loft2015, San Diego…

March 12, 2012 by dbrds

Photographer Darren Bradley took these really cool photos of our project Loft2015 over the weekend. This project was originally known as ‘Stella’ & was designed in 2004 by Matthew Cumming for the Constellation Property Group. In 2005, Matthew brought Pauly over from Sydney to work on the entitlement of the this project through the City of San Diego. This was the first project in the United States by Marchese Partners Architects (MPA) & with 15% affordable housing, additional density (86 town […]

Categories: construction, design, photography • Tags: Affordable housing, City council, Constellation Property Group, DBRDS, Kuatro Design, Matthew Cumming, Pauly De Bartolo, San Diego, Sydney, United States, urban infill

condo design for a Cardinal

February 13, 2012 by dbrds

In 2008 while both Pauly and myself still lead the Marchese & Partners San Diego office & as part of the Constellation Property Group, we had the opportunity to design a penthouse condo for the Arizona Cardinal’s football star Larry Fitzgerald. Back then, Constellation had received approval for a unique condo/hotel development known as ‘Lumina Tempe’, a mixed-use project located across the road from Arizona State University‘s ‘Sun Devil‘ college football stadium in Tempe. The development consisted of two towers […]

Categories: design • Tags: Amare Stoudemire, Arizona Cardinals, ASU, Constellation Property Group, DBRDS, Larry Fitzgerald, Lumina Tempe, Marchese Partners Architects, Phoenix Suns, Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe

O&O, The Architect’s Newspaper & the project formerly known as STELLA

November 1, 2011 by dbrds

The past few weeks have pretty exciting for the DBRDS team & as its been a while since we updated our blog, we wanted to share a bunch of things we have been working on: ORCHIDS & ONIONS After months of planning & committee meetings, last week saw the San Diego Architectural Foundations ‘Orchids & Onions’ award night be an amazing success. Collaborating with SDAF Exec. Director Leslee Schafer, Co-Chairs Suzanne Clemmer & Anney Rosenthal-Hall & along side fellow Jury […]

Categories: design, media, photography • Tags: Architect, Architect's Newspaper, California, Constellation Property Group, Dan Byrd, DBRDS, FoundationForForm, Hanna Gabriel Wells Architects, Michael Soriano, Orchids & Onions, Robert Watson, San Diego, San Diego Architectural Foundation, Solage, Stella