VMWP worked with the City of San José to combine three separate documents for residential, commercial, and industrial design standards and guidelines into one user-friendly interactive resource. The document will shape San José's development for the next 30 years, including commercial, industrial, and residential building […]
Source: The Mercury News
New funding gap found in Fremont affordable housing project
Homelessness has increased in Fremont by 68% since 2019 By MARTHA BRENNAN | mbrennan@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group PUBLISHED: November 23, 2022 at 5:49 p.m. | UPDATED: November 28, 2022 at 4:50 a.m. FREMONT – The city of Fremont has opened up its […]
Creating Citywide Development Standards
Because the San José Citywide Standards and Guidelines creates standards for residential, commercial, and industrial uses for the entire city, Van Meter Williams Pollack had to test all proposed standards for each of use using building prototypes. With the help of the team, […]
Source: San Francisco Business Times By Laura Waxmann – Staff Reporter, San Francisco Business Times A yearslong effort to transform a 17.6-acre, publicly owned swath of land adjacent to City College of San Francisco into 1,100 new homes has faced many twists and turns, and more than two years after […]
Providing high-quality design services to community organizations in need is an important contribution that we can make as mission-oriented architects in San Francisco. However, design of even the smallest of spaces can have their challenges because of how impactful these places will be for those […]
HOPE SF: Rebuild Potrero has won the American Society of Landscape Architects 2022 Award of Excellence in Urban Design Category
The HOPE SF: Rebuild Potrero team has been honored by the American Society of Landscape Architects and awarded the 2022 Award of Excellence for Urban Design! We are […]
Source: The Independent; Author: David Jen PLEASANTON — Over 150 residents participated in the first Stoneridge Framework community meeting last week, where the public’s thoughts around a possible Stoneridge Mall housing project began to organize under some larger themes, such as safety, traffic, and competition with […]
Archinect recently featured Van Meter Williams Pollack’s job listing in Archinect's weekly job round-up highlighting employment opportunities in Colorado. Full post: Archinect's weekly job round-up Van Meter Williams Pollack is an award-winning multi-disciplinary architecture and urban design firm with offices in San Francisco, Denver, and Minneapolis. We are […]
Mountain View's Luna Vista Apartments are the Business Journal's Structures Awards winner for affordable rate residential project. Source: SVBJ
By Danny King – Contributor
Sep 27, 2022 Updated Sep 27, 2022, 8:55am PDT Editor’s note: Each year, the Silicon Valley Business Journal presents its Structures Awards, which honor the […]
Source: Mountain View Voice ; Author: Malea Martin
The $13.5 million loan will come from the city's Housing Impact fund A rendering of the proposed Terra Bella Apartments. Rendering courtesy city of Mountain View. A proposed affordable housing project on Terra Bella Avenue in Mountain View now has […]
Project Feature: Celebrating San José Citywide Design Standards and Guidelines
Bell Street Gardens’ new funding gap
Project Feature: San José Citywide Standards and Guidelines is a “Model for the State”
Design revealed for dozens of townhomes at Balboa Reservoir
Staff Feature: Stephen Ellis – Pro Bono Work
HOPE SF: Rebuild Potrero wins ASLA 2022 Award of Excellence in Urban Design Category
Stoneridge Mall Conversion Takes First Public Steps
VMWP is featured in Archinect’s weekly hiring round-up
Luna Vista has received the Structures Award for affordable housing
City approves funding for Terra Bella Avenue affordable housing project