| 01/13/12 |
 |
Portola Valley Town Center is recognized with an Award of Merit by the Canadian Wood Council's 2011 Wood Design & Building Awards. |
| 12/15/11 |
|
Siegel & Strain Architects is delighted to have been selected as Prime Architect for campus master planning and renovation for The Walden Center & School in Berkeley, California. |
| 11/29/11 |
|
"The Great Outdoors," an article written by Siegel & Strain principal Nancy Malone for Eco-Structure, explores camp settings where nature is an integral part of the experience. Featured projects that encourage stewardship, education and conservation include Yosemite Environmental Education Center, Camp Arroyo in Livermore, URJ Camp Newman in Santa Rosa, and an outdoor education center at Mono Lake near Yosemite National Park. |
| 11/10/11 |
|
The Yountville Town Center receives a Citation for Architecture Award for 2011 AIA East Bay Design Awards. See page 9 in ArchNews. |
| 10/10/11 |
|
Siegel & Strain Architects was selected as Prime Architect for the Campus Master Plan of Wilshire Boulevard Temple Camps in Santa Monica, California. |
| 10/07/11 |
|
Rebecca Pinkus reviewed one of the breakout sessions at the 2011 Greenbuild Conference & Expo in Toronto in an article for Durability and Design, "Measuring Up to Zero: Maximizing the Return on 'Re-Skinning' Projects." |
| 10/06/11 |
|
Principal Henry Siegel, FAIA, LEED AP and Project Designer Stet Stanborn, LEED AP, both of Siegel & Strain Architects, will be speaking at Greenbuild on October 6, 2011 in Toronto. The panel discussion is titled "Towards Low Carbon Buildings and Cities: Energy Benchmarking and High Performance Building Envelopes." Few techniques in building envelope design promise beautiful and effective approaches to greening our buildings and cities. This session (BL03) will look at advances in building energy benchmarking, innovative "re-skinning" projects, and cutting-edge tools for and approaches to building envelope design, and the part they play in the global fight against climate change. Other speakers on this panel include Peter Rumsey, Integral Group, and Dr. Ron Dembo, Zerofootprint. |
| 09/30/11 |
|
Siegel & Strain is currently working with The Presidio Trust to complete an integrated series of Historic Structures Reports for the barracks buildings at Fort Winfield Scott. |
| 09/08/11 09/09/11 |
|
Zero Net Energy Homes-Design Fundamentals: Principal Nancy Malone, AIA, LEED AP, will introduce and illustrate passive and climate-responsive design fundamentals essential to designing zero-net energy homes including heating, cooling, daylighting, form, mass, orientation and renewable energy generation. September 8: Energy Education Center, Tulare, CA; September 9: Energy Education Center, Irwindale, CA. |
| 08/31/11 |
|
Online magazine, dezeen, features "Yountville Community Centre by Siegel & Strain Architects." The beautifully designed community hall truss system is illustrated here in photos by David Wakely. Read more... |
| 08/26/11 |
|
Design blog, +Mood, highlights "Yountville Town Center/Siegel & Strain Architects" by David K. For decades, the residents of Yountville, California, a rural town in Napa County, relied on a small 1920s-era community hall and a hodgepodge of rented spaces to host community events.... Read more... |
| 08/15/11 |
|
Siegel & Strain was selected to design the Environmental Science Center at Bishop O'Dowd High School in Oakland. Read more... |
| 08/01/11 |
|
View LEED Platinum Portola Valley Town Center's online building dashboard which graphically shows current energy consumption and production. |
| 05/16/11 |
|
California Preservation Foundation 2011: Principal Larry Strain presented "Environmental Benefits of Reuse," moderated by Principal Burton Peek Edwards. |
| 05/02/11 |
|
"How Green Was My (Napa) Valley?", an exclusive featured article of web-based ED+C. The Yountville Town Center opened in November 2009... the town's new "front porch" brings together residents of all ages while blending an agrarian vernacular with time-honored sustainable practices. Read more... |
| 05/01/11 |
|
Yountville Town Center & Library was featured in Wood Design & Building Spring 2011 issue #54, page 30. "Wood weaves together new buildings with existing buildings to create a place that enriches communty life, combining sustainability with cultural and vernacular aesthetics." |
| 05/01/11 |
|
"The Clock is Ticking, the case for reducing embodied greenhouse gas emissions," by Larry Strain, an article examining the impact of embodied energy appeared in the May-June issue of Green Source magazine. |
| 04/29/11 |
|
Living Future 2011, Vancouver, BC: Principal Larry Strain presented a session on “Time Value of CO2e Savings: Why Embodied Carbon Matters." |
| 04/01/11 |
|
Yountville Town Center wins the 2010 AIA San Francisco Energy and Sustainability Citation Award. |
| 03/08/11 |
|
San Francisco AIA Committee on the Environment: Principal Larry Strain presented at a session on "Reducing Embodied Carbon in the Built Environment." |
| 03/03/11 |
|
Principal Nancy Malone taught a class on site analysis and passive design strategies at the Stockton Energy Center as part of the Zero Net Energy Homes class series. The course will be repeated in the fall in Southern California. |
| 03/01/11 |
|
California Woodworks announces the Yountville Town Center has been awarded the 2011 Green Building Wood Design Award. |
| 03/01/11 |
|
Join the East Bay Regional Park District in dedicating the Tidewater Boating Center at Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline on Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 1 pm. Following the dedication, there will be an open house of the facility hosted by the Park District and Oakland Strokes. |
| 01/08/11 |
|
AIACC's Energy Efficiency Integration Award Winners featured in arcCA (issue 10.4). Click to view details about the Award of Honor winner, Yountville Town Center & Library. |
| 01/01/11 |
|
Siegel & Strain Architects was selected to design a new Superior Court for California in Markleeville, CA. |
| 2009-present |
|
Principal Susi Marzuola is Co-Chair of Berkeley Unified School District Citizens' Bond Oversight Committee (overseeing $220M school facility bond). |
| 12/10/10 |
|
The David Brower Center is awarded a LEED Platinum Rating by the USGBC. Siegel & Strain Architects was materials and LEED consultant for the project. |
| 11/18/10 |
|
GreenBuild 2010, Chicago, Education Session BL12, 4pm: "Reducing Embodied Carbon in the Built Environment." Principal Larry Strain will present an in-depth, on the ground, case study of the embodied carbon for the Portola Valley Town Center (PVTC), a recently completed LEED Platinum project. The presentation will describe how embodied carbon was calculated, what's not being calculated, lessons learned, reductions achieved, how our understanding of embodied carbon evolved during the process, and the difficulties encountered.
|
| 10/01/10 |
|
Portola Valley Town Center wins the 2010 Green Good Design Award for Urban Planning/Landscape Architecture from The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design. |
| 09/24/10 |
|
University of California, Berkeley, Sustainability Colloquium: Principal Larry Strain presents "What Makes a Material Green." |
| 09/02/10 |
|
The Yountville Town Center, designed by Siegel & Strain Architects, a firm at which all five principals hold degrees from the CED, received an Award of Honor for the 2010 AIA California Council (AIACC) and Savings by Design Energy Efficiency Integration program. The facility was the only project to win the Award of Honor, the highest award in this year's program. |
| 08/10/10 |
|
Tahoe Fish Hatchery in Tahoe City, CA received the Preservation Design Award for Excellence in Preservation from the California Preservation Foundation. |
| 06/04/10 |
|
"Two Aspects of Energy in Buildings," presented by Henry Siegel and Larry Strain, at the Pacific Energy Center, 851 Howard Street, San Francisco, from 6:30-8:00 pm. For free simulcast information, visit www.pge.com/energyclasses. |
| 03/11/10 |
|
"Evolution of a Green Design Practice." Henry Siegel, FAIA, LEEP AP, and Larry Strain, FAIA, LEED AP, will trace the evolution of their design practice from the early 1990s to today, held at the Pacific Energy Center, 851 Howard Street, San Francisco, from 6:30-8:00 pm. For free simulcast information, visit www.pge.com/energyclasses. |
| 01/29/10 |
|
Principal Larry Strain, FAIA, LEED AP, was a panelist at Build Well 2010: Innovative Materials for a Greener Perspective - Practitioners Perspective, held January 27-30, 2010, Cavallo Point Lodge, in Sausalito, CA. |
| 11/17/09 |
|
The recently completed Portola Valley Town Center received a LEED Platinum rating this week from the USGBC. Efficient, climate responsive design coupled with a 76kW PV system are expected to reduce operating GHG emissions by at least 55%. High slag concrete, reclaimed wood and locally sourced materials reduced construction GHG emissions by more than 160 tons. The project was particularly noteworthy for its use of reclaimed wood, much of it from buildings deconstructed on site. 25% of all wood products in the project are from reclaimed sources. 95% of total demolition waste, and 99% of construction waste was diverted from landfill. |
| 11/01/09 |
|
Green Business Quarterly, November/December 2009. Siegel & Strain Architects' Portola Valley Town Center is featured in this issue's cover story: "Award-winning firm champions sustainability with unique ecologically based techniques." The article by Zipporah Porton appears on p. 32. Photos by César Rubio. |
| 11/01/09 |
|
Urban Land, September 2009. ULX: Bay Area Green by Ron Nyren, p. 84. Ten San Francisco's Bay Area projects by local architecture firms exemplify sustainable design strategies tuned to the region's climate. Award-winning Portola Valley Town Center by Siegel & Strain Architects and Goring & Straja Architects appears on p. 86 (p. 3 of the pdf). |
| 11/01/09 |
|
ED+C, November 2009. The 2009 Excellence in Design Award-Government Category is featured in this issue including finalist Portola Valley Town Center by Siegel & Strain Architects and Goring & Straja Architects (p. 30). |
| 10/30/09 |
|
USGBC honors the collaborative project team for the David Brower Center in Berkeley, CA, at a gala held at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. A Green Team Award was given for visionary guidance and undaunting leadership in the Green Building Movement. "The team’s work reflects the creativity, collaboration, and integrated processes that embody the essence of going 'beyond LEED'." Siegel & Strain Architects served as LEED Consultant. |
| 10/20/09 |
|
"Schoolhouse Rock Reaps Platinum Town Center," by Kevin Gardner, Inhabitat. |
| 09/26/09 |
|
Architecture & the City Festival: Portola Valley Town Center Tour. Meet the architects and learn about ways architecture can preserve open space, restore natural habitat, connect to the landscape, involve the community to create a sustainable and eco-friendly town center. Tour led by Larry Strain, FAIA, Jim Goring, AIA, and Susi Marzuola, AIA, project architects, and Ted Driscoll, former Mayor of Portola Valley. Sponsored by Green Design Furniture and AIA San Francisco. |
| 08/17/09 |
|
Portola Valley Town Center receives a 2009 Merit Award for Architecture by AIA California Council (AIACC). |
| 08/17/09 |
|
Orinda City Hall receives a 2009 Savings by Design Citation Award by AIA California Council (AIACC). |
| 08/17/09 |
|
Portola Valley Town Center receives a 2009 Savings by Design Honor Award by AIA California Council (AIACC). |
| 07/01/09 |
|
In "Casas Ecologicas," Wine Creek Road Residence was featured in the Mexican publication, Arquitectura Sustentable, July-September 2009 issue. |
| 07/01/09 |
|
"How Green is My Valley: When a community founded on environmental principles had to move its civic center from an unsafe site, a highly sustainable replacement evolved," a case study by Sarah Amelar, GreenSource, July 2009 issue. |
| 06/03/09 |
|
Environmental Design + Construction, Excellence in Design Awards, Government Category, Finalist: Portola Valley Town Center |
| 05/18/09 |
|
Orinda City Hall receives LEED Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. |
| 05/11/09 |
|
"Green Living in Wine Country: An architect's Sonoma home features walls made of straw," In Wine Country, edited version aired the week of May 11, 2009. (Search or scroll down to "Green Living in Wine Country.") |
| 05/05/09 |
|
Portola Valley Town Center receives Structural Engineers Association of Northern Californa (SEAONC) Excellence in Structural Engineering Award, Sustainable Design. |
| 05/01/09 |
|
Henry Siegel joined Bob Berkebile and Jim Binkley to present a session entitled "True Sustainability" at the AIA Convention in San Francisco. |
| 04/30/09 |
|
Henry Siegel & David Miller presented the AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE) Top Ten Green Projects Awards at the AIA Convention in San Francisco. |
| 04/16/09 |
|
"Town Center Gets Top Ten Treatment: AIA/COTE Awards Portola Valley Project for Green Credentials," World Architecture News, Portola Valley Town Center, Portola Valley, CA. |
| 04/15/09 |
|
Siegel & Strain receives National AIA Committee on the Environment Top Ten Green Projects Award for Portola Valley Town Center. |
| 04/13/09 |
|
AIA Selects 2009 Top Ten Green Projects, Environmental Design + Construction, Portola Valley Town Center, Portola Valley, CA. |
| 04/01/09 |
|
"Lead by Design," Contract magazine article by Amy Milshtein, photography by César Rubio, March 2009 issue, p52. |
| 03/10/09 |
|
Siegel & Strain receives AIA East Bay Design Award, Citation for Architecture for Portola Valley Town Center. |
| 03/05/09 |
|
Siegel & Strain receives AIA San Francisco Merit Award for Energy & Sustainability for Portola Valley Town Center. |
| 03/01/09 |
|
"Portola Valley Town Center," Architect magazine, Building Section article by Vernon Mays, photography by César Rubio, April 2009 issue, p57. |
| 01/23/09 |
|
The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) announces 2008 Best in Basin Award for Best Restoration of a Historic Structure: Tahoe Fish Hatchery, Tahoe City, UC Davis (Siegel & Strain, historic architect). |
| 01/20/09 |
|
Siegel & Strain receives WoodWorks’ Green Building Wood Design Award for Portola Valley Town Center, Portola Valley, CA. |
| 01/15/09 |
|
Siegel & Strain receives Sustainable San Mateo County Green Building Award, Commercial Category, for Portola Valley Town Center. |
| 01/13/09 |
|
"Small Town Public Buildings: They aren’t ho-hum anymore," by George Calys, photography by César Rubio, SF Examiner. |
| 11/01/08 |
|
"Emerald City Hall: Orinda takes cues from mother nature to lessen its footprint," by Jessica Boehland, photography by David Wakeley, GreenSource, November 2008 issue, p136. |
| 05/20/08 |
|
"Sustainable Flooring: Multiplicity," Environmental Design + Construction |
04/21/08 |
|
Siegel & Strain Receives Honor Award from AIA San Francisco |
11/01/07 |
|
"It's Not Easy Being Green," The Monthly |
09/05/07 |
|
"New City Hall is Golden," San Francisco Chronicle |
05/02/07 |
|
Henry Siegel Panelist at AIA National Convention |
05/01/07 |
|
Siegel & Strain Honored with Flex Your Power Award |
04/06/07 |
|
Henry Siegel is Interviewed for Current TV |
04/01/07 |
|
Siegel & Strain Becomes an Energy Star Partner |
02/10/07 |
|
Larry Strain Bestowed AIA Fellowship |
01/18/07 |
|
Henry Siegel Elected Vice Chair of the 2007 AIA/COTE Advisory Group |
01/01/07 |
|
Siegel & Strain Appoints Three New Principals: Burton Peek Edwards, Nancy Malone, and Susi Marzuola |
|
|
|
