The authors of "A Pattern Language" were recently invited to the University of Oregon Portland urban campus, for a conference on the pattern language approach to design. Max Jacobson and Murray Silverstein gave kick-off presentations, while Sara Ishikawa and Ingrid King also spoke. All the authors received the Portland Urban Architecture Research Laboratory Award - "Given in recognition of fundamental improvements in the human experience of architecture and urban design through applied analysis, theoretical development, and quality design in the built environment."

The Bruner Residence in Davis, CA (completed Summer 2006) has been featured in three magazines this summer - New Home Magazine "Ranch Roundup," Sacramento Magazine "Home Territory," and Fine Homebuilding Annual Houses Issue "A Green Oasis in a Hot, Dry Climate,"
co-written by Murray Silverstein and Barbara Winslow. Please click on article names to read more about why this house has drawn so much attention.

We are at work on the renovation of one of the oldest residences in San Francisco’s Mission Neighborhood, a home rebuilt immediately after the 1906 earthquake. The project is under construction and includes seismic strengthening, new work on all three of the residential floors, and lifting the entire building to create parking for three cars in the basement.

Mudd's Restaurant, famous for its unusual architecture and historical significance through its connection to Crow Canyon Gardens in San Ramon, was put up for sale last year. The City of San Ramon recently approved purchase of Mudd's, ensuring the preservation of the building and grounds as a nature center. JSW/D designed Mudd's and its surrounding gardens in 1985.

Several JSW/D projects were used as illustrations in the newly published book "Architekturefotografie" by Adrian Schulz (depunkt.verlag GmbH, 2008, Heidelberg). The English version will be available soon.

In October of 2008, JSW/D received The City of Fairfield's Design Award in Architecture for their work on Laurel Gardens Apartments.

The office is currently working on two new projects for the San Francisco Zen Center: new staff housing at Green Gulch Farm in Marin, and a workshop/yoga room for the Retreat Center at Tassajara (in collaboration with Stadler Architecture). The workshop/yoga room is scheduled to be completed by May 2009; construction for the new housing complex is scheduled for spring 2009.

Partner Max Jacobson wrote the Introduction to the newly published book "Building with Light in the Pacific Northwest - The Houses of Thomas L. Bosworth, Architect," by Erika Rosenfeld, with a foreword by Peter Bohlin. (Oro Press, 2007)

Davis Life Magazine featured the Bruner residence in 2007, dubbing it "a sanctuary inside and out." This 3,000 sq ft custom home was completed by JSW/D in 2006, and will also appear in spring issues of New Home Magazine and Fine Homebuilding.

Click here for more information and photos of the Bruner residence.

Earning a LEED® Silver certification, the Early Childhood Education Center was completed in December of 2006. It was awarded "Best Integrated Design Process" from the Higher Education Energy Efficiency Partnership, Best Practices in Sustainable Design Competition. Architect and Partner Barbara Winslow presented the project at the UC/CSU Sustainability Conference in June of 2006.

Click here to read about the Early Childhood Education Center in Issue 4 of Architecture 2030's E-News, or here to read about the Early Childhood Education Center in the 2006 edition of Best Practices Case Studies.

Patterns of Home, the book authored by three of the partners (Max, Murray and Barbara) is now in paperback, available from Taunton Press. To date, the hardcover edition, published in 2002, has total sales of over 60,000. The book has been reviewed and excerpted in numerous newspapers and journals.

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