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- JWDA Architects | Awards & Recognition
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- JWDA Architects | Project News and Updates
Simone Little Italy 525 Olive North City Campus Continuing Education Building 800 Broadway Alila Marea Beach Resort Encinitas Alexan ALX North Embarcadero Visionary Plan Father Joe's Villages: 15th & Commercial 1st and Beech Columba Affordable Family Housing Broadstone Makers Quarter ALX Camellia Atmosphere Affordable Housing Belmont Village Senior Living Broadstone North Park Chengdu Luhu Headquarters Park Diega Framework Harrington Heights Affordable Housing Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center Hotel Indigo Hyatt Regency Chongming Lane Field North Mesa College Social & Behavioral Sciences Building
- Simone Little Italy
BACK TO PROJECTS < PREVIOUS NEXT > HIGHLIGHTS LEED Gold® (BD+C) certified 36 stories 395 market-rate and affordable units COLLABORATORS Interior Design: Parisa O’Connell Interior Design Landscape Architect: EPTDesign Civil Engineer: Nasland Structural Engineer: KOR Structural Electrical Engineer: LPG Engineering Mechanical & Plumbing Engineer: Robison Engineering General Contractor: Swinerton Builders PRESS JWDA Wins National Award for Little Italy Apartment Tower - San Diego Business Journal Little Italy Tower Will Go to New Heights - San Diego Business Journal AWARDS Multifamily Community of the Year - BIA Icon Awards Best Multifamily Architectural Design - BIA Icon Awards Best Community Amenity Feature - BIA Icon Awards Multifamily Community of the Year - PCBC Gold Nugget Awards Best Multi-Family Housing Community / 200 DU/Acre or more - PCBC Gold Nugget Awards Best Interior Design: Multi-Family Community / Common Areas/Spaces - PCBC Gold Nugget Awards Best Residential Building Award - American Concrete Institute Simone is a 36-story, 612,579 SF mixed-use residential tower, and upon its 2023 completion, the tallest building in downtown San Diego’s Little Italy neighborhood. Simone’s polished figure enhances the city's expanding skyline while its program reaches new heights as a vibrant, sustainable, and connected community. LEED Gold® BD+C certified, Simone is designed to deliver eco-and-pet-friendly housing near existing and planned job centers. Added offerings include spectacular city and bay views, easy access to high quality transit, and a plethora of restaurant, retail, and gallery options mere moments away on foot. Perched atop a five-story podium, the 405’ tower presents contemporary elegance with exposed concrete, floor-to-ceiling glazing, and architectural projections and offsets augmenting its rectangular form. Simone’s 27,600 SF site is less than half of a typical city block, yet within its small footprint the tower contains 395 market rate and affordable studios, one, and two-bedroom apartments with five penthouses. More than 18,700 SF of indoor and outdoor amenity spaces include 16,600 SF of common outdoor decks equipped with living rooms, chef’s kitchen, and dining areas: a state-of-the-art fitness center and yoga studio. The tower is topped with a tiered, two-story sky lounge and pool deck with zero-edge pool and spa. Simone provides three levels of underground parking, and 4½ levels of parking in an above-grade podium, with the first level split between parking and a mixed-use residential lobby and leasing offices, a lux mailroom and package center, lounge spaces and co-working office spaces. The parking structure is concealed with cladding comprised of black metal panel and a combination of perforated and translucent screens, that when illuminated at night, creates a soft glow from inside the building along the streetscape. STATUS completed 2023 SIZE 612,579 SF CLIENT Trammel Crow Residential SERVICES | ROLE Design Architect | Architect of Record Simone Little Italy San Diego, CA
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- 525 Olive
BACK TO PROJECTS < PREVIOUS NEXT > HIGHLIGHTS LEED® Certified 20-stories 204 market rate and affordable apartments Five-level subterranean parking structure holds 348 vehicles COLLABORATORS Interior Design: Jules Wilson Design Studio Landscape Architect: Urban Arena Civil Engineer: PDC Structural Engineer: Kor Structural Electrical Engineer: RB Consulting Engineers, Inc. M/P Engineer: McParlane & Associates General Contractor: Greystar Construction PRESS Best Multi-Family Project of the Year - San Diego Business Journal Mixed-Use San Diego Tower Inspired by Coastal Experience and Luxury Travel - Building Design + Construction Magazine 525 Olive - Archello AWARDS INT Award 2023 : Interior Design Awards Best Multi-Family Project of the Year : 525 OLIVE - San Diego Business Journal 525 Olive is a LEED Certified® 20-story mixed-use residential tower overlooking San Diego, CA's 1200-acre Balboa Park. The project shares its site with St. Paul’s Cathedral in a collaboration between developer Greystar and St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. The tower’s modest architecture consists of a concrete frame wrapped in a floor-to-ceiling aluminum storefront system and a warm, satin bronze slab fascia. The southwest portion of the highest occupied floor is reserved for a double-height sky deck topped with a rounded roof structure finished in a silver-grey metal paneling. Large openings carve out portions of the structure, serving as atmospheric funnels, allowing daylighting to permeate the sky deck from open air above. The interiors share the selective palette of materials and finishes and refined architectural form, harmonizing to create 525 Olive's unique identity and branding. The 417,500 SF development is comprised of 204 market rate and affordable apartments ranging from studios to three-bedrooms and designed to condominium standards. Project amenities include 17,000 SF of office and meeting space supporting the cathedral’s ministry, a 10,000 SF ground floor plaza, fitness room, and sky deck equipped with a pool and BBQ area. Parking for 348 vehicles is provided in a five-level subterranean parking structure. STATUS completed 2022 SIZE 417,500 SF CLIENT Greystar SERVICES | ROLE Design Architect | Architect of Record 525 Olive San Diego, CA
- Weingart Tower
BACK TO PROJECTS < PREVIOUS NEXT > HIGHLIGHTS Developed by Chelsea Investment Corporation 100% Affordable Housing 15 stories of housing and supported living space solar panels and integrated green technologies COLLABORATORS Civil Engineer: Fuscoe Engineering, Inc. Landscape Architect: AHBE Landscape Architect PRESS Largest LA Community for the Homeless Opens - Multi-Housing News LABC's Architectural Awards honors design projects that celebrate the city’s creative legacy and foster community life - The Architect's Newspaper LA's biggest supportive housing complex yet tops out in DTLA - Urbanize LA AWARDS Housing: Multifamily and Affordable Award - Los Angeles Business Council Architecture Awards Multi-Family Development, Supportive Housing - SCANPH Homes Within Reach Awards Concrete Project of the Year, High Rise - ACISCC Weingart Tower is the largest permanent supportive housing development in this history of Los Angeles. A project on behalf of the Weingart Center and Chelsea Investment Corporation, JWDA served as entitlement architect in coordination with architects AXIS Architecture + Design. Weingart Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit agency that provides individuals experiencing homelessness with essential tools necessary to stabilize their lives, secure income, and find permanent housing. The Weingart Tower is a new build featuring 278 residences in a 19-story structure. The project is specifically designed to provide safe, secure, and dignified housing for unsheltered individuals, and includes 228 studio apartments and 50 one-bedroom apartments, with 40 units reserved specifically for veterans. Each of the apartments is fully furnished and includes full kitchen and bathroom facilities. Weingart Tower includes amenities including a fitness room, computer lab, career center, library, bicycle storage, laundry facilities, and terraces with community gardens, all part of Weingart Center’s mandate to remove the barriers that keep people from housing, and addresses the needs of seniors, Veterans, women, members of the LGBTQAI+ community, the formerly incarcerated, and many others experiencing homelessness. STATUS completed 2024 SIZE 19 stories CLIENT Weingart Center Association SERVICES | ROLE Entitlement Architect Weingart Tower Los Angeles, CA
- JWDA Architects | Award-winning San Diego Architects
since 1977 Impactful design. Inspired solutions. Simone Little Italy | San Diego, CA JWDA Architects is a uniquely boutique studio for architecture and urban design. Established in San Diego, California in 1977, we are committed to delivering projects and services that promote well-being and enhance the human experience. JWDA has produced award-winning structures throughout Southern California and major cities in Asia with a reputation for sustainable and impactful architecture, design, and planning services, tailored coordination, and seamlessly delivered projects. North City Campus Continuing Education Building | San Diego, CA Dec 2 AWARDS & RECOGNITION JWDA Managing Principal Matthew Geaman Named to 2024's Leaders of Influence List Nov 24 IN THE WORKS Harrington Heights Marks a Milestone Nov 20 NEWSLETTERS & RELEASES Our Fall 2024 Newsletter Oct 18 AWARDS & RECOGNITION Weingart Tower honored with the 2024 Los Angeles Business Council’s (LABC) Architectural Award Sep 14 AWARDS & RECOGNITION Simone named Project of the Year at BIA San Diego Icon Awards Jul 16 AWARDS & RECOGNITION Simone Little Italy Named Multifamily Community of the Year at the 2024 Gold Nugget Awards May 31 IN THE WORKS JWDA celebrates groundbreaking of 21-story Park Summit in San Diego's Bankers Hill Mar 20 AWARDS & RECOGNITION Neurosciences Institute recognized with Legacy Award by AIA San Diego Project Spotlight Simone Little Italy LOCATION San Diego, CA YEAR COMPLETED 2023 MARKET Mixed-Use, Multifamily Residential Awarded Multifamily Community of the Year by the PCBC Gold Nugget Awards, the Builder's Institute of America's Icon Awards , and other honors, Simone is a 36-story mixed-use residential tower, and currently the tallest building, in downtown San Diego’s Little Italy neighborhood. Simone’s glazed façade and stunning rooftop spaces enhance downtown San Diego’s skyline, as its programming sets a new standard for vibrant, sustainable, and connected community living. Its 27,600 SF site is less than half of a typical city block, yet within that footprint the tower contains 395 market rate and affordable apartments, and five penthouses, with more than 18,700 SF of indoor and outdoor amenity spaces. Simone is LEED BD+C Gold certified, and strategically sited near current and future job centers. Residents enjoy stunning city and bay views, convenient access to high quality transit, and a variety of restaurants, retail, and cultural attractions a just steps away. Visit the Simone project page
- The Lindley
BACK TO PROJECTS < PREVIOUS NEXT > HIGHLIGHTS Pending LEED Gold® certification 37 stories 6-story podium 422 units COLLABORATORS Interior Design: STREETSENSE Landscape Architect: EPTDESIGN Civil Engineer: PDC Structural Engineer: Kor Structural Electrical Engineer: LPG Engineering, Inc. Mechanical & Plumbing Engineer: Robison Engineering General Contractor: Swinerton Builders PRESS Toll Brothers Apartment Living® Breaks Ground on The Lindley, New High-Rise in San Diego - Yahoo! Finance Developer Breaks Ground for 37-Story Apartment Tower on Edge of Little Italy - Times of San Diego Developer Breaks Ground on 285M Downtown Apartments with Extended Stay Rooms - San Diego Union Tribune AWARDS The Lindley is a new 800,000 SF, 37-story mixed-use development located at the boundary of San Diego's downtown and Little Italy neighborhoods. One of the largest buildings in the area, it features a combination of residential, commercial, and hospitality spaces. Notably, The Lindley includes 59 hotel rooms, setting it apart from other recent residential projects. The residential units, ranging from studios to three-bedroom apartments, each offer private balconies. Lindley’s tower sits atop a 6-story podium comprised of double-height retail and lobby spaces at grade and parking wrapped within the podium levels above-grade, with an additional four stories of parking below. The podium is topped with a 17,000 SF roof terrace featuring a resort-style pool and spa, large lounge area, and catered landscape and hardscape areas throughout. Interior amenities merge high-end hospitality with a diverse residential program including separate hotel and residential lobbies, mail parlor and package room, leasing offices, co-working space, business room, conference room, game room, club lounge, club room, private reading rooms, spa parlor, sauna, massage rooms, and expansive interior and exterior fitness areas. The building design is inspired by a modern, urbanized architecture; sleek in profile, with polished materials including metal paneling and floor-to-ceiling glass storefront used to define the podium and tower structures. A tight pattern of vertical aluminum slats adorns the podium exterior, with up-lighting used throughout the exterior to better articulate the architectural detailing. Metal-framed overhangs outline the main entrances and corners of the podium and tower roof for visual prominence. The Lindley is is targeting LEED® Gold certification, and expected to open early in 2025. STATUS under construction SIZE 800,000 SF CLIENT Toll Brothers Apartment Living SERVICES | ROLE Design Architect | Architect of Record The Lindley San Diego, CA
- Rey Caballes
Rey Caballes Associate Principal with JWDA since 2007 Education - B. Arch., Santo Tomas University BACK TO TEAM
- Broadstone Makers Quarter
BACK TO PROJECTS < PREVIOUS NEXT > HIGHLIGHTS 7 stories 265 units averaging 738 SF each 94 Walk score / 80 Transit 60,000 SF of creative office space COLLABORATORS Interior Design: Basile Studio Landscape Architect: Neri Landscape Civil Engineer: BWE Structural Engineer: Edmond G. Babayan & Assoc. Mechanical Engineer: Walsh Engineers Electrical Engineer: OMB Electrical Plumbing Engineer: Ampam Parks Mechanical General Contractor: Alliance Residential PRESS In the apartment amenity arms race, service and technology win out - Curbed Orchid for Interior Design - San Diego Architectural Foundation Orchids & Onions 2020 Outstanding Architectural Design - San Diego Business Journal AWARDS Orchid for Interior Design - San Diego Architectural Foundation Orchids & Onions 2020 Outstanding Architectural Design - San Diego Business Journal Broadstone Makers Quarter is a mixed-use apartment community in downtown San Diego’s East Village. As part of the developing I.D.E.A. (Innovation/Design/Education/Arts) District, the project aligns seamlessly with the vision of a hub for local entrepreneurs, artists, students, and residents by providing retail and office spaces and high-density housing. Designed to be a central neighborhood gathering place, the 395,746 SF project contains 265 studio, one, and two-bedroom apartments, with multi-level penthouse residences and townhomes, ground floor retail and parking, and a multitude of work and recreational spaces designed to accommodate the many offered services intended to foster a sense of growing and learning. Exterior textured concrete finishes, structured glazing, and metal claddings of iron, steel, and aluminum are complemented by the clean and contemporary industrial vibe of its interior. The S-shaped design of the 7-story structure forms two central courtyards and indoor/outdoor amenity areas including including a zero-edge pool, fitness lounge, yoga/cycling studio, bike repair shop, DIY room, mobile tech and worktables, gardens, grills, workspaces, and more. BMQ’s exterior wall assembly alleviates noise pollution with high Sound Transmission Class (STC) ratings. Stormwater runoff and drainage are addressed with a combination of bio-filtration planters and modular wetlands, and 80% of the rooftop is equipped with photovoltaic panels to support the energy needs of the building. Expansive streetscapes along its intersection encourage pedestrian and bicycle uses. Makers Quarter’s ideal location offers a neighborhood feel and culture of community, central to the trendiest neighborhoods, best attractions, and most convenient transit. Moments from Interstates 163, 5, and 94, as well as the Metropolitan Transit System’s (MTS) Rapid bus line, commuter rail lines, and Trolley systems. STATUS completed 2018 SIZE 395,000 SF CLIENT Alliance Realty Partners, LLC SERVICES | ROLE Design Architect | Architect of Record Broadstone Makers Quarter San Diego, CA
- Hyatt Regency Chongming
BACK TO PROJECTS < PREVIOUS NEXT > HIGHLIGHTS COLLABORATORS PRESS Hyatt Regency Chonming Opens in Shanghai, China - Raman Media Network Hyatt Regency Chongming - Hospitality Design Magazine LJ House, Shanghai Hotel: Gold - San Diego Union Tribune AWARDS Best International Commercial and Special-Use Project - PCBC Gold Nugget Awards Merit Award - AIA San Diego Located in the Dongtan Wetlands of Chongming Island in Shanghai, the Hyatt Regency Chongming Hotel is the first Hyatt Eco-Resort hotel in China. The design for the destination hotel organically integrates traditional Eastern Garden spaces and dispersed elements of holiday resort to create a localized “Modern-Chinese” architectural style. The structure is based on a series of courtyards interwoven with the surrounding landscape and offering breathtaking views of the Dongtan Wetlands. The project celebrates a symbiosis between Eastern and Western cultures, reflecting the classic Jiangnan architectural style popular to the region — characterized by white walls, grey tiles, and bridges — while providing elegant western amenities for guests. STATUS completed 2014 SIZE CLIENT Hyatt Hotels SERVICES | ROLE Design Architect | Architect of Record Hyatt Regency Chongming Shanghai, China
- Broadstone North Park
BACK TO PROJECTS < PREVIOUS NEXT > HIGHLIGHTS 5 stories 118 market-rate units 63,000 SF parking garage COLLABORATORS Interior Design: H. Hendy Associates General Contractor: Alliance Residential PRESS AWARDS Gold Award: Best New Mid-Rise Development & Design - Multihousing News Excellence Awards Best In Design: Residential Development - Interior Design Magazine Broadstone North Park is a 5-story multifamily housing complex located in San Diego, CA’s North Park neighborhood. Comprised of 118 market-rate units, apartments range from studios to two-bedrooms, each with a private balcony . The property includes 10,850 SF of common area and amenity space, 114,000 SF of living space, and a 63,000 SF parking garage. Amenity spaces include a pool area, bar / lounge, gym / fitness center, meeting spaces, and rooftop bar with city views. The building’s design features an eclectic mix of vintage and modern architectural elements. Weathered steel paneling provides a strong identity and edgy exterior, while the sloping site carves out a public plaza with pockets of lush landscaping and a large gathering space. Inside, floor-to-ceiling murals and original artwork captivate the user with vibrant colors, distinctive materials and varying textures. STATUS completed 2019 SIZE 199,000 SF CLIENT Alliance Realty Partners, LLC SERVICES | ROLE Design Architect | Architect of Record Broadstone North Park San Diego, CA
- JWDA Architects | Say Hello
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- Joseph Wong
Joseph O. Wong, FAIA, NCARB Founder and President Founded JWDA in 1977 Joseph On-Woo Wong was born in Guangzhou, China and emigrated with his family to San Diego, California when he was 16 years old. Joe graduated from San Diego High School, and went on to attend the University of California Berkeley and Harvard University before founding JWDA Architects in 1977. Among its many achievements and successes, Joe is especially proud of the firm’s collaborations with nonprofit organizations including the San Diego Chinese Historical Society and Museum, Father Joe’s Villages, Ronald McDonald House Charities, The Alpha Project for the Homeless, and La Jolla Music Society. In 1994, San Diego City Council honored Joe for his contribution to the city’s downtown redevelopment efforts, adopting June 6th as Joseph Wong Day. In 2003, Joe was elevated to American Institute of Architects College of Fellows for his contributions to the advancement of the profession of architecture. He was recognized by the San Diego Business Journal as one of San Diego's "Most Influential People" in both 2021 and 2022. He has served as a volunteer member of the Dean’s Advisory Council at UC Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design for several years, and in 2023 was recognized with the school's Distinguished Alumni Award; and he continues to serve as an Advisory Board Member at UCSD Real Estate and Development, School of Social Sciences. Education: - M. Landscape Arch. Harvard University - M. Arch., University of California, Berkeley - B.A. (Hon.), University of California, Berkeley Registered Architect in: - State of California - State of Arizona BACK TO TEAM
- Tomas Vega-Tapia
Tomas Vega-Tapia Associate with JWDA since 1991 Education - B. Arch., NewSchool of Architecture & Design BACK TO TEAM