SoMa’s New Focal Point
New Gensler-designed PRC center in San Francisco tackles community’s toughest issues
By Jack Stubbs
“The constant challenge is how to help people to understand and helping people to not tire...
PayPal Lives its Values with San Jose Headquarters Redesign
By Meghan Hall
When PayPal became an independent company in 2015, the global fintech firm had the opportunity to reinvent its identity, which was subsequently reflected in its numerous offices...
Keeping the Bay Area Architecture Conversation Going
Nine architecture firms provide insight on riding the economic cycle
By Kenneth Caldwell
With such a prolonged real estate boom, there has been concern about an inevitable downturn, and architects are...
Kaiser Family Foundation’s Design for the Policy Change
The new headquarters in San Francisco looks to expand regional and national presence
By Jack Stubbs
“With what we do at a national level, there’s almost no better microcosm than San...
Breaking the Co-Working Real Estate Model
The drivers behind San Francisco’s surging coworking sector are rooted in a need for change
By Meghan Hall
The rise of coworking within the city of San Francisco has been paramount,...
BIG Oakland: Coworking for AEC Firms
At BIG Oakland, small companies have the opportunity to make a large impact
By Meghan Hall
Coworking and flexible workspaces are often viewed as hubs for tech entrepreneurs and burgeoning creatives....
Stable on the Peninsula
While demand and leasing requirements on the Peninsula grow, so does its subleasing market
By Bekka Wiedenmeyer and Meghan Hall
The San Francisco Peninsula has seen no shortage in investor interest...
Okta’s Stacked Campus
By Vladimir Bosanac
When you look at the landscape of technology company campuses across the region, it quickly becomes apparent that the physical space of a neighborhood or a city...
Housing’s Missing Middle
By Meghan Hall
The term “Missing Middle” has rapidly gained notoriety in recent years, especially in markets such as the San Francisco Bay Area, where housing affordability has widely decreased...
San Jose’s VivaCalleSJ Pushes the Pedestrian Perspective
By Jack Stubbs
The city of San Jose — located in the center of the Santa Clara Valley and sitting on the southern shore of the San Francisco Bay —...