Event
West Berkeley Study Model
We debuted the West Berkeley Study model at a gathering we hosted with the American Institute of Architects East Bay Chapter and the Berkeley Design Advocates. The model while physical, utilizes artificial intelligence and virtual reality to show and identify the complex layers of the built environment.
Shortlist
Hillview Campus
We are delighted to hear that our Hillview Project was shortlisted by the World Architecture Festival in the category of Future Office Project. This project was the result of an intense collaboration with Form 4 Architects and our client PSAI Real Estate.
Hillview CampusNews
Warm Water Cove
For the past few months, we have been working on a pedestrian bridge project for a new connection between the burgeoning Potrero Power Station development and Warm Water Cove Park. More to come!
Warm Water CoveNew Project
Cal Poly Humboldt Engineering & Technology Building
Beyond excited to share that we have been awarded the Engineering and Technology Building and Student Housing Project at Cal Poly Humboldt. We are teamed with AC Martin and Swinerton on this transformational project for the campus, the $25M project will be the first project constructed since the transformation to a Cal Poly School.
New Project
Everett Middle School
Very excited to get started on this project! We have a great team of collaborators and we are giddy to get started on this project with SFUSD, Lotus Water and a whole bunch of thoughtful individuals dedicated to creating meaningful learning environments for kids.
New Project
Bayer Master Plan
We are very excited to work with Bayer and develop a new vision for their 46-acre biotech facility in West Berkeley. The campus has big plans to expand over the next 40 years and we are working on ways to make a collaborative and community-centered campus.
Bayer Master PlanAward
Taipei Design Awards
Our Seaplane Lagoon Ferry Terminal has been awarded the Social Innovation Award in the Public Space Design Category by the Taipei Design Award. We are very happy to have collaborated on this project with Wong Logan Architects, BKF Engineers and HLB.
Seaplane Lagoon Ferry TerminalApproval
Albany Parks Master Plan
We are excited at the unanimous approval by Albany's City Council of our Parks Master Plan, it was the culmination of a shared vision for how the parks and open space can serve the community for the next ten years.
Albany Park Master PlanAward
Albany Loop
The Northern California Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects awarded our Albany project a Merit Award. This a special project for everyone at Groundworks Office because it was an unconventional project for a landscape firm to take on.
Albany LoopAward
Liquid Sugar
The Northern California Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects awarded our Liquid Sugar project a Merit Award. We are thrilled with how this little project turned out and excited to see as we pass on our bikes along the Emeryville Greenway.
Liquid SugarAward
Architizer Awards
We are delighted to announce that our firm has been shortlisted amongst a prestigious list of firms for the Best Landscape Design Firm by Architzer. While we fully admit we are a long shot to win this prestigious award we appreciate and are honored at the recognition.
News
Landscape Architect & Specifier News
“Taking Fun to New Heights” by Amanda Brown featured our Alice Chalmers Playground Project in San Francisco. It was supremely enjoyable to take a playground from worst to first.
Alice Chalmers ParkAward
Santa Fe ROW Merit Award
The Santa Fe Right-of-Way is a speculative project that aims to increase Berkeley's housing density. Adjacent to a residential neighborhood, an abandoned Santa Fe rail line cuts at a diagonal through the city. Together with Sidell Pakravan Architects, we proposed a way to reclaim this land and create multi-family housing and a new greenway for all.
News
Cal Poly Humboldt
Together with SCB Architects and Sundt Construction, we have been awarded Cal Poly Humboldt’s first project in their transition to a Cal Poly school for the California State University. The residential quad will be the largest addition of residential beds for the campus since 1970 and feature nearly 6.8 acres open space and pedestrian plazas.
Cal Poly HumboldtPublication
GWO Portfolio
We were delighted to debut a small publication that we self-published, it highlights the first 5 years of projects we have completed and worked on. We are extremely lucky to have a dedicated and creative team of individuals all pushing to the firm forward. Onward!
Commission
Albany Park’s Master Plan
We are excited and honored to be awarded a new project and the opportunity to work with the citizens of Albany to envision their parks. This process will a supreme challenge, but we feel we are up to the task and will find a multitude of ways to connect with all those with a voice and a passion for the Albany’s parks.
Albany Park Master PlanNews
Park Tower
Our Park Tower project topped out and finished up, this technically demanding project is a series of on-structure courtyards and outdoor plazas that serve as amenity spaces for one of the world’s most notable social media technology firms.
Park TowerPublication
Visitacion Valley
Our Visitacion Valley project was featured in Landscape Architecture Magazine, we are supremely proud of our work being highlighted by our industry’s most prestigious publication. Unfortunately, someone felt left out because they didn't get mentioned in the article and requested the magazine print a correction, pretty comical if you ask us.
Visitacion ValleyNominated
Women in Landscape Architecture
Founding Partner at Groundworks Office, Sara Peschel was nominated as a leader in the profession by Women in Landscape Architecture’s Bigger Time, and she was nominated by Culture Horticulture’s Sam Harris. Groundworks Office has been an annual contributor to this worthy cause and are excited to see this year's list of worthy scholarship awardees.
Award
Harvey Milk Terminal at SFO
SFO Harvey Milk Terminal won the People’s Choice Award for a project over $10M from the American Institute of Architects San Francisco Chapter. We are grateful to our design partners at Gensler and Kuth Ranieri to help shape this wonderful terminal.
SFO Harvey Milk Terminal 1Finalist
Harvey Milk Memorial Competition
We are very happy to announce that Groundworks Office was one of three firms shortlisted for the international competition to design a fitting memorial for slain Civil Rights leader Harvey Milk in San Francisco’s historic Castro Neighborhood.
Harvey Milk PlazaGrand Opening
Albany Loop
On Wednesday we celebrated the grand opening of Albany Loop! The Loop is the City of Albany’s newest interactive public art located along the dynamic Ohlone Greenway. Groundworks was awarded the project as part of Albany’s Art in Public Places, we are supremely delighted with the outcome and the last impact this will provide along this active corridor.
Albany LoopApproved
Alice Chalmers Park
This past Thursday our Alice Chalmers Playground renovation project was approved by the San Francisco Parks and Recreation Commission. We are delighted to be working on this project in partnership with the San Francisco Parks Alliance.
Alice Chalmers Park