PROJECT
DETAILS
A
jury selected the team of C.W Fentress J.H Bradburn Architects and Muller
and Caulfield Architects with Hensel Phelps Construction to design a new city
Administration Building complex in a design/build competition in the spring
of 1995.
The
master plan "knits" the significant buildings of the historic downtown
district into a functional administration building that uses three separate
buildings: the landmarked City Hall, the Broadway building, and a new public
space in front of the City Hall, the Frank Ogawa Plaza. An additional
plaza was designed during the competition to replace the parking structure
behind the City Hall. The plazas and new structures reinforce the public
realm and create a new "living room" for the City of Oakland.
Renovation
of the Broadway Building included the structural and architectural connection
of the historical portion of the building to the new portion designed by the
lead architect of the team. Our scope of work included the preservation, protection
and salvage of historic elements, the provision of new code complying core
elements and the tenant improvements within the Broadway Buildings. |