Life without Cars

Life without Cars

by | Mar 20, 2022 | Sustainable

In recent years, the San Francisco Planning Department has taken the stance to eliminate parking in many new housing development projects. In other words, many of the new multi-family residential buildings currently under design or construction in the City will not...
Room Additions and Utilities

Room Additions and Utilities

by | Mar 19, 2022 | Architecture

As demand for housing increases, which causes home prices to continue to climb, more and more people continue to look into remodeling their existing homes, adding rooms or converting them, and building accessory dwelling units (ADUs) on their existing properties. All...
Living Walls as Retaining Walls

Living Walls as Retaining Walls

by | Mar 10, 2022 | Sustainable

I saw a sticker about civil engineers a long time ago, which read: “Civil engineers always try to ‘pave’ the world. At the time, I was fresh out of college and understood what that barb meant. As civil engineers, we are trained in calculus, statics,...