Construction has topped out for the new La Scuola International School building at 3270 18th Street in the Mission District, San Francisco. The project will add a third structure to the Italian-immersion school’s Mission Campus. Build Group is the construction contractor responsible for the construction.
A meeting has been scheduled before the San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission to discuss proposed renovations for the San Francisco Art Institute’s Brown and Clay buildings. The two buildings in question are located at 800 Chestnut Street in the Russian Hill neighborhood. Jensen Architects are the project designers.
The Berkeley Design Review Committee is scheduled to review plans for a second building within the Innovation Zone in Downtown Berkeley, Alameda County. The project would create eight floors of laboratories, conference rooms, and classrooms to be occupied by a future institution and graduate students. The existing property is owned by UC Berkeley.
On April 21st, The University of California at Berkeley celebrated the grand opening of the cutting-edge and newly re-envisioned Grimes Engineering Center. The formal Bechtal engineering building served as a foundation for the expanded project, a 35,500 two-story glass pavilion with a three-level open forum at its center. Skidmore Owning and Merill are responsible for the design, with PGA Design responsible for landscaping.
Plans have been filed for a three-story athletics facility at 2835 Geary Boulevard between Laurel Heights and Lone Mountain in San Francisco. The project will replace the existing commercial structure with a variety of amenities for students of the Convent & Stuart Hall, a private Catholic school. As revealed late last year, the proposal does require the demolition of the nearly sixty-year-old pool hall, Family Billiards.
