Civic
East County Magazine: County Awards Contract for Replacement Women’s Jail
September 15th, 2011
The County has awarded a contract for a modern women’s jail on the site of the existing Las Colinas Detention Facility in Santee. The County’s contract with Balfour Beatty/Barnhart to design and build the approximately 478,000-square-foot facility was signed Thursday. The $221.5 million contract includes architecture and engineering services, construction, offsite improvements and infrastructure, and demolition of the existing jail. Read the full article from East County Magazine.
Posted in Articles & Publications,Civic
The Value of Cultural Regionalism
September 8th, 2011
By Byron Bronston
Recently, two clients have asked us the same question: how will we make a building where everybody will feel welcome? And by everybody, they meant EVERYBODY—all ages, cultural backgrounds, levels of ability and disability, sociability and individuality. Both projects were focused on community: one was for the City of Los Banos Community Center, the other for Woodland Community College’s Colusa County Outreach Facility.
Los Banos Community Center – Henry Miller Plaza
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Posted in Civic,Higher Education
Design Concept: Hemet Courthouse
August 17th, 2011
The conceptual design presented for the Hemet Courthouse competition resulted in a justice facility that expresses the community’s unique history and culture. By integrating a modernist approach with the surrounding environment, the design envisions architecture as civic art for the profound purpose of sustaining social justice. Watch the video that captures the team’s design concept.
Design Concept: Nevada City Courthouse
July 22nd, 2011
As an emotional response to the environment and its interaction with this sophisticated project type, our design for the Nevada City Courthouse was driven by simplicity in act, contrast in material, and the clarity of staging this unique community’s active role in the facility.
Grand Opening: Orchard City Banquet Hall
June 6th, 2011
By Karen Chan
Last week, a small team* from our San Francisco office attended the grand opening of the newly remodeled Orchard City Banquet Hall on the Campbell Community Center campus. Once a mid-century high school cafeteria in Campbell, Calif., the building now houses a simple and elegant multi-purpose venue that will serve as a gathering place for the community.
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Seminar: Sustainable Justice – An Evolving System
May 9th, 2011
AIA 2011 National Convention
Sustainable Justice: An Evolving System
May 13, 2011
2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Speakers: Frank J. Greene, FAIA; Susan K. Oldroyd, FAIA; Kent W. Peterson, PE, LEED AP, ASHRAE; Beverly Prior, FAIA, NCARB, LEED AP; Kenneth Ricci, FAIA
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Posted in Civic,Speaking Engagements
Fontana Courthouse Wins AIAIC Award
April 29th, 2011
Last night, HMC Architects was awarded an honorable mention for the Fontana Courthouse Expansion and Remodel from the AIAIC. View our award entry on AIAIC’s website.
Idyllwild: Brainstorming a New library
April 4th, 2011
At the Idyllwild Library, one small room with floor-to-ceiling shelves serves as a staff lounge and storage for janitors, the library and its friends group. In the public area, space also is used to the max. “We weed a lot,” said branch manager Teresa Brouwer, meaning that staff continually removes less popular materials to make way for other items. Read the full article from PE.com.
Posted in Articles & Publications,Civic
City Reveals Design Plan for Human Services Center
January 27th, 2011
After last week’s City Council meeting, the hurdles have cleared for the building of the long-awaited Ruben Castro Human Services building. Today, the city released drawings of the proposed design of the center… Read the full article from Moorpark Patch.
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California Construction Announces Best of 2010 Winners
September 21st, 2010
The Frontier Project won California Construction’s Best of 2010 award for Outstanding Architectural Design in Southern California. An independent jury of industry experts in design and construction judged more than 135 nominated projects in a variety of categories and deemed 27 projects in Southern California and 26 projects in Northern California as award winners. Eligible projects were located in California and were completed in the past year.
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