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 […]
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Decarbonization Succeeds Net-Zero-Energy as Sustainability Goal
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, […]
Integrating Art into Public Spaces to Engage, Enhance and Inspire
By Naveen Waney and Sandra Gramley, Principals at Platt/Whitelaw Architects A percentage of estimated construction costs for new buildings are required by many public agencies to be set aside to integrate public art. This can be at the federal level, like the General Services Administration, or the local level, like the City of San Diego […]
Pandemic Brings Changes to Everything from Offices to Apartments
San Diego Business Journal, June 22, 2020, By Ray Huard: Sandra Gramley, co-principal of Platt/Whitelaw Architects in North Park, said now “is a time to reflect because we don’t have the answers.” “As we go forward, I think mostly about flexibility,” Gramley said. https://www.sdbj.com/news/2020/jun/22/pandemic-brings-changes-everything-offices-apartme/
Congratulations to our own Sandra Gramley!
Sandra Gramley, AIA, NCARB, LEEDap BD+C, was recently named as one of Seven Women chosen as San Diego Business Journal’s Top Women in Construction and Design. Ms. Gramley co-owns one of San Diego’s oldest architecture firms, Platt/Whitelaw Architects (PWA), and as one of the firm’s lead project architects, she plays an important part in developing […]
Meet the New AIA San Diego President
AIA San Diego’s new president is none other than the co-principal of our firm Sandra Gramley, AIA, NCARB, LEEDap BD+C. We’re proud of Sandy for stepping into this leadership role and for her inspiring leadership platform of increasing diversity and inclusion within the architectural profession and drawing more young people into architecture. Sandy continues to […]
Platt/Whitelaw Principal’s Work Featured at Krannert Art Museum
University of Illinois’ School of Architecture recently held a symposium to bring further visibility to challenges women in architecture often experience. As part of that event, they featured the work of the school’s alumnae at its Krannert Art Museum, including work by our own award-winning architect and firm principal Sandra Gramley! At the Illinois Architecture […]
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 […]