Winning Playbook: HNTB Architecture and STUDIOS Architecture team up to give a 1920s-era stadium at the University of California, Berkeley, a seismic retrofit and expansion that respects its history.
Of the many neoclassical buildings that architect John Galen Howard designed for the University of California, Berkeley, in the early twentieth century, California Memorial Stadium was perhaps the most breathtaking and the most imperiled: from its perch at the base of the Berkeley foothills, the concrete structure—part coliseum, part amphitheater dug into the hillside—offered 73,000 Golden Bears fans sweeping views of San Francisco Bay to the west, but on a site straddling the Hayward Fault.
Though it isn't quite all tumbleweed and Longhorns on the 20-minute drive from downtown Austin to the Circuit of the Americas (COTA)—the only facility in the United States specifically built to host the Formula 1 Grand Prix auto race—the barren landscape looks and feels like rural Texas.
Silicon Slope: In the heart of ski country, WRNS Studio and Rapt Studio create a campus for software titan Adobe to bolster a sense of community and place.
Home on the Range: In the foothills near Los Angeles, ZGF Architects creates a serene, environmentally sensitive new HQ for the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.
Laboratory buildings are often the graveyard of architects' good intentions, as stringent technical requirements leave little room for environmental and aesthetic concerns.
Social Network: A trio of young architects enlivens a housing block for seniors by cleverly manipulating its facades and creating a series of community spaces.
Mission Statement: A Lutheran congregation in a rapidly developing part of the city revamps its campus to include affordable housing and an inviting corner chapel.
Model Home: In response to a growing need, Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects and a Bay Area nonprofit developed a residential community for adults with autism.
Although large population trends, such as the skyrocketing number of seniors in the United States, grab a lot of attention, the nation is also on the cusp of a smaller demographic boom.