AIA Redwood Empire

The tower is a site-specific artwork located at the Oliver Ranch in Alexander Valley. Designed by the artist Ann Hamilton, the concrete tower is conceived as a space for performance. Double helix stairs allow for performers on one stair and audience on the other, letting the two intertwine as the stairs wind up the tower.

Situated on a sixty foot wide infill ocean bluff site, this single family residence is composed of two simple gabled wings that shelter an internal courtyard and copper roofed kitchen and garage elements. A copper clad chimney joins the gabled wings and alludes to the animated and materially rich quality of the composition within.

The new, 62,000 square foot building co-locates three facilities in Seattle’s emergency and disaster response infrastructure: Fire Station 10 Operations, and EOC, and 911. Supplemental program elements include 44 structured parking spaces, large exterior apparatus apron, public plaza, vegetated roof patios, and a landscaped blast setback.

A concrete barn in scenic Sonoma County is completely transformed by inserting a new glass building inside its heavy exterior walls. The new structure uses frameless glass walls to create light-filled interior spaces, while large cuts in the existing walls frame views of the surrounding vineyards. The restructured interior houses arts-related offices and other leased spaces

A small structure to be used in the production of wine making acts as an object in a landscape and is used as an architectural boundary at one end of a parcel of land, with a single family house at the other end, to create a landscaped precinct between the two structures. As an object, the building expresses itself in a very formalistic way through the manipulation of volume, material and form itself.

The Daniel Caldwell Performing Arts Center is a signature building on the 100 year old Tamalpais High School campus. The design reflects the exciting and dynamic nature of the performing arts program and incorporates sustainable design features, flexible seating for a variety of performances and state of the art amenities.

This 2,700 sf. retreat perches discreetly within a grove of pine trees on five hundred acres of virgin California landscape. This completely off-grid structure is composed of two parallel but staggered monolith that edit and frame views of the rugged terrain. A disengaged roof plane and close proximity to the existing tree line reinforce tactile perceptions of earth and sky.

A core-ten clad tower sits in a wild landscape, as a seldom-used seemingly agrarian structure. While simple in shape, the building system is derived from addressing a number of primarily environmentally-based conditions which act upon it.

An undersized site and predominantly ethnic neighborhood provided the impetus for a dynamic learning environment that reflects the cultural roots of its predominantly Hispanic student population.