T h e a r c h i T e c T u r e o f B a l d a u f c a T T o n V o n e c k a r T s B e r g

C O M M E R C I A L + C O M M U N I T Y

T h e a r c h i T e c T u r e o f B a l d a u f c a T T o n V o n e c k a r T s B e r g

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FIRM PROFILE

Baldauf caTTon Von eckarTsBerg architects is a san francisco based design firm known for the diversity of scales at which it works - from the master planning of large urban projects to the china used in our restaurant designs. The firm’s principals pursue this range of work because they believe that the conceptual ideas of architecture and design are refined and made meaningful by attention to the details of direct human interaction. an interest in the broad approach to a design problem lends itself to the multi-disciplinary character of BcV architects and is evident in our portfolio of projects in urban design and planning, architecture, interiors, furnishing, and graphic design.

BcV architects’ approach to sustainability is to look at the issue through multiple lenses – not only seeking engineering solutions but also responding to the ethical, cultural, social, economic and historic implications of a project and its place in the environment. it is this approach that has informed projects such as san francisco’s ferry Building Mar-ketplace, napa’s oxbow Public Market, and the new Master Plan for san francisco’s Treasure island neighborhood. our goal is to design projects that become vibrant com-munities that sustain the lives of their inhabitants and users.

BcV architects responds to the client’s needs with innovation and thoughtfulness, result-ing in dramatic and elegant solutions. our collaborative design practice was estab-lished in 1997 by BcV Principals hans Baldauf, ken catton and chris von eckartsberg, with a commitment to outstanding client service. We have forged lasting relationships with esteemed companies including Blake hunt Ventures, century Theatres, franciscan oakville estates, il fornaio restaurants, The irvine company, Prometheus real estate group, shangri-la hotels & resorts, Trizechahn, Viansa Winery, Williams-sonoma and Wilson Meany sullivan.

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FOOD MARKETPLACESferry Building Marketplaceoxbow Public Marketnapa farms MarketJack london MarketBay street food hallguasti Public MarketBend Mercato

STORESacademy of science storesacme Breadcowgirl creamery sidekickWheatberryWilliams-sonomaPottery Barnil fornaio caffe del Mondo

MIXED USE, OFFICE + HOUSINGMarket squarerincon centerMetroWorkBryant Park PlazaVerdiThe cannerye.c. rittenhouse Buildingolive hill residencesMagnolia Placeeddy street row housesPortola springsBend Mercato

PLANNING + URBAN DESIGNTreasure island Town centerhollywood Park Master PlanBay Meadows commercial gatewayWalnut creek downtown

MAIN STREETBroadway PointeThe cornersolympia Placefremont capitol avenue

RETAIL CENTERSMarin country Mart@first retailWoodbury Town centerfashion island retailThe Bluffscherry orchardMarlin coveThe green on Park Place

COMMUNITYslow food nation event 2008good food awards 2011future of food conference 20119/11 Memorialeat real festival 2009urban field farm stop

PROJECTS

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Food Marketplaces

The renovation of San Francisco’s landmark, historic Ferry Building in 2002 created a thriving food destination for the city’s natives and visitors alike.

The highly acclaimed Ferry Building Marketplace hosts the best of the Bay Area’s food producers, purveyors and restaurants, and supports the unique celebration of the City’s culinary life. It is also the home of the renowned Ferry Plaza Farmer’s Market.

Warm brick arches with custom metal folding gates serve as the entries to tenants of all sizes, shapes and types, and integrates this completely new public level with the restored historic 660-foot long Grand Nave above.

BCV was the architect for both the Ferry Building Marketplace and many of its tenants.

FERRY BUILDING MARKETPLACEsan francisco, california

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Oxbow Public Market is a specialty food marketplace showcasing local artisan food and wine producers, and located in Napa’s Oxbow district adjacent to the Napa River.

The Market Hall, a contemporary low-slung metal shed building, and the terra cotta block-clad Wine Pavilion take their cues from classic agricultural building typology, and use pre-engineered metal building technology for their unique open-span interiors. Located in a flood plain, the building by necessity sits atop a podium, which created opportunity for a wrap-around promenade encouraging market activity at the exterior.

The exterior is made up of durable, industrial materials such as terra cotta block, board-formed concrete, steel and glass. The Market’s northern deck takes full advantage of the site’s proximity to the River.

OXBOW PUBLIC MARKETnapa, california

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NAPA FARMS MARKETsan francisco international airport

The contemporary design aesthetic for SFO’s Napa Farms Market features juxtapositions of warm against cool, dark against light, rough against honed, solid against void. Artisan purveyors Tyler Florence, Equator Coffee, Vino Volo and others fill the market with high quality products, providing ”Food from the Earth for Travelers in the Sky.”

The market hall features a wall system of buff colored terra cotta planks. A cork-clad ceiling, elm wood fixturing and shelving and concrete countertops and floor provide a tactile earthy touchstone to the palette. Blackened steel and brushed stainless details introduce an industrial edge. The green color of the tile wall at the exhibition prep line continues in the project’s graphics and packaging.

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Oakland’s Jack London Market is a two-story public market located in Jack London Square’s newly rejuvenated waterfront. The Market will be a destination for area neighbors, hundreds of daily on-site workers, residents of the greater Bay Area, and millions of Northern California visitors.

The 72,000 sf market will be the largest of its kind on the West Coast, housing 70 vendors selling fresh fruits, vegetables, meats, fish, cheeses, wine and specialty products, with an emphasis on local and sustainable practice. The Market’s second floor will feature cafes, restaurants and culinary shops. Restaurants and cafes in the Market will enjoy water views while also showcasing their neighboring vendors’ products.

This values-driven marketplace and food destination will adhere to ethical principals of responsible behavior toward the environment, working practices and Oakland’s local, diverse community. The project will incorporate core values of sustainability, innovation, support of local producers and retailers, involvement in the local community, education and diversity.

JACK LONDON MARKEToakland, california

BAY STREET FOOD HALLemeryville, california

BCV is reconceptualizing an existing retail center’s second-level food court to create an updated, more destination-ori-ented collection of restaurants, while also providing a com-fortable, shared outdoor dining terrace with a view of the adjacent shops and gathering spaces below, as well as San Francisco beyond.

The design of the “shed” that serves as the overall struc-ture housing the dining terrace is being updated to allow for its own identity both within the center and from the nearby streets, as well as to provide better protection from the ele-ments for its diners. The existing restaurant tenants are be-ing visually unified into a more cohesive layout through a clearer circulation path, and a common entry architectural vocabulary that still allows for individual tenant identity and expression.

The common outdoor dining zone is punctuated by low walls, communal tables, lounge seating and outdoor fireplaces.

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The 50 acre historic Guasti District in Ontario, California was once a thriving winery town founded in 1904, developed around what became the largest vineyard and winery operation in the world in its time. Framed by century-old trees, the renovation of 175,000 sf of existing historic stone winery buildings will become the nucleus of a larger master-planned food and entertainment destination.

BCV Architects is designing the adaptive reuse of a 73,000 sf historic winery building into the Guasti Public Market, slated to also house a new winery tasting room, a destination restaurant, and the Lucky Strike Lanes & Lounge.

While preserving and restoring the integrity of the existing stone building, BCV is creating contemporary and complementary architectural insertions at building entries, retail storefronts, and the interior Market framework, to produce a dramatic backdrop for a dynamic and eclectic mix of food vendors and tenants.

GUASTI PUBLIC MARKETontario, california

The Mercato project design was inspired by its proximity to several industrial buildings in Bend, Oregon, as it is sited between the downtown and the old industrial area - currently experiencing revitalization as a retail destination. The building is brick with a steel-shed metal roof and large windows and doors, all reminiscent of industrial buildings.

The project is composed of several buildings to meet the smaller scale of the downtown, and to create a center at the ground level for the mixed-use activities which Mercato will house. The first floor will hold a European-style food marketplace with a double height arcade, and outdoor dining with views to the mountains, the Deschutes River and the neighboring historic buildings.

The condominiums are loft-style, with tall ceilings and outdoor spaces to appeal to contemporary active lifestyles and the appreciation of spectacular views to the Deschutes National Forest.

BEND MERCATObend, oregon

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CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES STORESsan francisco, california

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BCv architects’ design of the 3 retail gift stores in renzo Piano’s new California academy of sciences building are envisioned as integral to the experience of the academy, allowing visitors to “take a piece of the academy home.” each store seeks to extend the themes raised in the design of the larger building, including the building’s role within the environment and ecosystem of golden gate Park.

the retail spaces include the academy store (2,173 sq feet) at the main entrance, the Lab Junior (1,330 sq feet) adjacent to the Planetarium and children’s education area, and the swamp store (337 sq feet) on the mezzanine level of the steinhart aquarium. each of the academy stores has been designed to be both unique and to support a common aesthetic, and are designed to celebrate the future while acknowledging the importance of the past.

the casework for all three stores is a system of boxes of varying widths and depths, creating a dynamic composition. the boxes are made of 17 species of woods that grow in golden gate Park, and are from trees that were locally salvaged. it is our hope that the visitor will connect the beautiful wood casework with the great urban forest of golden gate Park outside the academy.

throughout the stores, historic elements from the academy are incorporated into the design, and celebrate the research that is the core of the academy. these items include an original library table, salvaged steinhart aquarium tiles and academy scientific instruments.

Acme Bread in the San Francisco’s historic Ferry Building Marketplace is the San Francisco outpost of renowned Bay Area artisan baker Steve Sullivan.

A huge hand-carved Italian Carrera marble counter anchors the busy retail front of the store, which is lined with wood display shelves offering every type of bread product.

Glimpses beyond of the production bakery space give Ferry Building customers a visual and olfactory connection to the bakers’ unique art.

Acme uses this production facility to supply other Ferry Building Marketplace tenants with product unique to this location.

ACME BREAD - FERRY BUILDING san francisco, california

Cowgirl Creamery Sidekick is the addition to Cowgirl’s acclaimed Ferry Building shop. The concept is modeled on a European cheese shop, offering an array of dairy-based to-go goods in the 375 sf jewel-box space.

The shop merchandises and serves from both the front and the side of its high-traffic location in the central Nave of the Ferry Building. BCV created a full-width display case to maximize display and serving efficiency. Reclaimed eucalyptus planks enclose the counter, and a dramatically wood-framed side opening functions as a “Milk Bar” for quick pickup of drinks.

The design of the shop celebrates the artisan craftsmanship of Marin County, with tiled walls by Sausalito-based Health Ceramics (unveiling their new Dwell Patterns half-hex tiles in this shop, in a pattern created by BCV), and wood-planked walls and slab countertops byWest Marin sawyer Evan Shively, who employs reclaimed wood from local urban forests.

COWGIRL CREAMERY SIDEKICK - FERRY BUILDINGsan francisco, california

The Wheatberry bakery and retail store is part of a new mixed-use development in downtown Pasadena, consisting of 3,330 square feet of space. Half of the space is a production bakery for the facility, and the remainder is dedicated to retail sales and café seating, with sidewalk seating outside. The design was conceptualized as a distinctly urban American bakery, taking its inspiration from both small artisan bakeries and turn-of-the-century industrial loft spaces. Materials and store layout both play critical roles in telling this story.

The store is entered through large-scale custom wood and steel pivot doors centered in a clean lined blackened steel and glass storefront. Inside, the customer finds a loft-like yet warm industrial space highlighted by a deep toned wood beam ceiling system, hand troweled ochre plaster walls and a rich colored concrete floor. Adding to the aesthetic is custom wood and steel retail casework with worn black granite counters.

The production bakery is set off from this loft space by a proscenium of brick walls subtly recalling old brick baking cellars. Beyond these walls, on axis with the entry, sits the main baking oven flanked by large custom wood bread warming racks and steel and wood display racks.

WHEATBERRYpasadena, california

BCV Principals have designed Williams-Sonoma flagship stores in premier shopping districts throughout North America, including Beverly Hills, 59th and Lexington in Manhattan, and Toronto’s Bloor Street.

BCV's design approach has been to establish a strong architectural vocabulary, which is used both to create an alluring street presence and to define a dynamic series of spaces that allow for the effective merchandising of the various products.

The interiors are organized symmetrically and detailed elegantly to ensure a positive and comfortable shopping experience, with the plan focused on a center of activity, the demonstration kitchen, that also serves as a cashwrap.

WILLIAMS-SONOMAmultiple locations

BCV Principals have designed Pottery Barn flagship stores for premier shopping districts throughout North America, including both SoHo and Midtown in New York City, the Miracle Mile of Michigan Avenue in Chicago, and Toronto's Bloor Street.

BCV designs blend store function and elegant design into vibrant retail environments, both recalling the legacies of classical architecture, and modernizing the prototypical Pottery Barn store. New finishes, ceiling treatments, and lighting modifications create a distinct identity for each store while contributing to the evolution of the Pottery Barn brand aesthetic.

POTTERY BARNmultiple locations

Il Fornaio Caffe Del Mondo is a retail/airport concept providing an elegant alternative to the standard airport fare and experience.

Like the grand bars found in great transportation terminals throughout the world, these bold, iconic structures of cherry wood and Carrara marble sit dramatically within the stark modern context of the terminal atriums, offering the weary traveler the fine tastes and rich ambiance that Il Fornaio is known for.

There are two Il Fornaio Caffe Del Mondo locations at San Francisco’s new International Airport, each offering specialty coffees, baked goods, sandwiches, salads and a winebar.

IL FORNAIO CAFFE DEL MONDOsan francisco international airport

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Mixed Use, Off ice + Housing

MARKET SQUARE RETAILsan francisco, california

Market Square, a two-building campus at the intersection of SOMA, Hayes Valley, and Civic Center, offers big space for even bigger ideas. Originally built in 1937 as the San Francisco Furniture Mart, Market Square is poised to become a new destination for creativity and technology, integrating iconic architecture with state of the art modernizations to create an opportunity for companies that view the world a bit differently.

The revitalization of the Art Deco landmark also includes a signifi-cant new retail vision and expansion occupying the ground floor of both buildings, as well as the urban public plaza joining them. This 60,000 sf renovation includes a reorganization of public circulation through the building(s), as well as an armature to accommodate high-end restaurants and retail tenants.

The materials palette for this renovation is intended to blend harmo-niously with the massive exposed concrete structure of the original building. On the ground floor, reclaimed wood walls, taken from existing old growth douglas fir on site, blackened steel portals, op-erable grill-work gates and a frank exposition of the bones and guts of the building lend the design a raw, yet refined personality.

RINCON CENTER RETAIL REVITALIZATIONsan francisco, california

Originally built in 1940 to house the Main San Francisco Post Office, with an addition and office renovation completed in the 1980’s, Rincon Center has been languishing as an average office and retail/food offering in the bustling South of Market area of San Francisco. The proposed revitalization of this historic edifice opens up an introverted building through a series of targeted architectural gestures, including the creation of a “cross-axis” pedestrian way, addition of external entry points and outward storefronts, reorgani-zation of the leasable retail/restaurant space, and engagement of the historic muraled postal lobby.

This renovation project is sensitive to the streamline modern roots of the building’s architecture, utilizing a palette of materials which both clearly differentiate the new insertions from the pre-existing edifice, and create a harmonious vocabulary for the new retail mar-ketplace.

In the revitalization of downtown San Diego, MetroWork occupies the mid-block between India and Columbia Streets on a site which is just 50 feet in width.

On the first two levels, MetroWork features Anthology, an entertainment venue and restaurant, with office condominiums located on the floors above.

With the narrowness of the site, the office suites feature deeply inset windows to allow natural light and ventilation on the north side of the building.

The penthouse includes three outdoor decks for flexibility in selling the space as one, two, or three units.

METROWORKsan diego, california

BRYANT PARK PLAZAmountain view, california

Situated downtown at the corner of Bryant Street and Villa Street, this signature 20,000 square foot office building sets the tone for modern Mountain View’s distinctive identity.

Large expanses of glass, selective use of hori-zontal wood bands and a tower clad in hon-ey-hued travertine create an icon that is both sophisticated and welcoming. The ground floor lobby extends beyond the main mass of the structure, responding to the existing context. The fourth floor office penthouse is flanked on three sides by a continuous out-door patio, with views to the hills beyond.

A boutique food service vendor is located at the ground floor corner, adjacent to a 900 square foot plaza dedicated for public use.

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VERDIwalnut creek, california

Verdi is a mixed-use development in the heart of Walnut Creek, comprising 200,000 square feet, with one floor of retail, four floors of residential rental apartments and one floor of below-grade parking.

The L-shaped building is divided into two smaller masses, in order to address the distinctly different requirements of the three bordering streets. On the pedestrian streets, three residential floors rest upon a retail podium, while on the highly trafficked street the entire building steps back without a podium.

The design takes advantage of the different height limits by capping the building mass on North California Boulevard with double-height lofts oriented towards views of Mount Diablo in the distance. Verdi is anticipated to be pre-certified LEED Silver.

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BCV Architects’ adaptive reuse of The Cannery is a fresh take on one of America’s first adaptive reuse projects from the 60’s.

Originally built in 1907 as a peach cannery for Del Monte on San Francisco’s north waterfront, the building was famously reinvented in 1967 by noted architect Joseph Esherick as a vertical retail experience with European inspired walkways and loggias. Over the years, the industrial area around the Cannery was developed and the pedestrian patterns have shifted along with retailing strategies. BCV was engaged to re-envision the complex – to add a new layer to the site’s rich history and bring it into the twenty-first century.

The basic premise of the approach was to create a new main entrance to the project at the internal, pedestrican Cannery Walk. The plans include a completely redesigned public space and west elevation. Notably, the 1967 design in Cannery Walk will be restored and celebrated, thus making clear the rich history of the building.

In collaboration with ROMA Design Group

E.C. RITTENHOUSE BUILDINGsanta cruz, california

BCV’s design of the E.C. Rittenhouse Building helps to complete the redevelopment of downtown Santa Cruz’s Pacific Avenue corridor - devastated in 1989’s Loma Prieta earthquake - by offering a prime office and retail location situated at the heart of the mercantile district.

The Rittenhouse Square West development consists a new 4-story building, incorporating 40,000 square feet of new office space along with the development of 17,000 square feet of new retail space. The office space is situated on the upper three levels of the multi-use building, with the retail space entered at ground level from the street.

The building’s design is sensitive to the surrounding context and historic precedents of this neighborhood, blending the commercial vocabulary of Pacific Avenue with the civic character of Church Street.

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Olive Hill Residences is an award-winning entry in the Suburban Alternatives Land Trust and Northbay Family Homes California Senior Housing Design Competition. The project consists of a residential parcel, with an additional parcel devoted to small agricultural business development.

19 accessible studio, 1-bedroom and 2-bedroom and accessory dwelling units were developed with innovative sustainable design strategies, and were sited so that living spaces maximized sweeping vistas and exposure to the sun. Support spaces line the units’ community garden sides, providing the living spaces with an insulating buffer from the public zones of the development. Unit arrangement created shared outdoor spaces on each terrace, encouraging micro-communities within the larger whole. Community “barns” house gathering spaces, gym and store. The cultivation, harvest and processing of the olive trees on both parcels create jobs for the community.

OLIVE HILL RESIDENCESnovato, california

MAGNOLIA PLACEsan francisco, california

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Magnolia Place is a 66,000 sf mixed-use residential and retail project located in the Marina district of San Francisco. It retains the vision of the great Marina apartment buildings of the 1920’s and 1930’s, but reinterprets this vision into a modern idiom. The project consists of 2 ground floor retail tenants and 27 apartments over underground parking.

Bounded by three streets of very different characters, the project responds to its site. Retail tenants face the busy Lombard Street (here part of highway 101); three quiet “garden” apartments are located on Magnolia Street, a quiet alley; and the main lobby for the upper two floors of apartments looks out to the residential through-street, Buchanan.

The defining feature of the project is a second floor courtyard that runs the length of the site and extends the pattern of the mid-block backyards of the adjacent properties.

EDDY STREET ROW HOUSESsan francisco, california

The Eddy Street Row Houses represent a new typology for San Francisco – one of the first instances where the city of San Francisco approved a micro-lot for development, allowing for modestly priced, single family townhomes.

This 2007 urban infill project maximized development on a 0.72 acre site in an underdeveloped neighborhood of San Francisco. 30 townhouse units are arranged in a U-shape around a shared, secure residential courtyard.

The three-story townhouses include a garage at the ground level, a bedroom and bath on the first level, an open kitchen/dining/living space on the second level and a master bedroom, bath and office on the third level.

PORTOLA SPRINGSirvine, california

The design for the character-defining architectural elements of the Portola Springs Community at the Irvine Ranch is derived from the elemental classical structures found in the Italian countryside.

At Portola Springs, BCV has worked to create a distinctive community architecture rooted in this tradition. Befitting the landscape, which transitions from a more lush flatlands to a more arid hillside environment, the architecture seeks to be more elemental than decorative. The plans for the community buildings and pool/recreation facilities recall both the importance of the courtyard as a magical space in Romanesque building complexes and the academic refinements of these ideas at a domestic scale by Palladio. The public buildings of Portola Springs seek to set a specific tone for this community drawing on a diversity of sources to create a “rustic classical architecture”.

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The Mercato project design was inspired by its proximity to several industrial buildings in Bend, Oregon, as it is sited between the downtown and the old industrial area - currently experiencing revitalization as a retail destination. The building is brick with a steel-shed metal roof and large windows and doors, all reminiscent of industrial buildings.

The project is composed of several buildings to meet the smaller scale of the downtown, and to create a center at the ground level for the mixed-use activities which Mercato will house. The first floor will hold a European-style food marketplace with a double height arcade, and outdoor dining with views to the mountains, the Deschutes River and the neighboring historic buildings.

The condominiums are loft-style, with tall ceilings and outdoor spaces to appeal to contemporary active lifestyles and the appreciation of spectacular views to the Deschutes National Forest.

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TREASURE ISLAND TOWN CENTERsan francisco, california

Built with bay fill dredged from the spoils of California gold mining, Treasure Island was the site of the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition, briefly becoming the home of the Pan American “China Clipper”, and ultimately converted to a naval base until decommissioned by the US Navy in1994. Accessed from the east and west by the Bay Bridge, Treasure Island is being transformed over the next 20 years as part of an ambitious transit-oriented redevelopment project to make it San Francisco’s newest neighborhood.

BCV Architects, in partnership with SOM, Perkins + Will, Mithun, CMG, and other design consultants, has developed an ecologically sensitive master plan with environmental sustainability in mind. More than sixty percent of the Island is reserved as open space, including a 20 acre functioning organic farm. The plan also locates approximately 10,000 residents within a 10-minute walk of a new Treasure Island Ferry Terminal, and creates approximately 200,000 sf of community and destination retail in a new Island Town Center which preserves and integrates three existing historic exhibition buildings with proposed new retail buildings.

In addition to participating in the master planning process, BCV is the design architect for the retail and civic portions of the Island Core development, which responds to the desire for sustainability by concentrating activity and transportation at a centralized hub. The Island Core plan also includes an expansion of the existing marina and recreational uses supported by sports and marine retailers.

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HOLLYWOOD PARK VILLAGE MASTER PLANinglewood, california

Hollywood Park Village is a visionary mixed-use redevelopment incorporating residential, retail, and office space on the 238 acre site of the former Hollywood Park racetrack in Inglewood, California. BCV has designed the mixed-use town center which constitutes over 600,000 sf of retail and entertainment buildings at the intersection of Century and Prairie. At the heart of the city of Inglewood, this new village will build on the characteristics of the Los Angeles town centers that grew up throughout the basin in the 1920’s and 1930’s.

The project goal is to incorporates cultural sensitivity, sustainability, and a sense of community that supports living life in a joyous way. A central lake and park are at the center of Hollywood Park Village, with each of the major programmatic components - retail, office and residential - relating in their layout and design to this heart.

Design for the Hollywood Park Village is in association with Cooper Robertson & Partners, Hall & Foreman Inc, Mia Lehrer + Associates, RSM Design, SWA Group and WHA Inc.

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san Mateo’s new transit Oriented development is at the the former site of the Bay Meadows racetrack, and has delaware street at its heart. the 5-block mixed-use Commercial Gateway lining delaware street will serve as the retail and neighborhood core for both 800,000 sf of new offices and 1,200 homes. located adjacent to the existing Caltrain tracks - and the future high-speed rail line - delaware street will be san Mateo’s new locus of commercial and retail development.

BCv is helming the design of the five new retail and mixed-use structures anchoring the street’s wide, tree-lined sidewalks. the buildings are reminiscent of the scale of traditional Peninsula downtowns.

design for the Commercial Gateway is in association with Cooper robertson & Partners, hOK, Mve and Mithun.

Walnut Creek has developed into a thriving destination for retail in the Bay Area’s East Bay metropolitan region. As a result of this growing stature, development of the pedestrian-oriented downtown core has expanded to include and infill areas formerly occupied by former, larger-box tenants. Since 1997, BCV has been integrally involved in the reconceptualization and integration of these large ‘sites’ within the existing urban fabric of downtown Walnut Creek.

Five separate development parcels make up the area of BCV’s pedestrian retail core expansion projects: Broadway Pointe, Plaza Escuela, Olympia Place, The Corners, and the American Savings Bank property.

Beginning with the design and completion of Broadway Pointe, a 40,000 square foot retail center, BCV has made the “urban seaming” of the pedestrian experience a high priority. The extension south of Locust Street, and the development of both Plaza Escuela (named after the original town schoolhouse which occupied this parcel of land), and Olympia Place added almost 200,000 square feet of retail space, along with a multi-screen movie theater and numerous restaurants to the downtown core.

It is this “urban seaming” which defines the approach to the further development of downtown Walnut Creek, and has established BCV as Walnut Creek’s retail downtown expert, with a client list that includes multiple developers as well as the City of Walnut Creek itself.

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Broadway pointe is a retail core and shell project encompassing an entire city block in downtown Walnut Creek. The site was developed to house nationally recognized retail tenants, supported by a large parking garage, and to draw from the retail energy of the highly successful outdoor mall across Mt. Diablo Boulevard.

To achieve these goals, BCV worked extensively with the Walnut Creek planning Department, incorporating their planning guidelines and designing a location for a new city park within the block.

in order to blend in with the existing city fabric, the project was designed in a series of discrete storefronts, reminiscent of more traditional main streets found throughout the country. as part of the development, an il Fornaio restaurant with an open loggia, recalling the design and character of a classical italian piazza, is sited directly on the park, which will become an integral part of Walnut Creek’s trail system.

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The Corners occupies the southwest corner of the historic intersection of Main street and Mount Diablo Boulevard. The design of this 33,000 square foot project has two main aims: the extension of the historic pedestrian retail downtown south and west, and the preservation of one of the few remaining valley oaks in Walnut Creek, dating from pre-spanish colonial times.

The Main street side of the project is developed as 3 distinct 2-story buildings, the corner building designed with its entry as a sky-lit corner tower. a separate lobby tower entrance is located adjacent on Mount Diablo Boulevard. This lobby provides access to the second-story office space.

2 single story brick buildings frame a 12-foot wide alley that leads to a small pocket park at the base of the heritage Oak. The alley and the park are activated by the popular Va de Vie restaurant, in the eastern single story building. a public art piece by artist Olivia kuser, celebrating the oak, runs along the west wall of the alley.

Overall, The Corners helps knit together downtown Walnut Creek, strengthening the efforts begun at BCV’s design of Broadway pointe, plaza escuela and Olympia place.

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Olympia place is an addition to the pattern of urban infill redevelopment that has been taking place within the pedestrian downtown core of Walnut creek. This project serves as both a vehicular gateway to the downtown community from the highway 24 and Interstate 680 freeways, and as a critical piece of the pedestrian fabric of Walnut creeks’s pedestrian retail District.

consisting of 60,000 sf of new retail space - situated along both Mount Diablo Boulevard and Locust street - and the development of a 57,000 sf 14-screen theater, this project is a magnet for people enjoying entertainment and dining opportunities in the downtown area. The siting of the theater reinforces the Olympic-Locust intersection created in the plaza escuela project.

This new construction also integrates the existing 28,000 sf california federal Office Building, which sits at the corner of Olympic Boulevard and south california Boulevard. Included in the scope of the project is a multi-level parking garage of approximately 600 spaces to service both the new and existing programs.

FREMONT CAPITOL AVENUEfremont, california

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Containing retail, entertainment, office and cultural arts, the Fremont Capitol avenue project is designed as a new gateway to downtown Fremont.

Designed to become a major retail destination for the area, and integrating with the “Hub” development across the street and the nearby existing Fremont plaza Retail Center, Capitol avenue will help spur future downtown development.

the design creates a vibrant, new, pedestrian-oriented “Main Street” by continuing Capitol avenue through the site, connecting the existing end at State Street to Fremont Boulevard. the reduction of the overall city block size, and the definition of identifiable retail “precincts” combine to create an exciting, pedestrian-friendly atmosphere.

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Marin Country Mart is a re-visioning of an existing retail center, redesigned with a focus on community gathering spaces, and featuring exceptional food purveyors, local services and independent boutique shops.

Inspired by Marin’s rustic charm as well as the dynamic coastal location, the 168,000 square foot retail center renovation includes twelve buildings on 16 acres, with a focus on the five “core” buildings and the series of public spaces these structures create.

In addition to the outdoor dining in the fountain plaza, and the plaza housing the redwood children’s play structure, the pedestrian promenade on the south side of the site is a bold move that enables visitors to connect with views of San Francisco Bay and Mount Tamalpais.

MARIN COUNTRY MARTlarkspur, california

Located at the gateway to San Jose’s fast-growing North First neighborhood, @First mixed-use development is home to the 560,000 sf headquarters of Brocade Communications Systems. BCV’s design of the “retail village” center component of the site serves this commercial campus as well as two hotels.

Comprised of approximately 73,000 sf of pedestrian-oriented retail and restaurant tenants in 6 buildings, the center is organized around 2 central parking areas.

Employing “butterfly” roof forms and exposed steel members, and with the use of a palette of ceramic tile, horizontal ipe planking and plaster, @First Retail strikes a modern aesthetic. Tenant amenities include glass windscreened areas and an outdoor fireplace to take advantage of San Jose’s mild climate for exterior dining.

@FIRST RETAILsan jose, california

Serving the Irvine Ranch’s Woodbury residential community of 4,271 housing units, and the region at large, this hybrid lifestyle/power center consists of 450,000 square feet of lifestyle and big box retail on 50 acres, with tenants ranging from small food uses to a large grocery to a home improvement store.

The prominent corner of Sand Canyon Road and Irvine Boulevard is anchored by two restaurant buildings, with the 50,000 sf heart of the center hosting a cluster of lifestyle retailers with an outdoor plaza and fountain surrounded by a major bookstore, restaurants and food uses.

Larger retailers frame the south and west edges of the center, and include home improvement, sporting goods, grocery, specialty food, office supply, import store, home goods and drug store tenants, as well as a myriad of other smaller shops. The perimeter of the site is generously landscaped to complement the adjacent residential neighborhoods.

The center’s architecture is inspired by the Romanesque revival, a vocabulary suited to civic centers and characterized by towers, gabled roofs, dramatic semicircular arches and horizontal banding.

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BCV Architects and The Irvine Company have developed design ideals for the evolution of Fashion Island from the artistic principles that arose during the Renaissance, in particular the ideals of perfection, order and harmony. These principles create a continuum of the luxury experience at The Irvine Company’s Resort at Pelican Hill, one that seeks to create an ethos of “relaxed formalism” in the retail environment.

Originally built in 1967, the current architecture of Fashion Island is rooted in the ideas of an Italian hill town, and the detail of many of the buildings in the center provides the “bones” of the transition into a luxury retail destination. BCV has applied Renaissance design principles to piazzas and buildings within Fashion Island in order to create an architectural character that has the ability to re-vision the entire shopping experience, and bring Fashion Island in alignment with the graciousness and sophistication of Pelican Hill.

BCV recognizes that Fashion Island has elements within it that already suggest a sense of elegance and place-making unrivaled anywhere in Southern California. The proposed design maintains much of the existing organization of buildings and exterior spaces, but seeks to reinvent their detail, scale and proportions so that the facades are more classical in their construct. Further, the intention is that the facades are not mere decorations, but are extensions of the structure within, so larger buildings can properly contain the retail tenant program.

FASHION ISLAND RETAILnewport beach, california

THE BLUFFSnewport beach, california

Situated on a hilltop where Newport Beach and Irvine meet, and serving the daytime population of more than 1,000,000 sf of prime adjacent office space, The Bluffs Retail Center occupies a pivotal location in the fast-growing area between these two Southern California communities. The site for The Bluffs is highly visible on all four sides, requiring careful design in the creation of a new retail and restaurant center prototype.

Using the project’s prominent hilltop location to greatest advantage, BCV’s design emphasizes the formation of a ‘hilltop compound,’ with prominent public spaces for gathering and relaxing. These courtyard spaces are further articulated through the abundant use of landscaping to signal their presence from both inside and outside the center. Along with approximately 51,000 square feet of restaurant and retail space, these outdoor pedestrian spaces form the backbone of this neighborhood center, highlighted by a major tower element acting as a beacon.

Through the creative articulation and design of what typically would be the “rear” elevation of these buildings, the facades function both as useable elements of the architecture and intriguing elevations visible from the surrounding topography.

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The Cherry Orchard Specialty Retail Center is located at one of the most important intersections in Silicon Valley, at the crossing of Mathilda Avenue and El Camino Real. The 60,000 square foot retail center creates a new gateway to downtown Sunnyvale.

Inspiration for the architectural vocabulary for the center is drawn from the California Missions. These Missions also inspired earlier civic buildings in Sunnyvale, including the original city hall and the local high school. The placement of the restaurant at the corner creates a sense of enclosure. Corner pavilions housing food and coffee uses anchor the site and define the vehicular entrances.

The landscape design draws on the agrarian heritage of the site, and features both an orchard of cherry trees and a palm allée linking the restaurant and major two-story bookstore. On El Camino Real, the historic cherry stand and water tower have been retained.

CHERRY ORCHARDsunnyvale, california

Marlin Cove is the redevelopment of an existing distressed strip retail center into a mixed-use retail and residential project. BCV designed the new retail portion of the center, incorporating an existing grocery store, for a total of 66,500 square feet.

The redesign involved creating a new entrance for the grocery store, as well as the creation of a drug store, 8 in-line retail shops, a restaurant, second-level professional office space, and a residential leasing office.

Organized as a bar with restaurant and drugstore anchoring the ends, a civic-scaled trellis runs alongside the in-line retail shops, forming a central plaza and colonnade, and creating a linear connection across the site, linking retail and residential to the Foster City lagoon waterfront.

MARLIN COVEfoster city, california

THE GREEN ON PARK PLACEdublin, california

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The Green on Park Place is designed to give Dublin a new social and civic heart. This 300,000 sf project is anticipated to be one of the first LEED-certified retail centers in California.

The Green’s centerpiece is a grand east-west pedestrian oriented street, Park Place, which will offer a 900 foot, three-block-long, park-like destination, surrounded by retail, restaurants and meaningful gathering areas. Programmed as a series of outdoor “rooms” The Green is punctuated by built structures and arranged landscaping along a curvilinear alignment. This area will have a lively urban feel, filled with amenities that provide a rich pedestrian experience, such as walking paths, water features and sitting areas.

The Green on Park place will capitalize on the City of Dublin’s support of environmentally friendly building practices by incorporating and promoting sustainable site and building features.

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SLOW FOOD NATION EVENT 2008san francisco, california

San Francisco’s Slow Food Nation Event 2008 was created to organize the first-ever American collaborative gathering to unite the growing sustainable food movement and introduce thousands of people to food that is good, clean and fair. Held on Labor Day weekend, the four-day event hosted 85,000 visitors, and involved more than 2,000 volunteers.

BCV was integral in bringing together the diverse group of architects, landscape architects and designers to craft the pavilions, exhibits and public spaces, and for the Master Plan of the Fort Mason Taste Pavilion.

Installations ranged from interactive taste exhibits to an organic, 10,000 sf Victory Garden in front of San Francisco’s City Hall.

BCV was also at the design helm of The Green Kitchen demonstration cooking area, working closely with famed restaurateur and food activist Alice Waters.

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GREEN KITCHENsan francisco, california

For Slow Food Nation 2008, a four day festival held in San Francisco, BCV worked closely with Chez Panisse to create The Green Kitchen, a demonstration cooking area. The Green Kitchen was the vision of sustainable food champion Alice Waters. In an entirely pro-bono effort, staff from BCV led the design team, assisted with procurement of materials, and volunteered with Terra Nova Industries and Stockham Construction during the installation.

As the event sought to teach attendees about the benefits of local and organic food, the design sought to inspire with the beauty of sustainable materials. Built on a shoestring, the large room was made of reclaimed woods and salvaged windows, which were returned to their lenders after the event for use in other projects. Kitchen equipment was simple, and consisted of a table, some knives, a cutting board, a hotplate and a few pots, a mortar and pestle and a compost bucket.

The 1200 square foot kitchen and audience area accommodated about 50 attendees, and a ledge ran along the exterior of the space to allow for additional viewers to look through windows at the presentations within. Food luminaries from throughout the United States, including Alice Waters, Paul Bertolli, David Chang, Traci Des Jardins and Poppy Tooker, presented simple recipes which featured the use of organic, seasonal foods.

BCV Architects worked with Seedling Projects to conceptualize the look, feel and layout of the Good Food Awards Annual Ceremony and Marketplace, held at San Francisco’s historic Ferry Building in mid January every year.

The Good Food Awards celebrate tasty, authentic and responsibly produced foods, and the building of strong, healthy food communi-ties. Awards medals designed by BCV were given to artisan produc-ers in five regions of the U.S. in seven food categories - Beer, Char-cuterie, Cheese, Chocolate, Coffee, Pickles and Preserves.

The Good Food Awards Marketplace, held the following day, gave customers the opportunity to purchase the award-winning products, and to engage the producers in conversation about their businesses.

BCV was privileged to work beside some of the most progressive and committed advocates in the sustainable food movement on the design and realization of this event.

GOOD FOOD AWARDSsan francisco, california

The 2011 Washington Post’s Future of Food Conference brought to-gether many of the world’s leading experts on food, including The Prince of Wales, a lifelong environmentalist and organic farmer, Eric Schlosser, author of “Fast Food Nation,”, Wendell Berry, winner of The National Humanities Medal, and Sam Kass, White House Assis-tant Chef and Senior Policy Advisor for Healthy Food Initiatives.

BCV Architects assisted in the design of the lunch event for the confer-ence, in coordination with graphics by Amy Barboro Design. The 350 conference attendees came together at communal tables with family style service to enjoy an affordable, healthful meal in a creative environment designed to foster a sense of conviviality and encourage conversation about creating a better food system. Simple and organic table settings and decorations, coupled with food sourced and pre-pared by local farmers and chefs, reinforced the connection between a vibrant local foodshed and healthy, stable communities.

Printed materials such as menus, table tents, and die cut leaf napkin decorations provided subtle but highly informative messages about local food and educational programs, as well as highlighting a di-rectory to the key organizations working on creating a healthy food system for Washington DC.

FUTURE OF FOOD CONFERENCEwashington, D.C.

9/11 MEMORIALwashington square park, san francisco, california

September 11, 2002: NORTH BEACH REMEMBERS

Before you stands an ephemeral one-day memorial, as fleeting as the lives that perished on that tragic day, September 11th, 2001.

Witness the solemn field of flags - a testament to the multitudesthat unknowingly made the ultimate sacrifice. It’s our community’s effort to take pause, reflect, and rememberall those individuals on the day terror struckour home and our hearts.

Let every flag signify a life lost.Let every flag mark the void left in so many families.Let every flag herald a community, a nation, and a world in mourning.

Let all the flags speak of the enormous loss endured by all.

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The Eat Real Festival is a social venture founded by Live Culture Co’s Anya Fernald, the executive director of 2008’s Slow Food Nation, and was created to celebrate delicious local and sustainable “street food,” and the real people - the farmers, chefs, and producers who supply and cook it.

Eat Real was held August 28 to 30, 2009 and featured more than 40 of the area’s top street food trucks and carts, an artisanal Beer Shed, dance performances, bands, films and food competitions, with over 30,000 visitors each day.

BCV Architects designed the “From Scratch Kitchen” stage and shade canopy, the focus for a series of festival cooking demonstrations that transformed the Plaza at Jack London Square, which is adjacent to the firm’s newest Public Market project, the Jack London Market. The design for the stage, with its full size “taco truck” backdrop, is intended to celebrate street food vendors.

EAT REAL FESTIVAL 2009oakland, california

The Urban Field Farm Stop was BCV’s award-winning competi-tion entry for “Redesign Your Farmer’s Market”, sponsored by GOOD, a media platform with the goal of “moving the world forward”. BCV contemplated an innovative distribution system for fresh farm product in urban centers. This new concept envi-sions the entire city map as an Urban Field of farmers markets integrated directly with the mass transit circulation system of the city.

Select bus stops transform into individual Farm Stops to provide farm fresh product to commuters, residents and local trade outlets. The Urban Field of Farm Stops therefore establishes a citywide network of alternate sales points for farmers and a con-venient greener alternative to the single venue farmers market for consumers.

The Farm Stop prototype is a simple modern shelter utilizing sustainable materials. A finely crafted stainless steel structural frame supports the louvered terra cotta rain screen cladding, and energy generating photovoltaic cells line the top of the shelter’s glass canopy, shading users by day and powering the high effi-ciency LED lighting by night.

URBAN FIELD FARM STOPlos angeles, california