Blog - Feldman Architecture

Fitty Wun on Decoist!

“Fitty Wun: Breezy and Playful Multi-Level Family Home in San Francisco”
Decoist
February 1, 2016

Spring Ranch on e-architect

Spring Ranch
e-architect
January 29, 2016

Mill Valley Cabins on Impressive Interior Design

Mill Valley Cabins
“Advantages of Having a Green Roof”

10 Stunning Homes features Fitty Wun!

Fitty Wun
10 Stunning Homes
January 24, 2016

Butterfly House on the Contemporist!

Butterfly House
The Contemporist
January 24, 2016

Winter 2016 Newsletter

Season’s greetings from Feldman Architecture, where we celebrated the successes of 2015 and rang in the New Year with excitement for all of the opportunities on the horizon.

We are thrilled to announce that this year’s office holiday party brought even more cheer than usual with the appointment of Bianca Mills and Lindsey Theobald as associates of the firm (see below). Bianca joined Feldman Architecture in 2014 as the firm’s Office Director and has been keeping us in line and on track ever since. Lindsey, who is both a talented architect and an expert interior designer, has brought extensive experience-based knowledge and fresh creativity to her projects at Feldman Architecture since joining the firm in 2006. Both are integral members of the FA team, and we are excited for them to take on their new and well-deserved roles.

Lindsey Theobald

Bianca Mills

In recent news, Noe Valley II (pictured below) has received a LEED Platinum rating, making it the fifth LEED Platinum project for the firm, with two more on the way! Congratulations to the project’s clients and design team on their dedication to environmental responsibility.

The firm as a whole was named to Luxe Magazine’s 2016 Gold List, a catalog of select architects, designers, and builders whose work was featured in the magazine this past year, and was also awarded the Best of Houzz 2016 Award, which recognizes the most popular designers among Houzz’s more than 25 million monthly users. Builder Magazine published a closer look at the kitchen of the Remodeling Design Awards winning Creekside Residence. As Mill Valley Cabins made its South American debut in Argentina’s Estilo Proprio,and Fitty Wun earned its first Swedish feature, we were delighted to see our designs make their ways to far-flung parts of our world. Our favorite title of the season’s press came from Curbed SF’s Fitty Wun feature: Why Did No One Tell Us You’re Allowed to Put a Rope Swing in Your Kitchen?

In November we hosted a few friends and colleagues in our office to kick off the beginning of the holiday season. Fueled with fish tacos and IPA on tap, we took advantage of the opportunity to unwind with people we enjoy working with year round and were pleasantly surprised to find that our materials library makes a great bar. We continued the holiday spirit on a cool Monday night in December with a staff trip to the Embarcadero Skating rink.

The FA website has been revamped for the new year with more projects in our On the Boards section, new staff portraits, and updated staff bios. Jonathan dusted off his undergraduate English degree to compose a new mission statement and, at long last, feels ready to put the well-worn thesaurus back on the shelf and the statement up on the site. Keep an eye out for stunning images from two recent photoshoots of completed projects in Palo Alto (sneak peek below). If you’ve already perused our projects and profiles, be sure to get more FA updates on our Facebook page or from our new Instagram account (@feldmanarchitecture). 2015 was a great year for Feldman Architecture, and we’re hoping 2016 will be even better!

Third Thursday January 2016: SurfaceDesign

Roderick Wyllie and James Lord, Principals at Surfacedesign Inc., revealed during January’s Third Thursday Presentation why their landscape designs are successful time and time again: they rest on the coupling of moments of inspiration and years of experience.

Surfacedesign’s impressive portfolio ranges from parks, airports, visitor centers, and waterfronts to private residences, hotels, and museums, and FA staff members were excited to pick out a few notable spots they recognized from biking and walking around the city: Fort Point Overlook, Lands End Visitor Center, and even one of our own projects.

At the close of their presentation, Roderick and James told the story of a project in Hawaii that used the symbols and traditional narratives of the island’s indigenous people in the landscape design. Much to their relief, the community leaders who met with SurfaceDesign after the project’s completion embraced the design, appreciative of the designer’s sensitivity to local culture and the value it placed on honoring the earth. It was made clear through the narrative that this was, perhaps, the most important approval of all.