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APWA Awards: A Banner Year for Our Clients

June 6, 2022 By admin

The vast majority of our firm’s architectural design work happens for public agency clients. That’s why honors from the American Public Works Association (APWA) mean so much to us. We’re celebrating our clients’ wins this year at the San Diego APWA Awards Program: Oceanside Crisis Stabilization Unit, County of San Diego – Project of the […]

Filed Under: news Tagged With: American Public Works Association, APWA Award, Bud Kearns, City of San Diego, County of San Diego, North Park Mini Park, North Pleasant Valley Groundwater Desalter Plant, Oceanside Crisis Stabilization, Oceanside Crisis Stabilization Unit

The Botanical Building in Balboa Park – Makeover Edition!

January 19, 2022 By admin

Iconic San Diego structure will soon be restored to its original condition…plus a few improvements By Sandra Gramley, AIA, LEED NCARB, LEED AP BD+C, principal at Platt/Whitelaw Architects, Inc.  Restoration is underway on the Botanical Building in Balboa Park! If you’ve been following our news site, you know that we’ve written about this building before…and […]

Filed Under: news Tagged With: Balboa Park, Bertram Goodhue, Botanical Building, Carleton Winslow, City of San Diego, Forever Balboa Park, Moreton Bay Fig tree, Restoration, San Diego, Sandra Gramley

PWA Project Profile: Park de la Cruz Neighborhood Park & Therapeutic Recreation Services

August 26, 2021 By admin

By Sandra Gramley, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP BD+C Civic projects are the crux of what we do. Designing Park de la Cruz Neighborhood Park & Therapeutic Recreation Services (TRS) in City Heights was especially rewarding for us because we were truly designing for universal use. The intention of our client, the City of San Diego, […]

Filed Under: news Tagged With: Accessibility, City Heights, City of San Diego, Governor Gavin Newsom, Park de la Cruz, renovation, San Diego, Sandra Gramley, Schmidt Design Group, Stantec, TRS facility

The Creation & Restoration of Balboa Park

July 27, 2021 By admin

Balboa Park’s origin story Just outside downtown San Diego are 1,200 acres of land dedicated as park space by the City of San Diego. Known as Balboa Park, the space includes many natural and planted areas as well as buildings that represent some of San Diego’s most iconic architecture. Central Park in New York City […]

Filed Under: news Tagged With: 1915-1916 Panama-California Exposition, 1935-1936 California Pacific International Exposition, Balboa Park, Balboa Park Club, Bertram Goodhue, Botanical Building, Cabrillo Bridge, California Bell Tower, Carleton Winslow, City of San Diego, Platt/Whitelaw Architects, Spreckels Organ Pavilion, The Museum of Us

Cesar Solis Community Park Wins APWA Award!

June 27, 2019 By admin

We’re HONORED to learn that our Cesar Solis Community Park project just won the 2019 Project of the Year award from the APWA San Diego/Imperial Counties! We love designing community projects, and this one had a community of its own in our wonderful project team: City of San Diego, Schmidt Design Group (prime), BSE Engineering […]

Filed Under: news Tagged With: BSE Engineering, Cesar Solis Community Park, City of San Diego, Platt/Whitelaw Architects, Schmidt Design Group

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