450 Architects

450 Architects, based in San Francisco, collaborates with forward-thinking clients to design innovative schools, homes, and healthy living environments. Their culture of innovation and advocacy drives a hands-on approach to soulful ecological design. With a strong emphasis on sustainability, the firm has successfully completed projects such as the Castro Passive House and the San Francisco Waldorf High School, both of which have achieved notable green certifications. Their portfolio showcases a commitment to creating spaces that are not only functional but also environmentally responsible. Generated from the website

Architectural Resources Group is a full-service, 50-person, architectural firm founded in 1980 that provides architectural, planning, and materials conservation services to clients for both historic preservation and new construction projects. ARG staff is nationally recognized as experts in historic preservation, historic building rehabilitation, universal access, and new construction in culturally important environments. Its experience includes solutions for the adaptive reuse and rehabilitation of existing structures, seismic materials conservation, documentation and restoration of historic properties, universal access design, and design of new structures. The firm has received more than 100 awards for excellence in architecture, historic preservation and planning including the California Governor s Awards for Historic Preservation, the California Preservation Foundation, the AIA California Council Design Awards and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

EHDD Architecture is headquartered in San Francisco. It is an architectural firm specializing in building projects for universities, schools, museums, zoos, aquariums, libraries, laboratories, government agencies and businesses. Its designs are make inside out by drafting tables convened in quadrants and include colored computer diagrams, sketches on yellow trace and sets of red lined computer-aided designs print. It maintains a collection of books, building materials, images and subscriptions to assist its architects in drafting designs. The firm has designed various buildings, such as Kavli Institute For Practice Astrophysics, Christopher Center, Sprague Hall Biomedical Sciences Building, The Pritzker Family Children s Zoo, National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium, San Mateo Public Library, Global Ecology Research Center and Exploris. The firm has received platinum certification and accreditation by Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.