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Archive for October, 2010

Oct 29

Halloween Fun at TLCD!

Lobsters, Giant’s Players and Movie Characters dominated the day at the annual TLCD Architecture Halloween contest. The Healthcare team, wearing Lobster hats were at the mercy of evil chef Dylan, who was intent on skewering them. The two consecutive wins by the San Francisco Giants inspired Julie to dress as Tim Lincecum and Marina as Brian “The Beard” Wilson. Our newest hires showed their creativity with movie inspired themes. Scott was Indiana Jones, Bridgett was Russel from the movie “Up” and Amanda was an Indian Princess.

It was great fun and thanks to everyone who participated!

 

Oct 28

College of Marin New Academic Center featured in ArchDaily

The design competition entry for the New Academic Center at College of Marin, prepared by TLCD Architecture and Mark Cavagnero Associates, was featured in the October 26 edition of ArchDaily: http://www.archdaily.com/84268/college-of-marin-new-academic-center-tlcd-mark-cavagnero-associates/

The design competition was held back in November of 2009, and after a very long selection process the team of TLCD/MCA was finally selected in May of 2010. We completed the programming phase of the project in August of 2010, and are currently waiting for Board approval of the program before we start on the Schematic Design.

Oct 22

Middle School Students Visit TLCD

On October 7th TLCD Architecture was visited by 30 students from Roseland Middle School.  These students were interested in learning about the professions of architecture and interior design and heard from four presenters.  Domenica Sheets talked with the students about interior design.  Dylan Chavez explained the importance of green design in light of global warming, and he showed them TLCD Architecture’s green roof.  Guy Messick showed images and videos of various BIM and 3D modeling programs, and gave students the opportunity to take control and fly through a building model.  Don Tomasi talked about becoming an architect and talked about the process of design, using Museum on the Square as an example.The students each wrote wonderful thank-you letters.  They are great – you have to check them out!

Student Thank-You Letters

Oct 20

TLCD Attends Impact Sonoma Conference

Impact Sonoma

Mark Adams and Marina Starkey attended the first ever Impact Sonoma Conference on October 19th, hosted by the North Bay Business Journal. The event brought business leaders in the technology, services and clean tech industries together to discuss their strategies for locating businesses in Sonoma County, and more importantly how to spur innovation and create jobs. Companies represented by panelists included Horizon Air, Raydiance, TriVascular, EnPhase, Metier, and Clubsource Development Partners.

Each of their stories for building businesses in Sonoma County are fascinating and shed light on the unique challenges of locating to the North Bay. To read more, click on the link below.

http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/25988/impact-sonoma-conference-presenters/

 

 

Oct 18

TLCD Architecture Receives Two NBBJ Top Project Awards

The North Bay Business Journal announced the winners of the 2010 Top Project Awards today and TLCD Architecture had two winning projects! The McCarthy Library at Napa Valley College was selected in the Education category, and the Kaiser Permanente Hospital Expansion in Santa Rosa was selected in the Medical category. These projects will be honored at an Awards Reception on December 8th at the Sheraton Sonoma County and will also be featured in a special NBBJ supplement publishing on December 6th.

The caliber of design work at TLCD and the level of commitment by our staff is a true source of pride!

Oct 6

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AIA San Francisco Mentorship Program – “Bridging the gap while using BIM”

David Haynes of Ideate and I will be presenting in San Francisco at the AIASF on October 19th as part of their Mentorship program.  Info below:

AIASF Mentorship + Ideate “Bridging the gap while using BIM”
October 19, 2010 at 11:30am  – 1 pm
AIA San Francisco, 130 Sutter Street, Suite 600 AIASF

PROGRAM:
Beyond the introduction and benefits of BIM, we will discuss how BIM users have filled in gaps that some of us may have discovered when transitioning to BIM.  Panelist include, Guy Messick Director of Design Technology, TLCD Architecture and David Haynes, Director of AEC Services, Ideate.  Moderated by the AIASF Mentorship committee.

Click here to RSVP: http://ideateinc.com/trng_emails/sf_ideatepresents.html

Oct 4

New Kaiser Hospital Tower Opens

Kaiser Medical Center

Kaiser Santa Rosa hosted a grand opening for their new hospital tower expansion designed by TLCD Architecture. The 146,400 sf expansion nearly doubles the size of the hospital and includes a new emergency department, intensive care unit, interventional radiology suite, MRI, nuclear medicine center, and additional patient beds.

TLCD Architecture’s patient centered design of the hospital expansion brings the healthcare providers closer to the patients, encourages family participation in the healing of their loved ones, and is respectful of the enviornment with sustainable materials and features.

For more information about this project:

Santa Rosa Press Democrat

North Bay Business Journal

Check out photos from the grand opening ceremony.

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