State-of-the-art Herz Rec Center Opens with Community Celebration
The new Herz Recreation Center has officially opened its doors, marking the first Recreation Center built from the ground up in San Francisco in more than 25 years. The new facility delivers a modern, multifunctional recreation hub to the area, welcoming residents from the Sunnydale and Visitacion Valley neighborhoods.
The project also includes significant improvements to connect the surrounding neighborhood. New and upgraded pathways link Herz Playground with the Sunnydale Resource Center and the nearby areas of Visitacion Valley and Sunnydale. Additional amenities include an outdoor fitness terrace, a nature exploration and picnic area, and thoughtfully designed landscaping. Landscape improvements include meadow grassland, native hillside plantings, a lawn near the ballfields, and stormwater filtration in low-lying areas.
“The opening of the Herz Recreation Center expands access to safe, welcoming public space for Sunnydale and Visitacion Valley and the families who call these neighborhoods home,” said Mayor Daniel Lurie. “This new recreation center will give San Franciscans a place to play, learn, and build community and it reflects our work to support public spaces in every neighborhood in our city.”
Sen. Adam Schiff uses S.F. affordable project to launch housing act, despite long odds in Congress
Reimagining Walker Hall
Berkeley developer secures $98.6M in financing for 99-unit affordable housing project in San Jose
King Insitute embraces new home on Main Quad
Stanford’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute has a new address. The institute made the move from Cypress Hall to Building 370 in early 2025 after more than a year of planning and seven months of construction. The Main Quad location reflects the institute’s importance as a resource for the university community and as a destination for campus visitors. The connection to MLK is apparent throughout the building. The civil rights leader’s image and words grace the walls, and many design details—down to the light fixtures, color of the carpet, and floor patterns—have significance to his life.
Then & Now: With Open Arms
Then and Now: Ten years after Sweetwater Spectrum Community’s AIA Top Ten Green Buildings COTE Award.
Student housing at People’s Park to be named after Judith Heumann, disability rights leader
Arcat Detailed Podcast Episode 138: Seismic Retrofit | Walker Hall Graduate Student Center
In this episode, Cherise is joined by Ryan Jang, AIA, Principal at Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects in San Francisco, California. They discuss the Walker Hall Graduate Student Center at the University of California, Davis .
Walker Hall at UC Davis is a striking example of adaptive reuse, transforming a vacant 1927 agricultural engineering building into a vibrant center for graduate and professional students. Once seismically unsafe and underused, the 34,000 square foot structure now anchors the campus core as a hub for learning, collaboration, and community.
UCD Walker Hall: Selected as UCOP Low Carbon Case Study
Low embodied carbon construction and facilities are a key component of the President’s Leading on Climate priority to establish UC as the industry leader in building decarbonization. Six project case studies across various UC campuses and project types have been developed that exhibit low-carbon best practices.
Walker Hall is a Graduate Center on the UC Davis campus that utilized adaptive reuse strategies to extend the life of the historic 95-year old Walker Hall building (built in 1928) for another 100 years.A full seismic upgrade was done due to CEQUA requirements and 75% of the existing structure was able to be retained. Through reuse and use of low-carbon materials such as FSC-certified timber and low-carbon concrete, the project achieved an impressive overall 57% reduction in embodied carbon and 86% C&D waste diversion.
Introducing Creekside Center, a new home for UC Berkeley’s Disabled Students’ Program
“Dwinelle Annex was rehabbed to create a long-awaited “one-stop shop” for DSP, which serves about 5,500 students on campus. At long last, UC Berkeley’s Disabled Students’ Program (DSP) has a home: Creekside Center, an office and meeting space created especially for the DSP community. Formerly Dwinelle Annex, it’s the result of a thoughtful rehabilitation of a two-story wood frame structure designed by campus architect John Galen Howard and built in 1920. Additional sections were added in the 1940s and ’50s.”
California Preservation Foundation Design Award: Rehabilitation
Walker Hall Graduate Student Center is a winner for the 2025 Preservation Design Award for Rehabilitation. Award recipients are selected by a jury of top professionals in the fields of architecture, engineering, planning, and history, as well as renowned architecture critics and journalists.
We are a Just Labeled Office
LMSA is happy to announce that we’re officially a Just 2.0 organization! The Just Label, run by the International Living Future Institute, functions similarly to a nutrition label that scores organizations on socially just and equitable operations and policies. As a voluntary disclosure tool, it’s a transparency platform for organizations to disclose specific information about their operations, from employee demographics and benefits to financial and community investments. It requires reporting on a range of operational indicators that outline accountability metrics for each organization to be recognized at four levels of performance.
Metropolis Planet Positive Awards, K-12 Education: Nueva School Science & Environmental Center
METROPOLIS’s Planet Positive Award winners represent excellence in sustainable, healthy, just design at every scale in the built environment. The Nueva School Science and Environmental Center is the Education | K-12 winner.
Metropolis Planet Positive Awards, Higher Education: Walker Hall
Walker Hall wins the Higher Education category for the Metropolis Planet Positive Awards.
New Ranking Lists the Bay Area’s ‘Best’ Private High Schools
LMSA is actively working on major capital projects at two of the top ten independent high schools in the Bay Area according to the Chronicle, and two of the top 100 schools in the country according to Niche.
Interview with Gregg Novicoff and Gwen Fuertes of LMSA
A Q&A with Gregg Novicoff, Principal and Gwen Fuertes, Senior Associate
The Need for Sustainable School Architecture is More Important Than Ever
Bill Leddy discusses the importance of sustainable school architecture, as seen at the Nueva School Science and Environmental Center in Hillsborough, California.
Chicago Athenaeum Green Good Design Award: Green Architecture 2024
The Chicago Athenaeum Green Good Design Awards aim to bestow international recognition to outstanding companies and projects that have forwarded exceptional thinking and inspired greater progress toward a healthier and more sustainable universe.
Chicago Athenaeum Green Good Design Award: Green Architecture 2024
The Chicago Athenaeum Green Good Design Awards aim to bestow international recognition to outstanding companies and projects that have forwarded exceptional thinking and inspired greater progress toward a healthier and more sustainable universe.
AIA National Housing Award, 2024
Berkeley Way Apartments & the Hope Center wins the AIA National Housing Award for Excellence in Affordable Housing
AIA CAE Education Facility Design Award, 2024
Walker Hall Graduate Student Center wins an Education Facility Design Award from the AIA National Committee for Architecture on Education
Marsha Maytum, S.F. architect who used design to nurture humanity, dies at 69
Marsha Maytum, a low-key local architect whose work spoke volumes about how design can nurture a more humane society, died on Feb. 10, in San Francisco, of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. She was 69.
Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects announces the passing of Marsha Ann Maytum, FAIA, Founding Principal and environmental and social justice design advocate
LEDDY MAYTUM STACY Architects sadly announces that architect Marsha Maytum, FAIA, died on February 10, 2024 after a three-year odyssey with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
February 12, 2023 / San Francisco, California
LMSA Recertified as SF Green Business
LMSA is a national leader in the design of buildings that respect the natural world and model resource-efficient, reduced-carbon architecture. Through careful site selection, application of appropriate materials, building technologies and renewable energy resources, we provide our clients with healthy and inspiring spaces that significantly reduce operating costs, promote eco-literacy and foster environmental stewardship on a daily basis. We incorporate sustainability into our core business operations through internal and external efforts, including use of renewable energy, LEED Platinum office design, purchasing of environmentally preferable products and promotion of sustainable building practices with our clients.
Hope and Homes: Berkeley Pioneers an Urban Housing Vision with the Hope Center & Berkeley Way Apartments
Hope and Homes: Berkeley Pioneers an Urban Housing Vision with the Hope Center & Berkeley Way Apartments
BRIDGE Housing’s 178-Unit Broadway Cove Provides Housing for Low-Income Families, Seniors in San Francisco
BRIDGE Housing’s 178-Unit Broadway Cove Provides Housing for Low-Income Families, Seniors in San Francisco
140-Unit HomeRise at Mission Bay Brings A Pioneering Approach to Sustainable and Supportive Community Living in San Francisco
140-Unit HomeRise at Mission Bay Brings A Pioneering Approach to Sustainable and Supportive Community Living in San Francisco
Resilient Building Examples in 2024
Resilient building examples like these show new ways to withstand extreme weather conditions and reduce the use of limited natural resources. Designed by Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects (LMSA), the Casa Adelante housing project on 2828 16th in San Francisco’s Mission District—an area populated largely by families of Latin American descent—is an excellent example of how affordable and sustainable housing can foster cultural, social, and environmental resilience.
Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects reveals design for UC Berkeley Dwinelle Annex renovation for the Disabled Students’ Program
The Dwinelle Annex Renovation for the Disabled Students’ Program will transform a beloved, modest building located in the University of California Berkeley campus’s classical core. The revitalized building will upgrade seismic and life safety performance, and will become a welcoming, inclusive, and accessible new Center for the University’s Disabled Students’ Program (DSP).
Architect’s Newspaper Best of Design 2023
Nueva School Science and Environmental Center: Editor’s Pick in the Education - Kindergarten, Primary & High School
Casa Adelante Provides a Haven in San Francisco’s Mission District
A new housing complex anchors tradition in a changing neighborhood. In recent decades, an area of the city that was once an affordable haven has been beset by gentrification, pushing many long-term residents out. In response, a handful of community-focused nonprofit developers are prioritizing affordable housing to preserve the cultural identity of the neighborhood.One such project is Casa Adelante 2828 16th Street, located on a main thoroughfare that runs through the district to downtown. Designed by San Francisco-based Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects to create connection between residents and the community at large, the affordable housing complex is a joint venture between the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corp. and the Mission Economic Development Agency.
Leddy Maytum Stacy revamps century-old university building in California
The Walker Hall project involved transforming a "vacant, seismically unsafe building" on the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) campus in northern California, just west of Sacramento.
Radical Rethinking of the Role of the Architect with Bill Leddy
Rion Willard interviews Bill Leddy for the Business of Architecture Podcast, available on YouTube. Rion and Bill discuss the role of business in architecture, relevance and resilience, and how to prepare for an uncertain future.
Walker Hall Renewal and Seismic Corrections
The University of California, Davis, transformed a vacant 1920s-era agricultural engineering building in need of seismic repair into a much-needed hub for graduate and post-graduate students—reinforced to be resilient and sustainable enough to be awarded LEED Platinum.
AIA CA Residential Design Awards: Design For Resources, 2023
Recognized by the jury for design that excelled specifically in one of the ten principles as outlined in the AIA Framework for Design Excellence: "This an affordable housing project that feels elegant. | A great program mix and very high performance."
AIA East Bay Design Award, Honor Award for Large Scale Projects, 2023
Berkeley Way received the Honor Award for Large Scale Projects, over 25,000 SF.
Homeless to Housed: The ULI Perspective Based on Actual Case Studies
Berkeley Way is represented as a case study, as part of the Terwilliger center’s “Homeless to Housed” report: “This report explores the role the real estate community can play in addressing the issue of homelessness. It includes a summary of lessons learned, a blueprint for how to replicate best practices in U.S. communities, and a series of case studies that demonstrate how the development community can be an active partner in addressing the critical shortage of housing in the United States.”
Terwilliger Center Award for Innovation in Attainable Housing, 2023
The Terwilliger Center Award for Innovation in Attainable Housing was created in 2022 so the ULI Terwilliger Center for Housing could recognize innovative yet replicable mixed-income and affordable developments that are expanding housing opportunities in their communities. Berkeley Way represents the single largest infusion of affordable and supportive housing in Berkeley’s history and is already serving as a replicable model in the region.
UC Berkeley’s Disabled Students’ Program will get new home, renovations underway
The Dwinelle Annex will undergo interior and exterior architectural updates to make it accessible for DSP’s diverse community of students. The project will rehabilitate the two-story structure within the existing building footprint and address seismic, safety and accessibility issues. The renovated building will provide new spaces for the DSP community that include a spacious, low-sensory computer lab for students on the autism spectrum. Rooms will also be soundproofed, and adaptable thermostat controls will be installed throughout the building for students sensitive to noise or certain room temperatures.
AIA Central Valley Honor Award
This design harvests the embodied carbon and culture of Walker Hall, an agricultural engineering building constructed in 1927 at the core of the University of California Davis campus.
AIA Central Valley COTE Award
Deploying economical, sustainable strategies, the project delivers high-performance within a limited budget. Managing both cost and embodied carbon, the existing south wings were reduced by 6,000 SF to create a new campus promenade. The original building envelope and systems were upgraded to drive down operational carbon emissions. While the university's project goal was LEED Gold certification and 20% better than California's Title 24 Building Energy Efficiency Standards, the project achieved LEED platinum and exceeds Title 24 by 50% at no additional cost. Using dedicated renewable energy from a campus solar farm, actual energy use is 67% below baseline.
AIA Central Valley Divine Detail Award
The design team worked carefully to retain as much of the existing concrete walls and columns, steel trusses, and wood roof structure as possible, celebrating the agricultural engineering legacy of the building and the university. High-performance modern facades were inserted within the original shells of the shop wings, expressing new academic uses to a revitalized campus promenade. Interior learning spaces open to the promenade through shaded windows that display academic life within. New exterior details - steel sunshades, cylindrical daylight collectors, a sculptural steel stair, and geometrically folding shade canopies - speak to the industrial past of the building.
Two Monographs Showcase Design that Does Good
Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects (LMSA) and David Baker Architects (DBA), two practices that have largely eschewed work for the rich and advocated building projects that directly benefit the marginalized, have both recently released monographs... The two firms have similar visions, but what’s interesting is how the two firms approach their respective narratives, and their new books remind us that there is no single way to build the ideal—or to share it.
Why Builders and Developers Should Be Constructing More Aging-Ready Homes
By 2034, older adults will outnumber children. Improving the ‘visitability’ of new homes will benefit all.
Unsafe, Abandoned Structure is Transformed Into a Sophisticated Educational, Administrative Environment
Walker Hall is an adaptive reuse of a 1927 building at the core of the University of California, Davis campus. The project, designed by Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects, transformed a vacant, seismically unsafe building into a graduate and professional student center with meeting rooms, a lecture hall and sophisticated active-learning classrooms that serve the entire campus. It coalesces history, community and advanced educational environments at a hub of university life.
Why Architects Need To Help Solve The Housing Crisis
An adapted excerpt from Practice with Purpose: A Guide to Mission Driven Design
Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects creates low-energy school expansion in California
Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects has designed a school building that prioritizes low-carbon solutions and water retention on restored woodlands outside of San Francisco.
AIA CA Design For Resources Design Award
We are pleased to share that the Walker Hall Graduate Student Center received an AIA CA Design Award in the Category of Design for Resources! From the jury: “The strategy for the adaptive reuse of the existing structure transforms the project into a multifaceted hub that revitalizes the fabric of the campus. The historic spirit of the building has been fully respected while making it work for current and future needs. A complex program, beautifully handled.”
Walker Hall Gradate Student Center: AIA CA Design For Resources Design Award
We are pleased to share that the Walker Hall Graduate Student Center received an AIA CA Design Award in the Category of Design for Resources! From the jury: “The strategy for the adaptive reuse of the existing structure transforms the project into a multifaceted hub that revitalizes the fabric of the campus. The historic spirit of the building has been fully respected while making it work for current and future needs. A complex program, beautifully handled.”
Housing for Homeless Veterans and Low-Income Families
“We were trying to bring together three groups – veterans, families and the Mission Bay community as a whole,” says Gregg Novicoff, a principal in the firm. “We wanted to create a landscaped sanctuary at the heart of the building and a community room at the heart of the building.” The result is a courtyard and community center that’s shared by – and serves – the residents and the community. “It’s a garden and a refuge for the whole area,” he says.
Casa Adelante is Changing the Way We Think About Affordable Housing in San Francisco
Ryan Jang, Principal at LMSA, discusses displacement, cultural resilience and preservation, and affordable housing in context of the recently completed Casa Adelante at 2828 16th Street.
California Adopts First-in-Nation Building Code Revision to Reduce Embodied Carbon
Bill Leddy, vice president of Climate Action for AIA California, discusses the CALGreen updates. “The plan is to move from 100,000 square feet down to 50,000 square feet by 2026, and to continue reducing so that, as we approach 2030, buildings at multiple scales will be required to account for their embodied carbon emissions... we are hoping that this will help stimulate other code changes around the country.”
HomeRise at Mission Bay: ULI Americas Award of Excellence Winner
We are pleased to announce that HomeRise at Mission Bay has been named a winner of the ULI Americas Awards for Excellence! The ULI Americas Awards for Excellence program evaluates projects across a number of factors, including achievements in marketplace acceptance, design, planning, technology, amenities, economic impact, management, community engagement, innovation, and sustainability. Established in 1979, the program is the centerpiece of ULI’s efforts to identify and promote best practices in all types of development.
AIA COTE Top Ten Green Buildings, 2023
Nueva School Science and Environmental Center receives AIA Committee on the Environment Top Ten Projects Award
US Building of the Week: Walker Hall
Walker Hall is the adaptive reuse of a nearly century-old building on the campus of the University of California, Davis, transforming it from a home for agricultural engineering to a student center, “a hub of university life.”
LMSA Publishes Practice with Purpose: A Guide to Mission-Driven Design for Architects Devoted to Making a Difference through Design
PR Newswire Press Release: Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects (LMSA), a nationally acclaimed architecture firm that works only with nonprofit organizations, today announced its book, Practice with Purpose: A Guide to Mission-Driven Design. The how-to guide inspires architects and young designers to envision spaces that address some of the greatest challenges of our time: the climate emergency, racial and ethnic injustice, chronic homelessness, educational crises, and the preservation of the embodied carbon and culture of existing buildings.
Leddy Maytum Stacy’s Science and Environmental Center Embraces its Landscape with Sustainable Goals
Marsha Maytum
As the new year begins, I will begin a new role as Principal Emeritus at Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects. I will continue to serve as an advisor and mentor to the firm and continue advocacy efforts for the environment and social justice. I am transitioning to this new role due to my ALS diagnosis and progression in the last year. As I close this chapter of my career, I would like to express my deep gratitude to the many colleagues, clients, consultants and contractors I have had the privilege of collaborating with over these many years. I am especially grateful to and inspired by Bill Leddy, Richard Stacy, and everyone in our firm (present and past) for their commitment to the power of design to make the world a better place. I am confident that they will continue to practice with purpose and lead the way to an equitable, sustainable, and carbon positive future.
Wishing you the very best in the new year.
Edwin M. Lee Apartments, a state-of-the-art supportive housing complex
BRIDGE and CHP Celebrate Groundbreaking of New Permanent Supportive Housing in Mission Bay
AIA National – Committee on Architecture for Education, Education Facility Design Award, 2022
Mayor London Breed and Speaker Nancy Pelosi Celebrate Grand Opening of 100% Affordable Housing in the Mission
AIA National COTE Green Project Award
Edwin M. Lee Apartments receives AIA Committee on the Environment Top Ten Projects Award
Elite S.F. private high school plans huge building to replace strip mall in Lower Pacific Heights
AIA East Bay, Concept/Unbuilt award
Mosswood Community Center & Park Master Plan received an AIA East Bay Conceptual/Unbuilt award. The AIA East Bay Design Awards is a unique design awards program established to recognize exceptional architecture in the Bay Area. Criteria to be used by the jury include quality of aesthetic design, sustainable responsibility, innovation in materials and technology, contribution to public appreciation of architecture, and facilitation of solutions to community challenges.
Broadway Cove & 735 Davis Ribbon Cutting with mayor London Breed
Mayor London N. Breed along with other San Francisco leaders celebrated the grand opening of our recently completed affordable housing project Broadway Cove and 735 Davis in Embarcadero, San Francisco. “To address our city’s housing crisis, we need to be willing to take on projects like the ones we are celebrating today,” Mayor Breed said in a statement.
Glasgow COP26 Communique LMSA and Building Industry Leaders Call to World Government: Its time to Lead on Climate
LMSA has joined leaders from the world’s largest and most influential architectural, engineering, and construction firms and professional organizations issued the 1.5°C COP26 Communiqué – a challenge to sovereign world governments to step up their commitments to reduce carbon emissions from the built environment to meet the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C carbon budget.
During the crucial period of the next decade, architects and designers have a pivotal role in addressing the climate emergency and its associated societal impacts. It is well documented that the worst impacts of climate change - extreme weather events, draught, wildfire, flooding, economic destabilization – are and will continue to be experienced disproportionately by disadvantaged communities, people with disabilities, children, and the elderly. Providing safe, dignified and zero carbon places to live and thrive for all global citizens is crucial to the health, well-being, and future of our civil society. Architects and designers must offer far more than inventive forms and the latest fashions. We must become innovative agents of change, providing the vision and skill to lead our communities toward a just, climate-positive future for all. The design values and practice of architecture must be transformed NOW to successfully meet the challenges of the climate emergency and achieve the 1.5oC carbon budget. There is no time waste.
- Bill Leddy, FAIA and Marsha Maytum, FAIA
Founding Principals, Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects
ASLA Northern California – Honor Award, Community Impact
Mosswood Park (in collaboration with Einwiller Kuehl) received an ASLA Professional Honor Award in the Analysis and Planning Category.
Bill Leddy Gives Keynote at Universal Design Summit
Bill Leddy gave the opening keynote presentation at the 2021 Universal Design Summit, presented by the Starkloff Disability Institute.
AB 1010 Signed by Governor Newsom
In a major success for Bill Leddy in his capacity as VP of Climate Action for AIA California, Governor Newsom signed AB 1010, a major milestone in preparing California’s architects to design a resilient, carbon neutral future for communities across our state. Following closely behind AIA California’s Declaration of Climate Emergency in August, this new law is another example of the bold actions AIA California is taking to rapidly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from buildings, helping to meet the advancing challenges of climate change for all Californians.
AIA National, Housing Award
The Edwin M. Lee Apartments received an AIA Housing Award in the multifamily category.
Our Growing Leadership Team
We are pleased to announce the promotions of our four Associate Principals - Ryan Jang, Gregg Novicoff, Aaron Thornton, and Vanna Whitney - to Principal. With the addition of these principals, joining founding principals Marsha Maytum, Richard Stacy, and Bill Leddy, LMSA is welcoming a new generation of leaders to build on the firm’s mission-driven values and reputation for design excellence.
Nueva School Science and Environmental Center Now Open
Take a first look at the Nueva School's newly completed Science and Environmental Center, and hear from the inspiring students and teachers who will bring this space to life.
1940 Bryant Certified LEED Platinum
While we're still working remotely, we're proud to announce that our home base at 1940 Bryant has been certified LEED Platinum! To reduce our carbon footprint, our office, which we moved into in December 2018, was designed to meet the AIA 2030 Commitment with 70% reduction in energy use. Actual energy use after the first year of occupancy shows our energy reduction at 75%, exceeding our AIA 2030 Commitment goal. One of our most effective strategies for reducing embodied carbon was one of the simplest - reusing furniture and adapting building materials from our old office.
Zero Carbon: Can Built Environment Education Deliver?
Marsha Maytum discusses transforming education to mainstream zero carbon.
BRIDGE Housing Opens 68-Unit Affordable Housing Property in San Mateo
An opening celebration on Veterans Day for Montara, which will provide 68 affordable apartments, 12 of which are set aside for formerly homeless veterans.
140-Unit Permanent Supportive Housing in San Francisco’s Mission Bay Breaks Ground
410 China Basin (Mission Bay Block 9) breaks ground.
MicroClimates: An S.F. neighborhood has one of the nation’s lowest carbon footprints. It has almost nothing to do with residents’ choices
On Nob Hill and in Mission Bay, two new housing projects serve much different needs
John King takes a look at the Edwin M. Lee Apartments in the larger housing context of today's San Francisco.
Building Accessibility Into America, Literally
30 years after its passing, Michael Kimmelman reflects on the legacy of the ADA and how it has reshaped the way architects and designers think about accessibility.
AIA COTE Jan 2020 Newsletter
AIA Committee on the Environment's Nov / Dec newsletter, featuring Marsha Maytum's update on the AIA Climate Action Plan.
Eight Questions You’ll Hear When Proposing Zero-Carbon Design
Interested in zero-carbon design but don't know where to start? Trying to persuade leadership or clients? Our team shared our suggestions for tackling the difficult questions in this FAQ.
AIA COTE Nov / Dec Newsletter
AIA Committee on the Environment's Nov / Dec newsletter, featuring Marsha Maytum's final letter as the 2019 COTE Advisory Group.
Gregg Novicoff Elected to AIA SF Board of Directors
Gregg Novicoff has been elected to the AIA SF Board of Directors for 2020. Congratulations, Gregg!
California Architects Push the State for Emissions-Free Buildings
Wiliam Leddy discusses navigating California's political landscape in the push for the Zero Code.
Architect Magazine – 2019 Architect 50: Ranked #20
For the ninth year in a row, LMSA has ranked in Architect 50's top firms in the nation! This year, we ranked #20 overall and for sustainability, as well as #15 for business.
Dear Governor Newsom: Be a Climate Hero. Adopt the Zero Code Now.
LMSA is joining the call to urge Governor Newsom to adopt the Zero Code and leverage California's power and influence to enact profound change. William Leddy weighs in on the current efforts of AIA California, and how our state can help lead the way.
2019 Reynolds Symposium: Education by Design
Architects and educators have an historic opportunity to be leaders in these uncertain times – to employ the transformative power of design education to address some of society’s greatest challenges: rapidly advancing climate change, homelessness, disability rights, aging with dignity, and innovative education. William Leddy, FAIA, and Marsha Maytum, FAIA, will discuss how both architectural practice and education must work together to redefine design excellence for a climate positive world, helping to lead our communities toward a just, resilient and hopeful future for all. Providing context and examples from their firm’s practice, they will describe approaches to creating a “teaching practice” at two scales. Within the work: how can simple tools and educational strategies help to integrate ecological design thinking and social relevance within every project? Beyond the work: how can citizen-architects and educators advocate for rapid changes in our design culture and in public policy to accelerate the arrival of a low-carbon future?
Are you an expert in architectural marketing?
We are seeking a highly motivated and creative Marketing Manager to join our firm to oversee and manage all project pursuits, awards, external and internal communications, marketing activities, market research and business development.
California Preservation Foundation – Preservation Design Award: Rehabilitation (Phase 2)
The San Francisco Art Institute at Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture is the winner of a 2019 Preservation Design Award for Rehabilitation. In making their decision the jury noted the exemplary design and energy savings of the project stating, “this is the best rehab project we’ve seen. Incredibly consistent and compatible with the historic structure. This is everything you would look for in the rehabilitation of a shed building in this era, and it uses significantly less energy than other similar projects.”
Microsoft Accessible Workplace Handbook
Ed Roberts Campus is a case study project in the new Microsoft Accessible Workplace Handbook
Getting to Zero Forum
Register today to hear Marsha Maytum, Ryan Jang and Gwen Fuertes present at the Getting to Zero Forum in Oakland, California on October 11, 2019. Marsha and Ryan will be speaking about "Embodied Carbon & High Performance in Landmark Structures: The Transformation of Fort Mason Pier 2", while Gwen will be speaking during "Data Driven: How the 2030 Commitment Propels High Performance Design".
AIA Committee on the Environment June Newsletter
Read the latest updates from the AIA Committee on the Environment
88 Broadway groundbreaking
Mayor London Breed and District 3 Supervisor Aaron Peskin joined LMSA,, BRIDGE Housing, The John Stewart Company, and members from the San Francisco Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development, the Port of San Francisco, the North Beach Neighbors and NE Waterfront Advisory Group, Barbary Coast Neighborhood Association, Bank of America, and guests on July 9, 2019 for the groundbreaking of 178 new permanent affordable homes at 88 Broadway and 735 Davis.
San Francisco Business Times – Largest Bay Area Architecture Firms: Ranked #26
Building Decarbonization in San Francisco
Did you know greenhouse gas emissions from San Francisco buildings have been cut by more than half since 1990? Nonetheless, there’s a long road to travel to deliver on our commitment to a zero-emissions building stock by 2050. Join Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects and AIA San Francisco Committee on the Environment for a presentation with Staff from San Francisco Department of the Environment to discuss actions the city is taking to update the city's Climate Action Strategy.
At 2019 AIA Conference, Members Push for Urgent Climate Action
Members of Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects helped to advance the Resolution for Urgent and Sustained Climate Action during the 2019 AIA Annual Business Meeting
Groundbreaking Women in Construction
Marsha Maytum recently spoke at the ENR 2019 Groundbreaking Women in Construction (GWIC) conference in San Francisco on May 24th.
Zero Carbon Architecture: the Business Case
William Leddy outlines the business case for designing zero net carbon architecture in the latest issue of arcCA, the journal of AIA California.
Mayor London Breed Celebrates Affordable Housing
San Francisco Mayor London Breed and community leaders joined together on Friday, May 10th, for the groundbreaking of Casa Adelante, located at 1990 Folsom. The project brings 143 new, permanently affordable apartments for low-income households to the Mission, while also providing support spaces for Galería de la Raza - an arts organization, HOMEY - a non-profit, and Felton Institute - early care and education services.
East Bay Housing Organization Affordable Housing Week, 2019
East Bay Housing Organization's Affordable Housing Week is May 9-18, 2019
Celebrate with us at the following events:
Celebrating Culture and Community on the Corridor, Saturday, May 11th, 2:00pm-3:30pm
Sneak Preview and Hard Hat Tour of Casa Arabella, hosted by The Unity Council, Monday, May 13th, 3:00pm-5:00pm
How Local Government and the Private Sector are Tackling the Displacement of Low Income Residents, hosted by the City of Oakland, Thursday, May 16th, 10:00am-12:00pm
California College of the Arts – Blattner Hall Student Housing
In response to the critical unmet need for affordable student housing for the California College of the Arts (CCA) San Francisco campus, a trustee developed new mixed- use student apartments that simultaneously fosters student and neighborhood community, are affordable to students and the College, and reflects CCA’s commitment to environmental stewardship.
AIA Announces Recipients of 2019 Education Facility Design Awards
AIA Announces Recipients of 2019 Education Facility Design Awards
Green Design Needs a New Narrative, Says USGBC Report
Broadening the base of support for environmental priorities by linking them to health is also an AIA strategy, says Marsha Maytum, chair of the AIA Committee on the Environment and principal at the San Francisco–based Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects. “Health is not controversial or partisan. It’s for the benefit of everyone,” she tells record, “so it’s a good way to put the environmental message forward without overwhelming people with the entire topic of climate change.”
AIA National – Educational Facility Design Award
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) announced San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) at Fort Mason Center for the Arts as a winner of the 2019 Education Facility Design Awards.
AIA Honors Cutting-Edge Designs with 2019 Education Facility Design Award
The American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) Committee on Architecture for Education (CAE) is recognizing nine projects for state-of-the-art designs of schools and learning centers.
Casa Adelante at 1990 Folsom has closed on construction financing
The Casa Adelante, also known as 1990 Folsom, has closed escrow and started construction. This new affordable apartment building will add 143 units to the Mission District of San Francisco.
Bay Meadows Affordable Housing Breaks Ground
BRIDGE Housing celebrates the groundbreaking of Bay Meadows, a new 68 unit affordable housing development.
San Mateo launches 68-unit affordable housing project
The City of San Mateo and BRIDGE Housing bring new affordable housing to San Mateo
Upcoming lecture at the University of California, Berkeley College of Environmental Design
William Leddy and Marsha Maytum will illustrate how architecture can help lead the way toward a just, healthy and regenerative future as part of the spring architecture lecture series at the University of California, Berkeley College of Environmental Design. They are currently teaching a spring architecture studio as Howard A. Friedman Visiting Professors.
AIA Releases New COTE® Top Ten Toolkit
The COTE® Top Ten Awards is the industry’s best-known award program for sustainable design excellence. The COTE® Top Ten Measures and this Toolkit are a framework for incorporating deep green principles from the beginning of every project.
AIA Committee on the Environment January Newsletter
Marsha Maytum, FAIA, LEED AP becomes the 26th Chair of the AIA Committee on the Environment
Architect’s Newspaper – Best of Design: Adaptive Reuse
San Francisco Art Institute receives Architect's Newspaper 2018 Best of Design Award for Adaptive Reuse
New student housing for CCA opens at 75 Arkansas
California College of the Arts (CCA) celebrates the ribbon cutting of Blattner Hall
The Commonwealth Club’s San Francisco headquarters honors its union history
The Commonwealth Club of California is the nation's oldest and largest public affairs forum. Each year, we bring nearly 500 events on topics ranging across politics, culture, society and the economy to more than 25,000 members and the public.
San Francisco Business Times – Largest Bay Area Architecture Firms: Ranked #34
AIA National – Committee on the Environment, Top Ten Green Project Award
Family House receives AIA Committee on the Environment Top Ten Projects Award
AIA National – Committee on the Environment Top Ten Green Project Award
San Francisco Art Institute at Fort Mason Center for the Arts receives AIA Committee on the Environment Top Ten Projects Award
LMSA Announces New Promotions
We are excited to share that Ryan Jang, AIA, LEED AP has been promoted to Associate Principal and Idit Harlev has been promoted to Associate, Director of Finance and Operations. Ryan and Idit both play a key role in the ongoing success of LMSA and we are excited to see them continue to grow. Congratulations!
Architect Magazine – 2017 Architect 50: Ranked #26
For the seventh year in a row, LMSA has ranked in Architect 50's top firms in the nation! This year, we ranked #7 for sustainable design and #26 overall.
AIA National – Educational Facility Design Award: Award of Merit
The Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation at UC Berkeley received a 2017 AIA Committee on Architecture for Education Award of Merit- we are continually pleased to see this great project recognized at a national level.
SFAI Fort Mason Campus Architecture + the City Tour
On Friday, September 29, LMSA and the San Francisco Art Institute will be conducting a tour of the new SFAI Fort Mason Center campus as part of AIA San Francisco's Architecture + the City Tour. This will be a unique opportunity to learn more about both the renovation and seismic strengthening of the Pier 2 shed as well as the conversion of the pier into the new SFAI campus. Tickets are $15 for AIA SF members and $25 for non-members.
LMSA Welcomes Two New Senior Associates
We are pleased to share that Jasen Bohlander, AIA, LEED AP and Aaron Thornton, AIA have been promoted to the position of Senior Associate. Jasen and Aaron both have extensive experience designing for public, private, and nonprofit clients in the Bay Area, and they share a powerful commitment to socially conscious and environmentally responsible architecture- we're excited to have them take on greater leadership roles in the firm.
William Leddy Interview with Modern Architect
Bill Leddy recently sat down with Tom Dioro at KZSU 90.1FM, Stanford University's radio station, for their Modern Architect program. He discusses his inspiration for choosing to become an architect, what has made LMSA so successful, and more. Check it out!
William Leddy and Marsha Maytum Honored with Lawrence Medal
The University of Oregon, School of Architecture and Allied Arts presented the Ellis F. Lawrence Medal—the school’s highest honor—to William Leddy and Marsha Maytum during commencement ceremonies on June 19, 2017.
California College Of The Arts Breaks Ground On More Student Housing
California College of the Arts started construction on its next student housing project in April. The 228-bed four-story building at 75 Arkansas St. will take about 16 months to build and is expected to be ready for students by fall 2018.
On the Habits of High-Performance Firms
LMSA participated in a study recently published by the AIA Committee on the Environment that investigated ten firms who have received at least three AIA COTE Top Ten Green Project awards and their secrets to sustainable design excellence. We loved being a part of it and sharing our experiences with the architecture community; be sure to check out Lance Hosey's summary of the report in Architect Magazine.
Vanna Whitney Promoted to Senior Associate
We are excited to share that Vanna Whitney has been promoted to Senior Associate!
Vanna has focused her more than 20-year career on underserved communities and environmental and social sustainability. As a valued leader at LMSA, she has made key contributions to the firm and the community. She has deep experience with multifamily housing and has led the firm's mentorship program and spoken on supportive housing at local and national events.
2017 AIA Architecture Firm Award
LMSA is thrilled to have been selected by the American Institute of Architects Board of Directors for the 2017 Architecture Firm Award, the highest honor the Institute bestows on an architecture firm.
UC Berkeley Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation Certified LEED Platinum
The Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation at UC Berkeley, an exemplary model of sustainable design since it opened in the fall of 2015, has officially been certified LEED Platinum.