Two Pennsylvania Markets
This year’s AIA Convention in Philadelphia provided an opportunity to revisit Reading Terminal Market, as well as check out the nation’s oldest continuously operating farmer’s market in Lancaster, PA. Reading […]
Category Archives: Work
Visiting ENZO Olive Oil in the southern Central Valley
One of the joys of our involvement with the food world and sustainable agriculture is the opportunity to get to know amazing places through individuals who are deeply involved with […]
Pier 29: A New Waterfront Destination for San Francisco
BCV Architects is part of a team, led by Jamestown, that has been awarded the opportunity enter into exclusive lease negotiations for the development of the Pier 29 Bulkhead building […]
Hans Baldauf Named 2016 AIA Fellow
We are proud to see founding principal Hans Baldauf elevated to the American Institute of Architects College of Fellows Class of 2016. Congratulations Hans! See the complete list of the […]
Celebrating SPUR’s New Oakland Office
Yesterday SPUR realized a long held dream when it opened its Oakland office at 1544 Broadway. The organization, which has been active in San Francisco since 1910 (it was originally […]
Honoring the 2016 Good Food Award Winners
The 6th annual Good Food Awards took place on Friday, January 15th at Ford Mason’s Herbst Pavilion. BCV worked with Good Food Awards organizers to coordinate and plan the layout […]
The Passing of Chuck Williams
Last weekend Chuck Williams, the legendary founder of Williams-Sonoma, passed away at the age of 100 in his San Francisco home. A force in the American culinary landscape, Chuck introduced […]
Chuck Williams: A Hundred Years and More
Over the years we have been fortunate to work with some of the most significant people in the American culinary world; without a doubt, Chuck Williams falls into this category. […]
The FoodShed Opens at the Children’s Discovery Museum
For the FoodShed at the Children’s Discovery Museum in San Jose, BCV created a new look for the existing café, transforming it into an appealing place to enjoy food as […]
BCV Expands to New York
BCV Architects is excited to announce the opening of our New York City office at 12-16 Vestry Street in TriBeCa. This expansion allows us to bring our deep experience with […]
Opening Saturday: The Storehouse at the San Francisco Shipyard
The Storehouse at the San Francisco Shipyard is set to open on Saturday, July 25th. BCV envisioned the project as a multi-purpose general store for the city’s newest residential neighborhood […]
The Future of Food: Reflections from the Milan Expo
BCV principal Hans Baldauf reflects on his recent visit to Milan for Expo 2015. Flying back from Italy, I am struck by my rich, yet seemingly incomplete experience at the […]
Artistic, Architectural, Didactic: The Pavilions of the Milan Expo
In our first post we discussed the overall design of Expo 2015 and the pavilions we enjoyed on our first day there. There are 96 pavilions in total: national, corporate […]
Between Memory and Modernity
BCV principals Hans Baldauf and Chris von Eckartsberg are providing dispatches from the road this week as they travel to Milan for Expo 2015. On Wednesday, Hans and Chris visited […]
Expo Milano – Day One
BCV principals Hans Baldauf and Chris von Eckartsberg are providing dispatches from the road this week as they travel to Milan for Expo 2015. Riding back to our apartment this […]
Expo Milano 2015: Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life
“Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life” is the theme of the 2015 World Expo currently being celebrated in Milan, Italy through October 31st. World’s fairs have traditionally been celebrated both […]
Cal Historical Society Panama-Pacific Discussion featured in San Francisco Magazine
In April, BCV Principal Hans Baldauf, Marc L’Italien (Principal, EHDD) and Jay Turnbull (Principal, Page & Turnbull) took part in a panel discussion at the California Historical Society on the […]
Joseph Phelps Vineyards: Transforming a Historic Winery
By Hans Baldauf, Principal, BCV Architects This month, construction on our Joseph Phelps Vineyards winery project will draw to a close and we will have the pleasure of watching the […]
The 1915 World’s Fair and the City Today
On Wednesday, I had the privilege of joining Jay Turnbull (Page & Turnbull) and Mark L’Italien (EHDD) for a panel discussion at the California Historical Society on the “shadow” of […]
A Conversation on the Architecture and Architects of the 1915 World’s Fair
This evening, BCV Principal Hans Baldauf will take part in a panel discussion at the California Historical Society on the continued impact of the visionary Panama-Pacific International Exposition architects. The […]
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