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Los Altos Community Center in California

Visitors Centre Project in CA, United States design by Noll & Tam Architects

Apr 29, 2019

Los Altos Community Center

Design: Noll & Tam Architects

Location: Los Altos, California, USA

Noll & Tam is working closely with the City of Los Altos’ Project Task Force to design the new $24.75 million Los Altos Community Center ($34.7 million project cost) which will integrate with the surrounding public facilities to meet the current and future needs of the multi-generational community.

The 24,500-square-foot building will include a café, arts and crafts room, movement room, community room, senior room, teen room, kinder prep room, offices, conference rooms, and a kitchen for staff.

The design maximizes the available outdoor spaces with pedestrian pathways, patios, a central courtyard, bocce ball and basketball courts, and a new nature play area, as well as connections to adjacent public facilities.

Architecturally, the building will employ vernacular regional forms and feature a mix of natural finishes and materials such as natural wood and stone to evoke the California landscape. In addition to including parking spaces near the senior center, the plans include an estimated 80 slots of bike parking.

The design is targeting LEED Gold equivalency. The center will be an all-electric building with solar panels that will to provide onsite power production. The project is estimated to be completed by the end of 2020.

Los Altos Community Center, California – Building Information

Architecture and interior design: Noll & Tam Architects

Noll & Tam project team:
Janet Tam, Principal
Jason Barish, Serior Associate
Trina Goodwin, Job Captain
James Gwise, Project Manager
Dora Pollak, Designer

Consultant team:
Structural engineering: Daedalus
Mechanical / plumbing: Integral Group, Inc.
Electrical/lighting/telecom: O’Mahony & Myer, Inc.
Civil: BKF Engineers
Landscape architect: MIG, Inc.
Acoustics/AV/security: Smith, Fause & McDonald, Inc.
Cost estimating: Oppenheim Liewis, Inc.
Signage: Square Peg Design

Californian Visitor Centre building design images / information received 290419

Location: Los Altos, California, CA, USA

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