26 January 2012
Architect, Robert Nicol FAIA pledges major gift to advance Deaf Studies What: Fresno State to announce the receipt of the largest gift in the history of the College of Health and Human Services. Robert Duncan Nicol’s gift will support “The Silent Garden,” a project within the Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Studies to cultivate communication [...]
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04 October 2011
Join the AIA San Joaquin for a lecture by Ed Dean regarding zero net energy design. A highlight of the lecture will be the case study of the new West Berkeley Library, including an analysis of how the design would change for the Fresno climate. This is a must see lecture for those interested in [...]
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22 July 2011
If you have transvered the intersection of Tuolomne and Broadway, you have no doubt noticed the progress on the construction on the Mayflower building. We’ve written before about the interesting design from Pasadena based developers Jake & Romi. I got a sneak peak tour today with Jake (@JakeKojikian). Below are a sampling of photos. This where [...]
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25 March 2011
Below is an email being circulated from Craig Scharton. Until today he was the Director of the Downtown and Community Revitalization Department. His new position will be Assistant Director of the larger Development and Resource Management Department. That department included the Building and Safety Division, Code Enforcement, Housing Division and Planning Division. The department director is John [...]
25 February 2011
The scene was tense in the Fresno City Council chambers Thursday 2/10/11. Council members Andreas Borgeas and Larry Westerlund exchanged flowery yet stabbing words, eye rolled and scoffed at each-other’s comments and argued over procedure. The root of this is a report (download PDF) issued on Friday February 4th by the City Council Finance and [...]
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29 December 2010
At the start of this year and double ought teens decade, with the help of Joe Moore, and Shaunt Yemenjian,we put together an op-ed list. Decade in Review: Top 10 in Fresno Architecture. Now at the end of the year, at the “end” of the Great Recession, it is time for a new list. Last time we [...]
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