Jan 29
Check out the nice article about our recently completed Gift Shop renovation in Kaiser’s internal newsletter called “The Gateway”. The new Gift Shop has enhanced the feel of the lobby and is much more inviting to visitors. Way to go Stephen (Project Manager) and Avian (Project Captain) on this small, but highly visible project!
The new Student Services Center at Yuba Community College’s Clear Lake Campus is set to begin design next month! TLCD distributed a press release on January 26th to promote this exciting project which was the culmination of a successful design competition in late 2009.
Jan 27
If you missed the High Performance Wine Wednesday Series the slides are available by clicking on the graphic above.
Summary of January Presentation : Introduction of the monthly presentation style and high performance.
This series of Wine Weds presentation will be conducted once a month and focus on a different topic each month. Each presentation will present three levels of information; Research, Object, and Precedent. Research will work to introduce the theory behind a topic and demystify confusing aspects. Object will introduce a object that is related to the topic introduced and described by research. Precedent will detail a building that incorporates a design that use the topic.
At the end of each presentation, the presentation will be posted on the blog and on the new High Performance wall for further review. The different presentation media types (voice, print, and digital) are part of a broader effort by the High Performance Team to distribute information.
We will always welcome comments and questions about any aspect of the presentation. We feel the best forum for these questions is the comment section of this blog so that everyone can be part of the discussion, so please post.
-HP Team
Jan 26
I was surfing around on the City of Santa Rosa website and ran across this interesting information, Santa Rosa along with PG&E has set up a number of energy-efficient demonstrative street light fixtures (LED and Induction) to compare to the current high pressure sodium lights. It gives us all the opportunity to see these technologies in use next to each other, which is nice.
There are significant energy savings (more than 50%) for either LED or Induction when compared to high pressure sodium, but there are some higher inital product cost. There is more info on the city website, including the demostration intersection for those who are interested.
Jan 25
The first Wine Wednesday in February holds a cookoff in store. Bring the heat with your favorite soup, stew, or chili recipe for a chance to win. Prizes will be awarded for the healthiest, spiciest, most creative, best named, and best overall bowl of winter comfort food. Look for the posters around the office or talk to a Fit Forcer for details.
Jan 22
Though this is actually the first floor of the ATT Building, all the floors look pretty much alike at this point. Imagine with windows to the north that you could see this view of courthouse square. Don & I were just in the building with Bill Carle and Frank Kasimov from the City. We were looking for a leak in the basement that was not evident. The Museum on the Square building goes before the Redevelopment Agency Board next Monday the 25th and the schedule in the Agenda has us starting drawings the 26th! The schedule further calls for final approvals of the project by late May of this year. Things are moving forward with great rapidity. We’ll keep you informed as both the building design and our TI progress.
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Current Interior of the ATT Building
Courthouse Square from the roof of the Museum on the Square Building
Jan 21
The North Bay Business Journal hosted the annual “Book of Lists” celebration on Wednesday, January 20th drawing business people from Sonoma, Marin and Napa counties for an evening of socializing and networking. Don, Jason, Mark and Marina attended for TLCD Architecture and felt the event drew a good sized crowd.
The Book of Lists publication is a compendium of business information containing more than 80 lists, guides and directories of North Bay industries and companies, as well as extensive business and economic data. TLCD Architecture has two listings in the publication – one under Architecture firms, and one for Jason Brabo as one of the “40 Under 40″ winners in 2009!
Jeff, John Dybczak and Brian attended the dedication of the new Napa Valley College Fieldhouse (formally the North Gym) on Thursday afternoon. The dedication ceremony was attended by about 100 people, including the very first graduate from the college’s Criminal Justice program. The two-story facility houses a large mat room on the upper floor used for tactical training of the CJ cadets, while the lower floors include a large weight training room for the Physical Education and Athletics departments, and a facility for adaptive PE. Jeff was the project architect for the building, which incorporates a high level of daylighting and natural ventilation, as well as a high efficiency mechanical system. This was also TLCD’s first use of Trespa panels, which look great. A real-time example of the sunshading controls occurred during the ceremony as Greg Miraglia (the former dean of the CJ program) was speaking at the podium, when after a dramatic session of thunder and lighting, the sun started streaming into the space, right into Greg’s face. Just in time, the mecho-shades on the high west windows lowered, and all was well!
The building looks fantastic, even though a few punch list items need to be completed, and the majority of the landscaping is yet to be installed. The college stakeholders and board members present are extremely happy with the new building. Kudos to Jeff and John for a great job with the design and construction administration!
TLCD Architecture has teamed with Winzler and Kelly Engineering on the new Operations and Maintenance Facility to serve the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District (SMART). The two firms distributed a joint press release today describing the project and what it means to the local community. Mark Adams will lead the design process at TLCD and states in the press release, “These types of public facilities always provide long-term public value. When they are designed to be attractive, efficient and sensitive to resource use, they become community jewels.”
A great article by Henry C. (Peter) Beck III on engaging the changes IPD/BIM is wreaking on the AEC world. Also, the base website, www.di.net or DesignIntelligence, is an interesting place to visit as well.
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