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Oceanside Crisis Stabilization Unit: Designing a Better Way for Behavioral Health Services

April 19, 2022 By admin

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By Sandra Gramley, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP BD+C The County of San Diego provides crisis stabilization units to deliver services in community-based or hospital settings for people experiencing a mental health or substance-use crisis. For people in the midst of a crisis, being taken to a jail or hospital may not constitute an appropriate level […]

Filed Under: news Tagged With: County of San Diego, crisis stabilization unit, LEED Gold, Mental health, Oceanside, Platt/Whitelaw Architects, Sandra Gramley, Yolanda Velazco

Increasing Water Independence for the City of Camarillo

March 21, 2022 By admin

Most people don’t think much about water supply beyond turning on their tap or garden hose and expecting water to come out. Behind-the-scenes, however, is far more complicated. Fortunately for many Southern Californians, we have people on staff who think about water supply a lot. Most recently, our firm principal Naveen Waney and associate Thomas […]

Filed Under: news Tagged With: Brown and Caldwell, Camarillo, Naveen Waney, North Pleasant Valley Groundwater Desalter Plant, Platt/Whitelaw Architects, Thomas Brothers, water supply

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

Aspects of Creativity in the Architectural Design Process

July 8, 2021 By admin

Architecture is unique for its blend of art and science. Architect Antonin Gaudí, for example, is world famous for his unconventional shapes, colors and textures. But, at the end of the day, his designs for the Sagrada Familia, Parc Güell and other noted structures had to be technically sophisticated enough to reach into the sky […]

Filed Under: news Tagged With: Architecture, Creative Spark, Creativity, design, Kristin Holbrook, Naveen Waney, Parc Guell, Platt/Whitelaw Architects, Sagrada Familia, Sandra Gramley, Yolanda Velazco

Hello, Sunshine! Platt/Whitelaw Architects Helps SDUSD Schools Go Solar

December 21, 2020 By admin

By Sandra Gramley, AIA, LEED ap BD+C At Platt/Whitelaw, we’re helping empower schools in more ways than one. While school design and modernization have long been part of our work product, some recent San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) directives have us literally powering schools. As of September 2020, 7,332 K-12 schools throughout the nation […]

Filed Under: news Tagged With: California, Climate mitigation and adaptation goals, Energy savings, K-12 schools, Platt/Whitelaw Architects, Sage Renewable Energy Consulting, San Diego Unified School District, Sandra Gramley, SDUSD, solar energy, Solar installations, Solar panels, Solar power

Rick Strickland Promoted to CFO of Platt/Whitelaw Architects, Inc.

December 10, 2020 By admin

Congratulations to Rick Strickland, who has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer of Platt/Whitelaw Architects. His duties include management of all financial and human resources activities. He previously served as our Chief Financial Manager. Rick joined Platt/Whitelaw over six years ago after working as Controller for another San Diego-based architecture firm for seven years. “We’re […]

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Unique Design Considerations for Temporary Homeless Shelters

October 9, 2020 By admin

By Sandra Gramley, AIA, LEED ap BD+C & Keiko Newton Our moderate climate and high cost of housing result in San Diego grappling with a large homelessness problem. A 2020 count found nearly 5,000 people experiencing homelessness in the City of San Diego. Platt/Whitelaw has been helping both the City of San Diego and the […]

Filed Under: news Tagged With: Alpha Project, Community, homeless shelter, Platt/Whitelaw Architects, project, San Diego, San Diego Housing Commission, Sandra Gramley, Veterans Village

Decarbonization Succeeds Net-Zero-Energy as Sustainability Goal

August 24, 2020 By admin

By Sandra Gramley, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP BD+C As little as a year ago, zero net energy dominated the discussion in sustainability circles. In architecture, that means designing or retrofitting buildings to produce at least as much energy as they consume. Since that goal was based on solar energy supplied by roof-mounted photovoltaic (PV) panels, […]

Filed Under: news Tagged With: Architecture, buildings, decarbonization, design, energy, net-zero-energy, Platt/Whitelaw Architects, PV panels, Sandra Gramley, solar energy, sustainability

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