HONOR AWARD
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
The Rocker, New Beijing Poly Plaza



 

LOCAL ARCHITECT: BEIJING SPECIAL ENGINEERING DESIGN AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE | MEP ENGINEER: FLACK + KURTZ | STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILL LLP | LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT: SWA GROUP | AUDIO VISUAL: SHEN, MILSOM & WILKE, INC. | VERTICAL TRANSPORTATION: EDGETT WILLIAMS CONSULTING GROUP, INC | WINDOW WASHING: CS CAULKINS CO., INC. | WATER FEATURE: CMS COLLABORATIVE | PHOTOGRAPHY: TIM GRIFFITH 

MERIT AWARD
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Biomorphic Door Levers

The tactile interaction between the hand and the lever is a subtle reminder of detail at its most intimate scale. The grasp of the client’s hand inspired a custom door handle that is specific to the user and appropriate to the home. The sculpted cast steel complements the warmth of the wood doors.
 

CITATION AWARD
Actual-Size Architecture
Bogan Residence, Skylight Reflector/Shade Device


 

This remodel opens the center of the house to daylight while avoiding the problems that low-sloped skylights present: admitting too much heat from the sun during the summer, and cutting off limited winter sunlight. The solution was to let the skylights face up, and design a series of polished stainless steel reflector/shades over the skylights that reflected low light off the panels and onto the wall below during the winter and provided shade in the summer.

 

Pro Bono Design [in partnership with Public Architecture]:

HONOR AWARD
EHDD Architecture
Randall Museum Overlook Bench 



The Randall Museum’s Executive Director presented their need for an on-site seating area to accommodate outdoor activities, classes, and visitor interaction. Pro bono services were offered to design and help construct the project in the form of an office design competition, to be juried by members of the Museum and the design community. The winning scheme was constructed using materials purchased with funds from the Community Challenge Grant Program, the Randall Museum Friends, and other donors.

LANDSCAPE CONTRACTOR: LOGAN DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION | METAL WORK: IRON MAVERICK INC. | VOLUNTEERS: RANDALL MUSEUM MEMBERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, EHDD MEMBERS | PHOTOGRAPHY: MATTHEW ROUSE

The school is a vital part of the neighborhood and reflects the scale and character of the residential context. Lap siding and a mural depicting migrating whales compliment the adjacent buildings on the block. A sloping butterfly roof creates spatial volume inside and interest at street level. Tall windows, a cantilevered canopy and a building setback define the building entry at the street corner.

HONOR AWARD
Studio Terpeluk
Farina 




Farina is a project which rejects expediency in favor of permanence and solidity. The task at hand was to create an environment which resonates with the weighty traditions of Ligurian cuisine while capturing the Mission light and the history of place (a defunct cookie factory).

ARCHITECT OF RECORD: NAYLOR CHU | GENERAL CONTRACTOR: HASZ CONSTRUCTION | STRUCTURAL: YU STRANDBERG | MECHANICAL: WAYLAND ENGINEERING | ELECTRICAL: ESFAHANI CONSULTING ENGINEERING | KITCHEN: FEDERIGHI FOOD MACHINERY INC. | PHOTOGRAPHY: CESAR RUBIO, JOE FLETCHER | GRAPHICS: ALTITUDE 

MERIT AWARD
Aidlin Darling Design
Bar Agricole
 

With a name inspired by farmhouse rums of the Caribbean, Bar Agricole embodies the urban and the agricultural in its seasonal fare, biodynamic wine, and artisanal spirits. Located on a gritty San Francisco street, the space balances the rough and the refined to create a sensually rich dining experience.

GENERAL CONTRACTOR: NORTHERN SUN ASSOCIATES | STRUCTURAL: BERKELEY STRUCTURAL DESIGN | MECHANICAL: MHC ENGINEERS | LIGHTING: REVOLVER DESIGN | ACOUSTICS: CHARLES SALTER ASSOCIATES | SUSTAINABILITY CONSULTANT: SIMON AND ASSOCIATES | FOOD SERVICE CONSULTANT: RESTAURANT CONSULTATION AND DESIGN | GLASS SCULPTURE DESIGN: NIKOLAS WEINSTEIN STUDIOS | METAL FABRICATOR: CHRIS FRENCH METAL | CONCRETE FABRICATOR: CONCRETEWORKS | WOODWORKER: CABINET WORKS CO. | WOOD HULL FABRICATOR: MATAROZZI PELSINGER BUILDERS | GARDEN FABRICATOR: CRONIN CONSTRUCTION | GRAPHICS: ALBERTSON DESIGN | PHOTOGRAPHY: MATTHEW MILLMAN PHOTOGRAPHY, THOMAS WINZ, JENNIFER YIN

CITATION AWARD
Aidlin Darling Design
Wexler's

 


Occupying the interstitial space between a historic masonry façade and a 1980’s midrise addition, the renovation of this restaurant transformed a dark, cavernous space into a modern setting to showcase the owner’s nouvelle barbeque cuisine.

GENERAL CONTRACTOR: NORTHERN SUN ASSOCIATES | STRUCTURAL: BERKELEY STRUCTURAL DESIGN | PHOTOGRAPHY: MATTHEW MILLMAN PHOTOGRAPHY | SIGNAGE: DAILY MINEFIELD | HARDWARE CONSULTANT: INGERSOLL RAND SECURITY | KITCHEN CONSULTANT: TRIMARK ECONOMY RESTAURANT FIXTURES | METAL SUBCONTRACTOR: CHRIS FRENCH METAL, INC. | METAL CASEWORK SUBCONTRACTOR: KINGISHER ZINC & COPPER WORKS | WOOD CASEWORK CONTRACTOR: CABINETWORKS, INC. | LASERCUT FABRICATOR: LASER ALLIANCE LLC. | MIRROR FABRICATOR: SUPREME GLASS COMPANY 

Architecture - Structures with a Small Budget [under $500,000
 
Construction Budget]:

HONOR AWARD
MKThink
Kayak Hut at Mission Creek Sports Park



 

Now a site of bustling activity, the Mission Creek Sports Park sits on a once-neglected 4.5-acre lot under Highway 280 along the San Francisco waterfront. The small, whimsical Kayak Hut, where up to 20 boats (and equipment) are stored, maintained, and launched by a local university boating club, is the most prominent visual highlight of the park.

 

GENERAL CONTRACTOR: NIBBI BROTHERS GENERAL CONTRACTORS | PROJECT/CONSTRUCTION MANAGER: ALTA ENGINEERING GROUP INC. | DEVELOPER: CATELLUS | LANDSCAPE: MARTA FRY LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS | CIVIL ENGINEER: FREYER & LAURETA, INC. | STRUCTURAL: SOHA ENGINEERS | MECHANICAL/PLUMBING: LMR ENGINEERS | ELECTRICAL: VK & ASSOCIATES | LIGHTING: HORTON LEES BROGDEN LIGHTING DESIGN | PHOTOGRAPHY: JACOB ELLIOTT, MARCIA LIEBERMAN PHOTOGRAPHY 

HONOR AWARD
Mark Cavagnero Associates
Bernal Park Restroom Building 




Located within the central gathering area in the 50-acre Bernal Community Park, the restroom building was designed to fit seamlessly into the picturesque park setting. Although the building is durable and enduring in its materiality, it is elegant and residential in scale. 
 

GENERAL CONTRACTOR: CAVALLINI CONSTRUCTION INC. | PROJECT/CONSTRUCTION MANAGER: CITY OF PLEASANTON | INTERIORS: MARK CAVAGNERO ASSOCIATES | PLANNING, LANDSCAPE: MD FOTHERINGHAM, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS | CIVIL ENGINEER, STRUCTURAL: CREEGAN + D’ANGELO | MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING: BELDEN CONSULTING ENGINEERS | RENDERING: MARK CAVAGNERO ASSOCIATES | PHOTOGRAPHY: MARCUS HANSCHEN 

CITATION AWARD
UC Berkeley Collaborative Design Build
Wurstershire sauce

In the Spring of 2010, a team of Landscape Architecture and Architecture students led a design-build seminar to rethink a little-known courtyard on the northeast corner of their academic building. Prompted to build a bench, the student team challenged the ordinary definition of such an amenity. The result was an outdoor classroom, performance platform, and social space.

CLASS INSTRUCTOR: YES DUFFY | INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDENT TEAM:
ARCHITECTURE GRADUATE PROGRAM: CHRIS DeHENZEL, ROCKIE HANISH, MARISHA FARNSWORTH, KIRSTEN FLEMING | LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE GRADUATE PROGRAM: BRIAN GILLETT, ROBERT GLASS, WILLIAM SMITH, MOLLY MEHAFFY, ALEXIS STEINER, ALYSSA MACHLE, KENYA HUEZO | ARCHITECTURE UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM: ANUAR AZAHARI, CHRIS LESNETT, HENRY RICHARDSON, SHUYA MA | COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN, BUILDING SCIENCE: JEREMY OSIRIS | FACULTY LIASON: LINDA JEWELL | PROJECT SPONSOR: GREENWASTE RECYCLE YARD 

CITATION AWARD
Michael Hennessey Architecture
Napa Barn 


This project renovates an existing pre-engineered metal barn into a music room, mezzanine, exercise room, and restrooms, for a professional musician. Due to the building's Napa Valley location, where temperatures during the summer are often excessive, the design implemented a living screen to cover part of the south and west elevations, and roof, to create a growing blanket of shade.  


 

strong>GENERAL CONTRACTOR: MATAROZZI/PELSINGER BUILDERS, INC. | STRUCTURAL: YU STRANDBERG ENGINEERING | PHOTOGRAPHY: MICHAEL HENNESSEY ARCHITECTURE