In my career in architecture, I have delivered many successful projects for my clients. These projects include office tenant improvements, demonstration centers, R&D facilities, manufacturing facilities, corporate campuses, retail, and an entertainment complex. I am currently a principal at Shah Kawasaki Architects in Oakland, CA. We are a full service architecture firm serving public sector clients such as Cities, Counties, and the University of California.
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Designed by John Galen Howard and constructed in 1917, this historically significant building has been central to campus life for close to a century.
This infrastructure improvement project restores and refreshes the building's historic architecture, while providing a modern infrastructure to enable the building to serve future generations of students.
This infrastructure improvement project restores and refreshes the building's historic architecture, while providing a modern infrastructure to enable the building to serve future generations of students.
The Probation Day Reporting Center (TDRC) houses a new program that helps clients (newly released inmates) re-integrate into society by providing them with an array of services in one location.
Located in a 1950s era building, the scope of this project includes creating a new building entrance with ADA ramp, renovation of all building systems, and four stories of tenant improvement.
Located in a 1950s era building, the scope of this project includes creating a new building entrance with ADA ramp, renovation of all building systems, and four stories of tenant improvement.
Daylighting is the use of natural light to reduce artificial lighting in buildings1.
Artificial lighting accounts for up to 30% of the energy usage of typical office buildings.
If you include the additional cooling required by heat generated by artificial lights, the total energy usage caused by artificial lighting could approach 50%.
Using daylight to reduce the usage of artificial lighting can greatly increase the energy efficiency of buildings.
This article will illustrate how Architects can use free and readily available tools to integrate daylighting into their building design.
Artificial lighting accounts for up to 30% of the energy usage of typical office buildings.
If you include the additional cooling required by heat generated by artificial lights, the total energy usage caused by artificial lighting could approach 50%.
Using daylight to reduce the usage of artificial lighting can greatly increase the energy efficiency of buildings.
This article will illustrate how Architects can use free and readily available tools to integrate daylighting into their building design.
Since the toxic mold litigation case of Ballard vs. Fire Insurance Exchange in 2001, Architects and building owners have been increasingly concerned about the liability caused by the presence of mold on occupant health and indoor air quality.
The Ballard case shows that juries were willing to award multimillion dollar judgments against insurance companies for liability involving mold contamination.1 Frequently involved as defendants in mold contamination lawsuits, Architects are beginning to question if the 'old "rules of thumb" about designing for moisture control in the building envelope' may be contributing to the moisture building-up in some buildings2.
The Ballard case shows that juries were willing to award multimillion dollar judgments against insurance companies for liability involving mold contamination.1 Frequently involved as defendants in mold contamination lawsuits, Architects are beginning to question if the 'old "rules of thumb" about designing for moisture control in the building envelope' may be contributing to the moisture building-up in some buildings2.
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