The Alcatraz Photography Studio in Berkeley, Calif., transformed a century-old box of a building used as a Halloween costume store into an artistic space.

The C3 office building in Culver City, Calif., offers shared “hackable” spaces that can be easily changed to suit tenants’ needs.

The design of Playa Jefferson Building E combines the industrial look of concrete on the lower level with a steel-and-wood “warehouse in the sky” above.

The Annenberg PetSpace is part animal shelter, part playground and part science center.

Taking a cue from computer chip design, NVIDIA’s triangular campus headquarters encourages collaboration among its 2,500 employees in 500,000 sq ft of space spread across two floors.

To create BioMarin’s Gene Therapy Manufacturing Facility, the project team renovated an existing office and warehouse building into a specialized space. 

Ford Motor Co.’s plan to put a fully autonomous car on the road by 2021 inspired the creation of the Ford Innovation and Research Center in Palo Alto.

The San Dieguito Earl Warren Middle School project in Solana Beach replaces the original 1954 facility with a sustainable and high-tech learning environment.

Located on the shores of San Francisco Bay, Design Tech High School sits on the edge of Oracle Corp.’s campus, surrounded by green spaces with walking and biking paths.

The 5.2-mile improvement project on State Route 76 included widening a two-lane road to a divided four-lane highway and updating bridges over the San Luis Rey River.