We’re so proud to have been part of Cesar Solis Community Park, a 20-acre, joint-use #park now open in the community of #OceanHills. In association with @SchmidtDesignGroup, we were part of the team that created an active park featuring a comfort station, a concession building and picnic/shade shelters as well as two softball fields with a soccer field overlay, tennis courts, a skate park, playgrounds and more. The park, named for retired Assistant San Diego Police Chief Caesar Solis (who became the department’s highest ranking Filipino American), is home to the first #skatepark in southern San Diego. #PWAdesigns #architecture #parkdesign #masterplanning #greenbuilding
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Leadership Change
We’re excited for a year of leadership transition in 2019 at Platt/Whitelaw. Longtime Platt/Whitelaw architects Naveen Waney and Sandra Gramley move into ownership and management of our firm while Alison Whitelaw will continue working and providing support to Sandy and Naveen throughout the year. As always, we are grateful to all our clients, friends and colleagues who have helped make our firm successful over more than six decades! #PWAdesigns #succession #architecture
Waney SoCal Real Estate Roundtable
What do architecture firms wish construction and real estate developers knew about design? Platt/Whitelaw Architects’ Principal Naveen Waney is featured in a recent SoCal Real Estate article focused on this topic.
He asks that private developers and public agency clients understand that, “Architecture is an art and a science. Architects continuously educate themselves about emerging technology, materials and health and wellness research that can help achieve a developer’s building goals. By encouraging an architect to provide suggestions and operate as part of a close and continuous partnership, it’s possible to elevate the final outcome.”
He continued, “…every client needs to deliver a building that meets the demands of the end user, and an architect should be an integral component in this process.”
Naveen went on to add, “Design isn’t formulaic or an off-the-shelf service. It’s a process best performed in close synchronization with the client. When an architect works as an extension of a developer, the vision and reality stay closely aligned.”
To read Naveen’s full contribution, check out SoCal Real Estate’s October 2018 issue here.