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The Wall Street Journal features Studio VARA’s Outside-In House, a new family home in Old Palo Alto finished in 2024, and the story of how it gave one family a fresh start. Built to let in as much daylight as possible, the house pairs walls of glass and skylights with a large courtyard that serves as an outdoor kitchen, living, and dining room, and a light court that brings daylight into the basement. FTF provided the structural engineering, with steel framing that carries the long spans and the cantilevering second story.
Set into a hillside in Ross, this 1960s home was reimagined as a 2,500 square-foot retreat that draws the surrounding landscape inward. The California Home + Design feature highlights the dramatic decks that extend the living and dining areas out over the slope and the open, light-filled main living spaces. FTF Engineering provided the structural engineering behind the transformation, designing the cantilevered decks that reach over the hillside and the central support that keeps the interior open and connected. Working alongside HKB Interior Design and the wider project team, FTF helped preserve the home’s original footprint while opening it fully to its expansive views.
FTF Engineering is proud to have served as Engineer of Record for the Building Envelope Upgrade & Solar Panel Installation at San Francisco International Airport’s Dianne Feinstein International Terminal. This photograph capturing the project in progress has been honored with the prestigious “Photo of the Year” award by Engineering News Record (ENR) magazine. To learn […]
FTF Principal Jillian van Enckevort has a personal connection to this week’s launch news: the 90-foot mobile steel tower visible in footage of the NROL-174 mission launch at Vandenberg Space Force Base’s Space Launch Complex 8 is one she designed at a previous firm. The tower rides on rails to enclose the rocket during assembly, […]
SFO Cargo Projects Underway FTF is proud to be serving as the LBE structural engineer on both SFO Cargo projects which are underway and in the design phase. 1. Cargo Building 626.1 – FTF is teamed with KPFF as well as Solomon Cordwell Buenz, and Clark Construction. FTF is responsible for the foundation design of […]
Paso Robles Wine Country Residence The Paso Robles Wine Country Residence sits on 160 acres of rolling hills and mature oak trees. The sprawling single story 8000 square foot residence includes large, raised cantilever roofs with floor to ceiling glass flanked by board formed concrete walls to separate the spaces and take advantage of the […]
Single Family Residential Projects Single Family Residential Showcasing a few of our completed single-family residential projects! FTF is actively managing a range of residential projects, from initial design to various stages of construction. View More Public Sector Wins 2024 The FTF team is thrilled about the several public sector projects we have won so far […]
No, 83 Isn’t Too Old to Renovate. Just Ask San Francisco Resident Roberta Gordon FTF Featured in Dwell Magazine Originally designed in 1957 and constructed in 1963, this home underwent a major transformation. Perched on a slope like many houses in the Westwood Highlands neighborhood, the shed-roofed 1960s structure boasted a two-car garage at the […]