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AIASF BAYA Firm Tour: Van Meter Williams Pollack

Daniel Arzaga, Preeti Srinivasan, Lilly Wellington, Camille Lo, Diepriye Olali, Jamilla Afandi, Karen Murray, Sara Mae Parker, Elaine Uang, Stephen Ellis, and Will Searcy from BAYA had a blast presenting VMWP to AIA SF last night. It was such a pleasure to share and chat […]

Join us for AIASF BAYA firm tour!

Join us for Bay Area Young Architects Firm Tour: Van Meter Williams Pollack on January 20th. AIASF BAYA connects designers, students and newly licensed architects for networking, volunteer opportunities and social events. With over 800 members, BAYA is the most active AIA committee for young […]

Funding for 231 grant approved by Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors

Santa Clara County approves $21 million loan to cover increased construction costs of teacher housing project in Palo Alto Source: Mercury News By GABRIEL GRESCHLER | ggreschler@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group PUBLISHED: January 11, 2022 at 5:04 p.m. | UPDATED: January 12, 2022 at 4:25 a.m. In approving […]

Moving on up: 2022 VMWP promotions

Please join us in congratulating our promoted colleagues at Van Meter Williams Pollack. Due to their leadership and dedication to VMWP’s mission, we have steadily grown during this challenging year. We are grateful for each of these accomplished co-workers for their resiliency, passion, and expertise. […]

Celebrating Tim Van Meter’s retirement

What a night! We had a wonderful evening celebrating Tim Van Meter's career with friends, family, and colleagues in Downtown Denver. Stories, memories, and laughs were shared among the crowd, recollecting the depth of Tim's work and the resounding impact it has had on our […]

Project Feature: New APA case study – Luna Vista at 950 El Camino Real

Source: APA Engineering Solutions for a More Inclusive Community A California nonprofit creatively incorporates engineered wood into a new, affordable housing complex to keep costs low, tackle a public predicament and give rise to a stronger, more inclusive community. A housing crunch was mounting in the City of […]

Big news: Tim Van Meter is retiring

We have big news. Tim Van Meter, a founder of Van Meter Williams Pollack, is beginning a new adventure which some might call retirement but Tim calls an "Activation". Tim will begin his “Activation” with several passion projects that will become his primary focus in […]

VMWP Denver’s current affordable housing work

VMWP plans, designs and builds a wide variety of affordable housing from high-density urban communities to small-lot single-family housing. Our work has received numerous design awards in national and local design competitions. As cost and quality of life are primary concerns in our housing, we […]

Staff Feature: Elitsa Shepherd and Elaine Uang present “Residential Units Trilogy”

At its core VMWP believes in the “learn one, learn all” philosophy. Our very own Elitsa Shepherd and Elaine Uang led a three-part lunch and learn called the “Residential Units Trilogy” that covered just about everything we needed to know about designing residential units. The […]

Project Homekey converts underutilized office space into housing for people experiencing homelessness

Source: Marin Independent Journal In July 2020, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he was making available $600 million to fund to purchase and conversion of hotels, apartment buildings and other structures for use as permanent housing for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness. The initiative was a […]

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