Hills at Vallco, Cupertino Shopping Mall

Silicon Valley green roof by Rafael Vinoly

Design: Rafael Viñoly, architect with OLIN Landscape Architects. Proposal to convert an ageing shopping centre in California’s Silicon Valley into a vast development featuring the world’s largest roof garden. The building would be located on a 50-acre (20 hectare) site, with a 30-acre community park and nature preserve.

First and Mission Towers – San Francisco

First and Mission Towers

Design: Foster + Partners / Heller Manus Architects. In a joint venture, TMG Partners, one of the San Francisco Bay Area’s largest mixed-use property developers, and Northwood Investors LLC, a leading privately-held global real estate investment firm, announce the selection of Foster + Partners and Heller Manus Architects as architects for the approximately 2 million sqft mixed-use development in San Francisco.

Barrel House Tavern: Sausalito Building

Barrel House Tavern

Located on one of the most scenic waterfront lots in Sausalito, Barrel House Tavern occupies 5,000 sqft on Bridgeway Avenue. CCS Architecture receives a IIDA Northern California Chapter Honor Award for this building. With 140 seats, the restaurant features an enormous Carrera marble bar, a cozy lounge, wood fired pizza oven, and waterfront seating with breathtaking views of the Bay and San Francisco beyond.

Eichler Palo Alto House, North California Residence

Eichler Palo Alto House

How do you expand an L-shaped Eichler with the challenge of extending a long dark entry? Klopf Architecture’s solution, to design a light filled atrium in the hallway to open up the bedroom expansion with green plants, sky lights and a glass wall. Not to mention the thoughtfulness of a blind door with wood siding similar to the rest of the home.