The City of Poway wanted to consolidate its existing operations and expand the capacity of the City Council Chambers and City Offices. FPBA worked with the City to determine a municipal building size that met its present and long-term needs. The Poway City Offices were designed to centrally locate all public interaction with City departments around… Read more »
Murrieta’s 34,000-square-foot City Hall was designed by FPBA in the City’s new town square, which shares common pedestrian space with the library, police station, senior center and amphitheater pavilion. It brings a welcoming environment for the city administration and elected officials to interact with the citizens of Murrieta. The iconic Clock Tower and craftsman-style design… Read more »
For the Elephant Odyssey Exhibit on 7.5 acres, FPBA worked to integrate four Asian elephants from the San Diego Zoo Safari Park with the San Diego Zoo’s three African elephants to the newly designed space. This provided a perfect opportunity to replace the outdated elephant habitat as well as over 9 acres of other aging… Read more »
The “Flexible by Design” program for Texas A&M University’s new 156,000-square-foot facility revolutionizes the production of vaccines and critical medical therapies. Encompassing academic, research and development activities under one roof with areas and functions to promote collaboration and cross fertilization of ideas, it is the “first-in-class” facility to potentially create vast opportunities in the biopharmaceutical… Read more »
The LEED Platinum UCI Alumni Center establishes a presence that extends far beyond the borders of the campus to generate an economical, educational, and cultural bridge to the world. FPBA weaved this ideology into the design, and through a meticulous and collaborative process, the team yielded a facility embodying a balance of progressive architecture, sustainable… Read more »
Significant exterior and interior upgrades were designed by FPBA to BioMed Realty Trust’s newest acquisition, a 1980s vintage building located in La Jolla, California. The 68,000 SF building, previously converted from defense contractor use to now dated wet labs, was completely renovated to include four newly upgraded laboratory spaces designed to take maximum advantage of… Read more »