The design awards are from the National Park Service, the California Preservation Foundation and the California Council of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), for the following projects:
The Walt Disney Family Museum, a 77,000 square feet former barracks at the Presidio in San Francisco, received the Preservation Design Award from the California Preservation Foundation. With architects Page + Turnbull and Plant Construction, WSP Flack + Kurtz helped to rehabilitate three historic buildings and convert a former storage facility into a central plant. Among the firm’s key contributions were the design and implementation of air-conditioning, humidification, and dehumidification systems.
The University of California Berkeley’s C.V. Starr East Asian Library, a 68,000 square feet building, received an Honor Award for Architecture from the California Council of the AIA. Working with architectural firms Tom Eliot Fisch and Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, WSP Flack + Kurtz provided mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection, and telecommunications systems design services on the project.
Apple’s flagship store, located in Boston, also received an Honor Award for Architecture from the California Council of AIA. The San Francisco office of WSP Flack + Kurtz worked on the 21,357-square-foot, three-storey retail location in the heart of Boston’s Back Bay District with architectural firm Bohlin Cywinski Jackson. The store features all new mechanical and electrical systems, and the project encompassed substantial energy analysis and design, along with the creation of a green roof equipped with a rainwater recollection system.
Cavallo Point Lodge at Fort Baker, near Sausalito, CA, received one of the National Park Service’s inaugural ‘Designing the Parks’ awards. The 226,000 square feet project, which resulted in a LEED Gold rating from the USGBC in 2008, encompassed the rehabilitation of 23 government buildings for lodging and meeting rooms and the construction of an additional 13 smaller lodging structures, all according to sustainable ‘green building’ principles. WSP Flack + Kurtz also provided services for the Healing Arts Center, which is Cavallo Point’s spa. Project partners included Architectural Resource Group, Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects, and landscape architectural firm Office of Cheryl Barton.
The San Francisco office also received official recognition as a San Francisco Green business in 2011, as a result of a program run by SF Environment, the San Francisco Department of Public Health and the San Francisco Utilities Commission. To qualify, the office had to demonstrate adherence to stringent environmental standards to reduce waste, prevent pollution and preserve resources. The recognition remains in effect until 2013.
