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FTF was pleased to partner with Aleck Wilson Architects on this gorgeous home build in San Carlos. According to CA Home + Design, when tasked with designing a new ground-up home for former clients that were recent empty nesters, they spent considerable time on the hillside site, mapping the views and view corridors to site […]
FTF’s own Jillian van Enckevort, S.E. contributed this article on the challenging historical retrofit of The Printery in the Central California coastal town of Atascadero. The Printery is a 14,000 square foot unreinforced historic brick building, originally built in 1914. Severely damaged in an earthquake in 2003 and subsequently abandoned, we are working with local organizers […]
The Second Studio (formerly The Midnight Charette) is an explicit podcast about design, architecture, and the everyday. Hosted by Architects David Lee and Marina Bourderonnet, it features different creative professionals in unscripted conversations that allow for thoughtful takes and personal discussions. This week David and Marina are joined by Randy Collins S.E., Founder and Principal of FTF Engineering, […]
When the infamous San Andreas Fault runs directly through the driveway of your new home site, you might consider spending a little extra money on the best structural engineer to come up with a creative and effective solution to ensure you and your investment survive the next Big One. Check out an excerpt from an […]
FTF’s own John Dal Pino, S.E. and Larisa Enachi contributed this article to the Engineer’s Notebook on the ability to determine approximate answers to complicated problems, which comes in handy in the real world of engineering, how approximate analytical techniques are the foundations of structural engineering. Click to read full article in STRUCTURE Magazine
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 […]
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 […]
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 design. The new design features an open concept […]