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Want Live in a Hotel? San Jose Approves Combined Condo, Hotel Building Near Diridon Station
SAN JOSE — A new hotel has been proposed for downtown San Jose’ s bustling SoFA district, the latest indicator that a widening group of investors want to launch projects in the city’s urban core...
Hilton Garden Inn Sunnyvale Opens
SAN JOSE — A new hotel has been proposed for downtown San Jose’ s bustling SoFA district, the latest indicator that a widening group of investors want to launch projects in the city’s urban core...
New Tech-Driven Hospitality Catering To More Than Millenials
SAN JOSE — A new hotel has been proposed for downtown San Jose’ s bustling SoFA district, the latest indicator that a widening group of investors want to launch projects in the city’s urban core...
Downtown San Jose Hotel Eyed for Arts District
SAN JOSE — A new hotel has been proposed for downtown San Jose’ s bustling SoFA district, the latest indicator that a widening group of investors want to launch projects in the city’s urban core...
Downtown San Jose Hotel and Homes Project Lands Dual Marriott Brands
SAN JOSE — A first-of-its-kind hotel and housing development for San Jose — near downtown San Jose’s Diridon train station and a future Google transit village — has landed two Marriott brands,...
Agency Management
Agency Management is a host of services Architectural Dimensions provides on every project small or large. The ever increasing regulatory environment, competition for utilities, financial......
Hilton Garden Inn Time-lapse Video, Sunnyvale, CA
Its underway ! The foundation for a new 238 room Hilton Garden Hotel is moving quickly....
Club Knoll, Oakland, CA
Architectural Dimensions is leading the team to move the 130 year old building in 4 major parts along a ½ mile path of travel, to be placed on a new foundation on a new site that mimics the topograph...
Courtyard Marriott Redwood City, CA
The new Marriott Courtyard is now open in Redwood City conveniently located off Highway 101. The building, raised above 2 parking levels, gives all 177 guest rooms great views in all directions. A gre...
The New Mandela Hotel, Oakland, CA
A triangular design solution on a very difficult 1-acre site. This dual brand hotel of 222 rooms with underground parking will occupy a historically industrial site in Oakland on the border of Emeryvi...
90 years of Fox Theater
It was Architectural Dimensions’s honor to be a part of renovation and happy 90th birthday, Oakland’s Fox Theater! Learn More...
In The News: Virgin Hotel
Architectural Dimensions was recently featured in the San Francisco Business Times as well as Bizbash for its involvement in the design-build construction of the Virgin Hotel conveniently located in t...
Sunnyvale Hilton Garden Inn Time Lapse Video
Here is a 30 second clip showing 7 days work to grade the Sunnyvale site headed towards construction of the 220 room Hilton Garden Inn....
Developer to Rebuild Palo Alto Hotel With Nearly Three Times The Room Count
Three hotels in the works to boost city’s pipeline....
Breathing New Life On 30th & Broadway
Architectural Dimensions worked with CVS, Armstrong Development, and the City to formulate a redevelopment design that includes the program needs of CVS while preserving the integrity of the building ...
Specialization Takes Command
Like every industry and sector in this country, development now requires more specialized attention to capture, organize and address requirements to build projects. Architectural Dimensions has addres...
The Old Army Warehouses and the New Way of Tilt-Up Construction
The photos below show the contrast between WWII era warehouse construction and today’s. While concrete construction was in vogue before in the 20’s and 30’s the vast need for immediate construct...
New Office Building Along El Camino Real in Belmont
On an impossible site of only 6,367 sq. ft., we crafted a project to utilize off-site parking to where there are only 2 parking stalls on the site itself. Study of the surrounding neighborhood within ...
Streetscape of Ideas, Two Years of Design
A streetscape of a few buildings designed by Architectural Dimensions over the past two years. An interesting viewing of design geometries, heights and textures brought together in a black and white d...
6 Stunning Construction Photos from the Virgin Hotel in San Francisco
The new 200 room Virgin Hotel is coming along with anticipation of opening in the fall of this year. The concrete frame building is getting its new “skin” of glass while the interiors are progress...
2017 Electrical Code Updates
Quick Look at the 2017 Electrical Code Changes Due to the fast pace of technology, the National Electrical Code must be revised and expanded every three years to remain relevant and up to date with th...
Giving New Life to Outdated Motels
Shining a Bright Light on Motel and Hotel Redevelopment As the hotel sector continues to develop new product there are many aging hotels and motels that need redevelopment. Many hotels, outside of urb...
Hampton Inn & Suites in Napa, California
Modern Hospitality comes to the Heart of Wine Country The Hampton Inn & Suites in Napa, California is 4-storys tall and embodies 115 guestrooms. The hotel will join the rapidly growing South Napa...
Grand Opening: Hilton Garden Inn Burbank
Enjoy a modern, boutique style Hilton Garden Inn in Burbank S. San Fernando Boulevard and E. Verdugo Avenue The team at Architectural Dimensions had the pleasure of working with OTO Development and Dr...
New Virgin Hotel in San Francisco
Construction Nearing Completion for the New Virgin Hotel in San Francisco Like the rest of the Bay Area, San Francisco’s hotel market is gaining speed and Architectural Dimensions is at the fore...
Oakland’s Growing Market
The market in Oakland is expanding. From investors in southern California to developers around the bay area, a growing number of people are interested in seeing our city thrive again. BART and 880 cha...
In the News: Woodland Hills Ventura Hotel
Architectural Dimensions was recently featured in the Los Angeles Daily Times for its involvement in an 8-story Ventura hotel proposed to replace a now vacant restaurant, a building that has been the ...
In the News: San Francisco’s Hotel Market
Getting into San Francisco’s Hotel Market is Tough, But Well Worth it Written By: Julie Littman Originally Seen on BisNow.com San Francisco is a difficult hospitality market, but very few hoteliers ...
In the News: Community Advocacy in Oakland
How Community Advocacy is Impacting Oakland Developments Written By: Julie Littman Originally Seen on BisNow.com Office and multifamily developments are cropping up around Oakland, slowly but surely c...
BISNOW – Hospitality Event
Hear from the major players in the Hospitality Industry about the state of hotel development and where the experts see it going in the future. Jim Heilbronner will be a panelist, joined by other indus...
The Mega Projects of the East Bay
We will be attending the Mega Projects of the East Bay event here in Oakland. The East Bay has a unique opportunity to create some of the most vibrant submarkets in the Bay Area. From housing, commerc...
One Marina Hotel – Redwood City, CA
AD is currently designing this 5-story, 184,000 SF, 177 room hotel in Redwood City, California. The existing site is 2.83 acres and includes numerous easements and dedication which decrease the usabil...
Springhill Suites – San Bruno, CA
Here are the latest renderings of the new Springhill Suites designed by AD in San Bruno, California. This 5-story, 148 deluxe guestroom hotel will consist of over 150,000 SF of indoor and outdoor meet...
New Project in Millbrae, CA
AD has just completed design for a new hotel in Millbrae, California. The hotel’s main façade, facing El Camino Real, features a modern glass mosaic. The adjacent 7-story towers will offer a 48 uni...
Springhill Suites – Belmont, CA
AD has designed a new 4 story hotel in Belmont. It’s approximately 19510 square feet and houses 169 guest rooms. The hotel is located on a 3.39 acre site parallel to the state highway 101. The s...
Hampton Inn & Suites – Kapolei, Oahu, Hawaii
Here is AD’s rendering of the new Hampton Inn & Suites to be developed amongst the palm trees in Oahu, Hawaii. This 7 story hotel, containing 175 custom guestrooms, spans across 98,507 SF of th...
Office Tenant Improvement Project – Belmont, CA
We are currently in the process of designing a tenant improvement for an office building in Belmont. The building area is 5,877 S.F. has two stories over parking....
Hampton Inn & Suites – Bellevue, WA
The Hampton Inn & Suites in Bellevue, WA was recently completed! Here are some of the finished shots of the hotel....
Napa Hampton Inn & Suites in North Bay Business Journal
NAPA — A new four-story Hampton Inn & Suites will be built at the South Napa Century Center during Phase 2 of this multiphase project located between the Napa River and the Silverado Trail at I...
Spring 2013 Newsletter
Whether it’s a small project like the Lighthouse Christian Church or a large project like the Oakland Army Base, we manage many consultants, agencies and contractors. Our challenge today is solv...
Questions About the Oakland Army Base?
The scene: Three dozen people, gathered Tuesday evening in a first-floor hearing room at City Hall, full of questions about one of the most ambitious projects ever proposed for the city of Oakland. Th...
Rotunda Building Main Site
Architectural Dimensions designed and project managed the complex team to renovate the historic Rotunda Building, where our office is now located. Continue Reading...
Oakland Army Base Video
Located on the West Oakland Waterfront, Just SouthEast of the Bay Bridge, the Base made Oakland a major player in U.S. military efforts. It served as an army cargo and warehousing facility, transporti...
Architectural Dimensions Revived the Historic Fox Theater
Architectural Dimensions received the National Preservation Award in 2009 for the renovation of the historic Fox Theater and home of the Oakland School for the Performing Arts in Old Oakland. The proj...
Winter 2012 Newsletter
Architectural Dimensions is proud to announce it’s moved office to the historic Rotunda Building in downtown Oakland. After 30 years in Walnut Creek, it is only fitting to call the Rotunda Build...
Oakland Army Base Public Outreach Publication
As Program Manager, Architectural Dimensions is the core of the Consultant Team charged with planning and organizing tasks and issues for all aspects of the Oakland Army Base Project. Working closely ...
Novato Mission Lodge Project Website
The Mission Lodge Hotel site, currently a small 18-unit apartment complex in the heart of downtown Novato has outlived its useful life. The old building constructed over 60 years ago has deteriorated ...
Oakland Army Base: A letter to President Obama
Dear President Obama, The people of Oakland would like to welcome you back to our town. You may have heard about a few things happening in Oakland since your last visit: hundreds of families pushed ou...
Oakland Army Base TIGER Grant
US Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. visited the Port of Oakland Army Base redevelopment site Monday, July 9, 2012 to see where the Port will be constr...
Oakland Army Base $1 Billion Deal
More than a decade after the military’s departure, Oakland’s former army base looks to have a new lease on life as a logistics and warehousing center projected to deliver thousands of jobs...
Fox Theater California Redevelopment Association
On February 5, 2009, the Bay Area celebrated the grand reopening of the historic Fox Oakland Theater in downtown Oakland. First opened in 1928, it served as a movie theater, vaudeville house and live ...
Oakland Army Base in Contra Costa Times
The future of the Oakland Army Base is littered with past failed ideas: movie studio, Indian casino, convention center and world-class hotel among them. Yet the plan with staying power appears to be o...
Fox Theater Traditional Building Magazine
In October 1928, when the Fox Theater first opened its doors in Oakland, CA, thousands came to experience Hollywood’s newest innovation: talking films. Audiences for Howard Hawks’s The Air...
Fox Theater National Trust for Historic Preservation
When it first opened in 1928, the opulent Fox Oakland Theater in Oakland, Calif. was considered one of the finest movie palaces ever built. Fans thronged to the exotic domed temple, whose Moorish, Ind...
Fox Theater ArchNews Now Article
When the Fox Oakland opened in 1928 at the northern edge of downtown, it was one of the grand movie palaces of the day, its ornate architecture intended to evoke an exotic version of India and the Far...
Oakland Fox Theater in SF Gate
Phil Tagami’s parents went on their first date in 1959 to Oakland’s Fox Theater, a gilded movie palace on Telegraph Avenue. In 1965, the venue closed, and for more than four decades it has...
Fox Theater Examiner Article
After 40 years of sitting vacant in Oakland’s Uptown district, the Fox Theatre reopened last Thursday with more than a touch of class. Originally built in 1928 by architects Weeks & Day (also t...
Oakland Army Base San Francisco Business Times Article
Developer Phil Tagami will present an unsolicited offer to the Port of Oakland next week to create a master plan for the entire Oakland Army Base. The Army Base — a huge parcel of land where int...