CITYSPACE^® 500 Kirkham

Federal Opportunity Zone
(Approved 8-21-19)
500 Kirkham Street
Oakland, CA 94607

The greatest asset that a city can have is something that's different from every other place.

- Jane Jacobs

CITYSPACE^® MicroPAD^®:
Essential Housing

Indifference towards people and the reality in which they live is actually the one and only cardinal sin in design.

- Dieter Rams

CITYSPACE^® 1321:
The Panoramic
(2015)

1321 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94103

The role of the architect, or designer, is that of a very good thoughtful host, all of whose energy goes into trying to anticipate the needs of his guests.

- Charles Eames

CITYSPACE^® 2539:
The Panoramic

(2019)
2539 Telegraph Ave
Berkeley, CA 94705

Berkeley needs a visual representation of its own modernity; Telegraph Avenue needs a bold expression of optimism.

-

CITYSPACE^® 2711:
Shattuck Studios
(2018)

2711 Shattuck Ave
Berkeley, CA 94705

The acceptance of certain realities doesn't preclude idealism. It can lead to certain breakthroughs.

- Rem Koolhaas

CITYSPACE^® 333:
City Gardens

(Under Construction)
333 12th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103

Good design is a great combination of common sense, unusual imagination, clarity of purpose, aesthetic insight and a deep reverence for the love of life.

- Millard Sheets

CITYSPACE^® 345:
Folsom Studios

(In entitlements)
345 12th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103

Design should not dominate things, should not dominate people. It should help people. That's its role.

- Dieter Rams

Fine Arts
(2004)

2110 Haste Street
Berkeley, CA 94704

1. "Good design is innovative."

- Dieter Rams
10 Principles of Good Design

The Berkeleyan
(1998)

1910 Oxford Street
Berkeley, CA 94704

2. "Good design makes a product useful."

- Dieter Rams
10 Principles of Good Design

GAIA
(2001)

2116 Allston Way
Berkeley, CA 94704

3. "Good design is aesthetic.”

- Dieter Rams
10 Principles of Good Design

Bachenheimer
(2004)

2119 University Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94704

4. "Good design makes a product understandable.”

- Dieter Rams
10 Principles of Good Design

Henry Court
(1990)

1509 Henry Street
Berkeley, CA 94709

5. "Good design is unobtrusive.”

- Dieter Rams
10 Principles of Good Design

Acton Courtyard
(2004)

1370 University Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94704

6. "Good design is honest."

- Dieter Rams
10 Principles of Good Design

ARTech
(2002)

2002 Addison Street
Berkeley, CA 94704

7. "Good design is long-lasting."

- Dieter Rams
10 Principles of Good Design

CITYSPACE^® 38:
Harriet
(2013)

38 Harriet Street
San Francisco, CA 94103

8. "Good design is thorough down to the last detail.”

- Dieter Rams
10 Principles of Good Design

Touriel
(2004)

2004 University Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94704

9. "Good design is environmentally friendly."

- Dieter Rams
10 Principles of Good Design

Shattuck Lofts
(1995)

1849 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94709

10. "Good design is as little design as possible."

- Dieter Rams
10 Principles of Good Design

2130 Center
(2009)

2130 Center Street
Berkeley, CA 94704

“More than any other human artifacts, buildings improve with time—if they're allowed to.”

- Stewart Brand

UC Storage
(2006)

2721 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94705

“That’s the whole meaning of life…isn’t it? Trying to find a place to put your stuff…”

- George Carlin