bay. Image courtesy of Carmel Partners Carmel Loft House will consist of two buildings with 133 loft-style apartment homes and more than 6,000 sq ft of ground floor retail space. "Carmel Loft House will play an important role in completing the revitalization of downtown Sunnyvale by activating the Plaza del Sol and bringing new residents and visitors to the downtown area," says Mark D. Garrell, vice president of development for San Francisco-based Carmel
Redwood City is celebrating the New Year with a bang—and a boom of new construction projects underway in and around its downtown. By Greg Aragon There are currently 958 new units planned or under construction in downtown and another 1,100 near downtown Redwood City. "We’re seeing a remarkable level of developer interest in our downtown, and over the next couple of years much of this is going to come to fruition,” says Redwood City Mayor Alicia Aguirre. "It’s very positive for our community; we’re going to double the housing downtown, see new offices and new parking, and really enhance economic
C.W. Driver is making the grade with California colleges, recently taking on construction manager duties at two Northern California college projects. The Pasadena, Calif.-based firm is working on a $25-million education center for the Foothill-De Anza Community College District in Sunnyvale and the $53.3-million Student Recreation and Wellness Center at San Francisco State University. Image Courtesy of C.W. Driver The Student Recreation and Wellness Center project, which is presently in schematic design, is scheduled to complete in early 2016. The Student Recreation and Wellness Center will be a very highly visible project, says Dana Roberts, president/CEO. “We are building it on
The best work was done at night. On the K&L Gates tenant improvement project in Seattle, Turner Construction Co. overhauled six floors, not all of them connecting, within a fully occupied building.
Lease Crutcher Lewis had to demolish an existing building and construct a six-story, 95,000-sq-ft student housing building in 10 months.The fast pace meant resolving issues in hours, not days.
Weather wouldn't cooperate on the new $5.9-million outpatient specialty care clinic in Vancouver, Wash., but ample precipitation didn't dampen jobsite safety efforts.
Ridgeview High School in Redmond, Ore., was truly a local project. The owner of the $63.9-million, 276,000-sq-ft facility, built by Skanska USA, Portland, wanted to ensure that local partners created the school to sustain contractors through a difficult economic time.
The $467-million Brightwater Treatment Plant serves as the hub of the $1.8-billion Brightwater Regional Wastewater System, which includes 13 miles of conveyance tunnels, a reclaimed water distribution system, a marine outfall into Puget Sound and an offsite pumping station.
In a first for grocery chain Fred Meyer, its oldest Portland location had an $11.4-million remodeling while the store was unoccupied. The 1950s building had three earlier expansions or remodelings.
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