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Yolanda Velazco

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

Platt/Whitelaw Pays Tribute to National Hispanic Heritage Month

September 27, 2021 By admin

Platt/Whitelaw Architects has always embraced the beautiful diversity of our region’s population, and it’s consistently been reflected within our staff. Collectively, our team speaks five languages and represents heritage from countries around the world. In this spirit, we’re paying tribute to National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15) by highlighting Platt/Whitelaw staff members Yolanda Velazco, […]

Filed Under: news Tagged With: culture, hispanic heritage month, Mexico, NewSchool of Architecture & Design, Ricky Sanchez, Yolanda Velazco

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

Teaching Future Generations of Building Professionals

June 27, 2019 By admin

Our long history as a firm includes decades of volunteering our time to teach students and young adults about the building and design industry. For many years, our staff was involved with B.E.E.P. (Built Environment Education Project), where we worked with school children to design imaginary projects. Topics ranged from designing animal enclosures for a […]

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