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FTF Featured in Dwell Magazine When the surf-loving client’s main ask is to “see the waves from wherever you are,” we deliver — including turning the third floor into a spacious communal living area that features a wall of windows that would hold up to a seismic event and bear the force of the daily […]
This past year, despite all odds, we helped get over 75 kids out on beautiful Mount Tamalpais in Marin County through FTF’s sponsorship of the Redwood High School Mountain Bike Team
La Cocina’s new 7,000-square-foot marketplace has taken over the vacant post office, previously owned by the Federal government, at 101 Hyde Street, on a block that former Supervisor Jane Kim has called “one of the toughest intersections in the Tenderloin.” For the next four years, it will operate in the space in an interim capacity before a […]
A Bay Area Home Ideal for Lockdown The house in Orinda, Calif., was designed for entertaining. But it turned out to be just as good for living through a pandemic. FTF collaborated closely with the architect from the early stages of design to achieve an economical and robust structural system by complementing the architectural […]
Marin City Health and Wellness Clinic Expanding in Marin When the Marin City Health and Wellness project started in late 2018, I was excited to partner with Quezada Architecture to expand free healthcare services and provide much-needed affordable housing in southern Marin. At the time I didn’t know about the racial segregation laws of the […]
Join FTF Engineering on October 18, 2019 for the “Bike to Hope” cycling event in Penngrove, CA to put an end to cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. Click the link below if you are interested in participating or would like to know more.
Beauty meets brawn in the Bay Area. FTF Engineering applied an advanced seismic structural design of steel braced frames with viscous dampers to a modern residential architectural vision, achieving the following goals without compromising on design or safety.
SFO C3C Project – one of FTF’s Largest – is Nearing Take-Off FTF is in plan check for the 100,000 square foot Courtyard 3 Connector (C3C), a $165 million design-build project at San Francisco International Airport. Design-Build partners include Hensel Phelps, Magnusson Klemencic Associates and HOK and MEI Architects. The Courtyard 3 Connector (C3C) at […]