Teaching Toward an Inclusive Architecture Industry
Yolanda Velazco, a top-notch designer at Platt/Whitelaw, is more than just an architecture instructor teaching at Southwestern College. Having grown up in Mexico, and even having attended Southwestern College herself, Yolanda knows that navigating a college experience in a different country comes with a learning curve. Many of her students at Southwestern Co
Envisioning San Diego’s New Oak Park Library
Leveraging Platt/Whitelaw’s Library Architectural Design Experience In the late 1960s, our firm’s founder, Robert Platt, designed the Oak Park Library on 54th Street. More than 50 years later, we’re again serving the communities of Oak Park, Webster and Chollas Creek by helping to create a new library. Next Steps for the Oak Park Library Platt/Whitelaw
Culturally Centric Design for Memory Care Facilities
Many of our designers started as students at NewSchool of Architecture & Design. Some of our staff taught at NewSchool, and we have a long history of taking on NewSchool interns. We’re proud to announce that Emad Abdulwajid, our most recent NewSchool intern, is now our newest full-time staff member! Emad just completed his senior […]
Designing for Substance Use Residential Treatment Services (SURTS)
A Property and its Residents Get a New Lease on Life The County of San Diego is committed to providing high-quality mental health and substance abuse recovery services. We’re fortunate to support this effort with architectural services for several buildings and campuses within the County’s Health and Human Services Agency program. The Renovation As part
Community Architecture: Securing Water for Agriculture in Escondido
Membrane Filtration Reverse Osmosis Facility and Intermediate Booster Pump Station will provide water for generations to come. Avocados may be San Diegans’ most beloved agricultural product. So, how lucky are we to be on a team ensuring that avocado orchards in Escondido get the water they need!? By building the Membrane Filtration Reverse Osmosis (MFRO) [
More Than a Pool
Platt/Whitelaw Architects proud of its role helping reopen the Jackie Robinson YMCA pool. Context is everything. Saying we designed a mechanical building for a pool doesn’t sounds particularly exciting. But a mechanical building for a beloved recreation destination for generations of families in an underserved neighborhood sounds pretty cool. A community
Into Africa
“Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta What are the chances that two of our team would visit southern Africa within weeks of each other? Turns out that in fall of 2022, those chances were pretty good. Sandra Gramley and Dave Madigan both (though separately and with […]
Gloria Nonaka-Rubio Joins Platt/Whitelaw
How a family on the frontlines of history influenced her career ambitions Our team is diverse in many ways, including in our professional backgrounds. For example, Platt/Whitelaw’s newest team member, Gloria Nonaka-Rubio, cut her chops at both engineering and general contracting firms. “Attention to detail is one of my top strengths,” Gloria said. Thro
Platt/Whitelaw Architects Moves Office!
One of San Diego’s Oldest Architecture Firms Occupying Space in Old Town Plaza. We’ve got big news! We’ve moved from the village of North Park to the historic neighborhood of Old Town. Our firm secured space at Old Town Plaza, located at 2251 San Diego Ave. “As much as we love North Park, working in […]