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AIASJ 2009 Design Awards Decade in Review: Top 10 in Fresno Architecture Penstar Group purchases Bank of Italy Building archop park: Make A Difference Day Well Church responds to controversy over Neighborhood Thrift mural City of Fresno selects Moule & Polyzoides as Downtown Specific Plan consultant art & architecture installation
 
AIASJ 2009 Design Awards

AIASJ 2009 Design Awards

The American Institute of Architects has long set the bar for quality design in the United States. The organization awards buildings and architects that are contributers to a high quality built environment. Awards are given by the national, state and local chapters of the organization. The AIA San Joaquin has a bi-annual awards program. Projects [...]

Decade in Review: Top 10 in Fresno Architecture

Decade in Review: Top 10 in Fresno Architecture

Inspired by an article that John King wrote for the San Francisco Chronicle, we decided to do a Decade in Review article to identify the 10 best buildings representing Fresno architecture. Our parameters were that the buildings be in Fresno County with construction completed between 2000 and 2009. The reviewers were Joe Moore, president of [...]

Penstar Group purchases Bank of Italy Building

Penstar Group purchases Bank of Italy Building

In Fresno, CA there is only one building on the Fulton Mall that is also on the National Register of Historic Places. That is the Bank of Italy Building. A new owner of the building was announced today in a press conference hosted by the City of Fresno. The new owner is the Penstar Group, [...]

archop park: Make A Difference Day

archop park: Make A Difference Day

Saturday was a very active day in the Lowell Neighborhood. Hundreds of volunteers met up at Lowell Elementary School to kick of HandsOn Central California’s Make A Difference Day. This is an annual event that focuses local volunteers on one neighborhood with the hope of making a big difference. Mayor Ashley Swearengin was on hand [...]

Well Church responds to controversy over Neighborhood Thrift mural

Well Church responds to controversy over Neighborhood Thrift mural

Update 10/26/09 In a dramatic turn of events, the mural on the East wall of Neighborhood Thrift got spared from being painted over. In an outpouring of community support that involved emails, phone calls and a human wall in front of the mural the Neighborhood Thrift Board reconsidered it’s course of action. See The Fresno Beehive [...]

City of Fresno selects Moule & Polyzoides as Downtown Specific Plan consultant

City of Fresno selects Moule & Polyzoides as Downtown Specific Plan consultant

The City of Fresno’s Downtown and Revitalization Department has made an announcement on the consultant it selected to complete the Downtown and Neighborhood Specific Plans. The announcement came through a note from department director Craig Scharton on the Department Facebook page. See full announcement below. On Friday we announced that we have selected a team for [...]

art & architecture installation

art & architecture installation

Looking back in time to October of 2008 our 1st anniversary: On display was an installation designed by artist Ramiro Martinez in collaboration with architect and Fresno State professor Riitta Vepsalainen. This design was made reality through material donations of Patton Air Conditioning and the volunteer work of Fresno State interior design students and Fresno [...]

Developer pours millions into downtown landmark but refuses to pay architect

Developer pours millions into downtown landmark but refuses to pay architect

02 February 2010

On the front page of Saturday’s (1/29/10) Fresno Bee there ran another success story of downtown revitalization. However, after I read through the story, there were a few key details that were left out regarding the San Joaquin Light & Power Corporation Building aka International Trade Center. Both in the article and at the State [...]

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Still Fresno’s 1st & only Architecture & Built Environment Blog

Still Fresno’s 1st & only Architecture & Built Environment Blog

19 January 2010

A few week back I stumbled upon the first blog post I wrote on Fresno Famous. That was two years ago. I wrote a handful of posts on Famous before eventually branching out and creating this site. It’s awesome to see that I’ve implemented many of those ideas set back then. We’ve made great [...]

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AIASJ 2009 Architecture Design Awards

AIASJ 2009 Architecture Design Awards

18 January 2010

The American Institute of Architects, San Joaquin Chapter, invites you to attend the 2009 Architecture Design Awards Dinner and Presentation. This event will showcase architectural projects by local firms that demonstrate a combination of those qualities of talent, vision, and which have produced a significant contribution to the built environment. This event is open to [...]

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1968 Airstream Ambassador Remodel Video

14 January 2010

The video below was produced by friends of the owner, Vicente Aello and design/builder, Josh Ganshorn, of the remodeled 1968 Airstream Ambassador that was on display during the January, 2010 Art Hop. Check it out, it’s pretty retro & groovy.

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Fresno’s Planning and Development Department Receives State Historic Preservation Award

Fresno’s Planning and Development Department Receives State Historic Preservation Award

13 January 2010

Fresno, CA – The City of Fresno’s Planning and Development Department has been awarded a 2009 Governor’s Historic Preservation Award for its 2008 publication, Architecture, Ethnicity and Historic Landscapes of California’s San Joaquin Valley. Fresno is one of 12 statewide projects that will be honored at a ceremony and reception at the Leland Stanford Mansion [...]

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Tweeting toward government transparency

Tweeting toward government transparency

13 January 2010

Tuesday 01/12/2010 I was interviewed by CBS 47 for a news segment regarding the City of Fresno’s use of twitter. Below is the embedded video. I’d like to know what you’re thoughts are on @CityofFresno tweets. Is this platform a good way to increase government transparency? How does Fresno stack up to other jurisdictions that [...]

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