Awards
CASH / AIA California
Honor Award
Coalition for Adequate School Housing (CASH) / AIA California. Greenleaf School acted as a pilot for Oakland USD’s blueprint for quality program, which links facilities and educational needs. Gelfand Partners created a 646 student TK-8 school on a 1.8 acre elementary school site, integrating community engagement, student services, and high quality education inclusive of arts,…
AIA / HUD Secretary's Award
Creating Community Connection
San Francisco’s historic Central YMCA (1909), a nine-story Classical building located in the city’s Tenderloin neighborhood, has been transformed into supportive housing for the homeless and a health center for residents of supportive housing and the homeless. The adaptive use project created 174 micro-units of permanent housing and preserved the original sky-lit second-floor lobby,…
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Honor Award
The majestic 1909 Central YMCA — now known as Kelly Cullen Community — is a beloved landmark in San Francisco’s diverse Tenderloin neighborhood …and a terrific example of adaptive use. In 2007, the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation bought the nine-story Classical building to transform an at-risk corner into safe, affordable housing. Their five-year, $95M…
AIA California / Savings by Design
Honor Award
Santa Rita Elementary School, an existing public school project on 14 acres, modernized permanent buildings, added classrooms, and converted an existing classroom to new school offices. The 21,000-square-foot project qualified for a Savings By Design incentive as well as state energy efficiency grants by beating Title 24 by 35 percent through a combination of envelope…
AIA San Francisco
Honor Award
Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation’s Kelly Cullen Community integrates home and health through adaptive reuse of the 1909 Central YMCA, providing 174 supportive housing units for the formerly homeless, and health services for homeless and Tenderloin residents. The $55m project reconfigured, upgraded, and restored the 139,200 square foot masonry building in 2012.
