Articles by Andrew Nelson


2000 North Shoreline Boulevard aerial view, rendering via BIG and Heatherwick Studios

Google’s East Charleston Offices Nearly Complete

Construction work is finishing up on Google’s Charleston East, a canopy-covered bespoke office building designed by two international architecture firms, Bjarke Ingels Group and Heatherwick Studios. The 111-foot tall project is located at 2000 North Shoreline Boulevard, by the Mountain View waterfront and across from the Shoreline Amphitheatre and the Googleplex. Google’s parent company, Alphabet, is the project owner.

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3403 Piedmont Avenue as seen from I-580, rendering by oWow

CEQA Analysis Positive for Housing at 3403 Piedmont Avenue, Oakland

Oakland-based developer and architecture firm oWOW has proposed building 73 new homes at 3403 Piedmont Avenue, less than ten minutes away from Downtown Oakland by AC Transit. Now, the Sawmill Residences have passed an important hurdle in the approval process. The environmental review by Lamphier-Gregory for the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, concluded that the project will not have a significant impact on the area.

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