Designing Civic Wellness Care: Spaces for Dignity, Safety and Healing
Overview: Civic wellness care facilities play a critical role in supporting vulnerable populations, and thoughtful architecture can help advance their mission. Explore how designing for dignity, safety, serenity and durability creates environments that promote healing, stability and equitable access to care. Mission-driven architecture combines the art of de
A Post-Occupancy Survey of Park de la Cruz Neighborhood Park & Therapeutic Recreation Services
Architectural Design to Transform a YMCA Building into a Recreation Destination for all Ages and Abilities. Several years ago, we were honored to transform a 25,000-square-foot YMCA building into a City of San Diego facility accommodating therapeutic recreation services (TRS) for the City Heights neighborhood and its surrounding communities. In so doing, S
Water Works: Blending Design and Function to Bring Water to Communities
At the heart of all architectural design projects is the combination of function and design…or how to make a building design look good while serving a specific purpose. Most people don’t think much about how water arrives to their faucet, but the facilities required to make this happen account for a good portion of Platt/Whitelaw’ […]
Retirement
Did you hear our big news? Last week, we announced that 2019 will see a changing of the guard at Platt/Whitelaw as the oh-so-talented @NaveenWaney and @SandraGramley take the management reins from @AlisonWhitelaw as she phases into retirement over the next year. Expect the same great service and skills, though! Thanks to our friends/family/clients/colleagues