Two weeks after the City of San Mateo Planning Commission unanimously voted to recommend approval of 750,000 sq ft of office space, 100,000 sq ft of retail space, and 352 residences (of an eventual 1,100-plus units), the San Mateo City Council officially approved our Bay Meadows project with a 5-0 vote on the evening of April 21, 2008. This project has been in our office since 2000 and many, many of our hands have touched it. Congratulations to all for this success.

The New York City Office of Emergency Management announced the results of its "What if" New York City Design Competition for Post-Disaster Provisional Housing - and one of the ten winners is the team of James Vira and Jason Cadorette, two Cooper, Robertson architects who worked toegther on a winning submission. See it here: http://www.whatifnyc.net/details.aspx?r=229&homeTab=0

Cooper, Robertson's 276-page monograph covering 47 select architecture and urban design projects from the firm's 28-year history is now out from Images Publishing Group. On a lovely evening in June, we opened our doors to clients, colleagues, and friends for a cocktail party to officially launch the book. Here are some photos...slideshow. The book can be ordered at any of the following websites:

Images Publishing Group
Amazon.com
Books.co.uk
Growing Lifestyle

Founding Partner Jaquelin T. Robertson received the fifth annual Driehaus Prize for Classical Architecture from the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture on March 31, 2007 in Chicago. Chosen by a committee of leading architects and educators, the prize includes a $100,000 award and a model of the Choregic Monument of Lysikrates in Athens. In addition to Richard H. Driehaus, members of the 2007 selection panel include: Elizabeth M. Dowling, author and professor at Georgia Institute of Technology College of Architecture; Paul Goldberger, architecture critic for The New Yorker; Michael Lykoudis, Dean of the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture; and David M. Schwarz, principal of David M. Schwarz / Architectural Services, Inc.
http://www.driehausprize.org/ Listen to Jaque Robertson in a Chicago radio interview after the award ceremony here: http://audio.wbez.org/848/2007/04/848_20070402f.m3u

WindMark Beach might look like any other well-laid-out and aesthetically pleasing Florida development but the coastal residential community of 1,660 homes on St. Joe Bay is different in one big way: it carries a "Wildlife Friendly" certification, the first in Florida. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service bestowed the first “Wildlife Friendly" certificate in Florida to WindMark Beach. Not only does the plan preserve the dunes and wetlands with floating boardwalks, outdoor lighting has been carefully designed not to disturb nesting sea turtles and other wildlife that mostly come out at night. Link to article

Offering residential interior design services for the luxury private home market, Cooper, Robertson & Weatherly will complement Cooper, Robertson's established residential architecture practice, offering high-quality interior design as a new service available to owners of custom-designed homes and apartments. The group is directed by Lori Weatherly, who has created refined décors for private homes in New York, Florida, New Jersey and the Caribbean and who has worked with Cooper, Robertson on a number of residential interiors. Please visit the new Cooper, Robertson & Weatherly website.