Ideas Happen Here
We are a team of architects, designers, innovators and techies who think about design at work and at play. It’s a habitual kind of “practice” that spurs us all to spot inspiration, whether at community events, through our projects, while traveling, or at unexpected moments. Peruse our perspectives, thoughts and activities shared through this blog.
TLCD Blog
2024
- 2024 Best Places to Work
- Healthcare Design: Pharmacy Refresh
- STEM Education: Mike Hauser Academy
- Transitional Kindergarten Furniture
- Kaiser Oncology Expansion
- Manzanita TK Classrooms
2023
- Celebrating the Holidays
- SRJC Construction Training Center
- 2023 Best Places to Work
- Transformational Refresh
- NeoCon 2023
- Summer Intern Kiely Rowe
- Mike Hauser Academy 2023
- Food For Thought Volunteer Day
- Human Race 2023
- 2023 SCUP Pacific Regional Conference
- Lauren Davis Earns WELL AP Credential
- 2023 CASH Conference
- New Year, New Principal!
2022
- TLCD Celebrates the Holidays!
- AIARE 2022 Design Award
- Pumpkin Painting Fun!
- A Best Places to Work 2022
- Summer Intern Ismael
- Mike Hauser Academy 2022
- SRJC Ribbon Cutting and Pool Dedication
- 2022 Sonoma County Human Race
- Earth Day 2022 Creek Clean Up
- 2022 CASH Conference
2021
- Oh What Fun!
- In Celebration of Wine!
- NeoCon 2021
- TLCD Conquers Truffles!
- A Best Places to Work 2021
- SRJC’s KAD Modernization In Full Swing
- Cal Poly Viticulture Project Nears Completion
- Mike Hauser Academy 2021 Summer Program
- Visionary Art Center Take Shapes at West Valley College
- Up for the Challenge
- Going Vertical in Santa Rosa
- 40 Under 40 Recipient Stacey Walker
- Modular Classroom Buildings Take Shape in Petaluma
- Ross Jones and Emily Grayho Serve in AIARE Board Positions
- Chelsea Hamada to Lead TLCD’s Healthcare Practice
2020
- Volunteer Day at REFB
- Truly A Best Places To Work
- Cal Poly Wine & Viticulture Center Receives $1 Million Donation
- Principal Stacey Walker Receives Women in Business Award
- Exchange Bank Sebastopol Taking Shape
- Helping Healthcare Workers with PPE
- Daniel Backman 40 Under 40 Honoree
- TLCD Welcomes Intern Haley Lamos
- Meet TLCD’s New Principals
- 2019 CCFC Conference and Awards
2019
- SCP Advanced Energy Center Construction is Underway
- North Bay Business Journal: Top Projects 2019
- TLCD’s New Operations Manager: Heather Kahnberg
- Welcome Back to Paradise
- Melissa’s In The House!
- Mass Timber Debuts in Downtown Santa Rosa
- Call Me Architect
- 2nd Annual Pumpkin Painting
- Napa Courthouse Honored by California Preservation Foundation
- Habitat for Humanity Home Build 2019
- Bees + Blooms + Food = Fun
- Paradise Ridge Winery: From the Ashes
- Summer Camping at Lake Sonoma
- TLCD Featured in SMPS Marketer Journal
- Mike Hauser Students Tackle Real World Design Challenge
- Design for the Future: Next Generation Workplaces
- May the “4th” Be With You!
- Housing in our Community
- Hollywood Comes to TLCD
- Clear Lake High School Students Flock to “The Nest”
- Historic Napa Courthouse Reopens
2018
- Let There Be Light… and a Party!
- Stacey and Lauren Earn NCIDQ Certification!
- Tree Lighting… TLCD Style
- Contemporary Classroom Building
- Architects Painting Pumpkins!
- Champagne and Shovels at Paradise Ridge Winery Groundbreaking
- AIA Redwood Empire Design Awards
- Watch Us Roll Up Our Sleeves!
- Fire Rebuild: Paradise Ridge Winery
- Urban Summer Picnic
- TLCD Welcomes David Delasantos
- Say Hello to Project Captain Amy Taber
- Swapping Wine for Hard Hats and Vests!
- American AgCredit: A Building in “Motion”
- Exchange Bank’s New Sebastopol Branch
- Meet TLCD’s Summer Intern
- Healing Begins At The Front Door
- Wine Spectator Learning Center Grand Opening
- Cal Poly Project Rises from the Vineyards
- Student UX
- “Best of the Best” Accolades for American AgCredit Headquarters
- More than Modulars
- Concrete Mock-Up “Dress Rehearsal” for New Theater Exterior!
- A Look at Stabilized Aluminum Foam
- Behind the Website
- Burbank Auditorium Renovation Begins
2017
- American AgCredit: ENR’s Best Regional Office Project
- Throwing Shade: Park(ing) Day 2017
- First Class Eclipse Viewing
- The Origin Arrives
- Deep Dive into Neocon Inspiration
- Summer Fun at Safari West
- Summertime STEM Fun!
- Interior Designer Suzanne Nagorka Receives Women in Business Award
- Visiting Artist: Petaluma Sculptor Matt Devine
- IES Outdoor Lighting Award Goes to American AgCredit
- 3D Building Scanning as a Collaboration Tool
- TLCD Architecture’s Office Attains LEED Certification!
- Commercial Architecture: Metal Origami Cladding Featured on Cover
- Top Projects 2016: Large and Small Scale Office Space
2016
- Creating Unique Spaces that Enhance Culture
- AIA Redwood Empire Celebrates Design!
- Tom Tomasi: Santa Rosa Architect’s Life Celebrated
- IIDA: Spring Forum and Farm to Table Event
- IIDA NC: Reflections on the Pioneers In Design Event 2016
- Neocon 2016: Is Your Workplace Ready for a Refresh?
- A New Healthcare Experience for Patients, Family and Clinicians
- Summertime STEM Education and Architecture
- Transit Oriented Development along the SMART Line
- Groundbreaking at Sonoma State University’s Wine Spectator Learning Center
- Celebrating Our New Digs in Downtown Santa Rosa
- Art Abounds at American AgCredit Headquarters
- AIASF Design Award Winners Announced
- Santa Rosa’s Evolving City Center
- Pharmacy of the Future – Less Confusion, More Accuracy
- How to Play with Food
- TLCD Architecture’s Chair Parade Signals Move to New Office
- Monolithic Desk Installed at American AgCredit Headquarters
- TLCD Announced as Architect for Wine Spectator Learning Center
2015
- Museum on the Square and College of Marin Academic Center Named Top Projects
- Bent Origami Panels Going Up on Museum on the Square
- Carl’s Excellent Adventure: Leadership Santa Rosa Part 3
- Who’s Up for a Field Trip… to American AgCredit?
- IIDA Art & Wine Event Raises Funds for Local Students
- Serious fun!
- Carl’s Excellent Adventure: Leadership Santa Rosa Part 2
- Serious Fun: California’s Wine Business
- Grape Stomp Showdown: TLCD Architecture vs Summit Engineering
- We Rock: Creative Preparations for IIDA Fall Art and Wine Event
- College of Marin Celebrates Successful Measure C Bond Projects
- Carl’s Excellent Adventure: Leadership Santa Rosa Part 1
- Game On… Architectural Renderings Go Interactive
- Milestone Celebration for American AgCredit Headquarters
- Praxis in Action: Healdsburg’s Cerri Building
- Bikes and Brews
- Design Features Take Shape on New American AgCredit Headquarters
- Architecture Reborn: Fading Past to Vibrant Future
- Alan Butler Celebrates 30 Years with TLCD!
- Designer’s Toolbox: Steel
- After the Napa Earthquake: Rebuilding and Connecting a Community
- An Architect’s Perspective on Napa’s Earthquake Repair Projects
- Why I Love Public Architecture
- Design Competition Fuses Primary Care and Mental Health Services
- Windows on the Square
- PRAXIS: practical application of a theory
- Improving Mental Health Care in Sonoma County
- Day in the Life
- Revit Virtual Reality…What?!
- TLCD’s first LEED Certified project!
- Look Who’s Talking: Congress Visits the New American AgCredit Headquarters!
- West Valley College Entry Project: More Than Just Signs
- Modern, Energetic and Flexible Work Places are Emerging in the North Bay
- How Many Architects Does It Take to Pack a Food Box?
- Carl Servais Takes on Winter in DC for AIA Grassroots Conference
- Are We There Yet?
- Academic Center at College of Marin Nears Final Completion
- Habitat for Humanity Volunteer Day – GoPro Style!
- Birds-Eye View of New American AgCredit Headquarters at Airport Business Center
- Photographing the New North Sonoma Mountain Regional Park
- TLCD Getting Their Hands Dirty
- Win-Win Meeting Space for Non Profits in Sonoma County
- Welcome to the Beach
- Recognition for the Mendocino College North County Center in Willits
- Rapid Prototyping: Captured on Video
- TLCD @50
2014
- Rapid Prototyping: Exploring Multiple Design Options
- New Academic Center at College of Marin Will Create Iconic Identity
- Groundbreaking Ceremony for Transit Facility in Chico
- TLCD Architecture’s Don Tomasi Celebrates 30th Work Anniversary!
- Rammed Earth Wall Rises at TLCD Project
- Two of TLCD’s Best Recognized at AIARE Chapter Awards
- TLCD Architecture Recognized at AIA Redwood Empire Design Awards
- Where in the world…
- TLCD Architecture: Always a Best Places to Work!
- Sneak Peak at the Future of Banking
- Keeping up with Architectural Fabrication Techniques
- The Emergency Department – Considerations for Innovative and Strategic Design
- Lowery Student Center – Transformation Inside and Out
- Wine Business Institute at Sonoma State Receives $3 Million Gift
- Mike Hauser Algebra Academy: Mentoring Students in Math and Technology
- Touring the Largest Collection of Wine Artifacts in the United States
- It Takes a Team to Skin a Hospital
- Museum on the Square: Fiat Lux (Let There Be Light)
- Concrete Saws in Action at Museum on The Square!
- Groundbreaking at Santa Rosa's American AgCredit Headquarters
- Savannah: America’s First Planned City
- Buzz of Construction Activity at Museum on the Square
- At Last! Demolition of AT&T Building Begins
- IIDA Northern California Honors TLCD at 2014 Awards Gala
- Museum on the Square: Santa Rosa Revitalization Project to Begin Construction
- Academic Center Taking Shape: Steel Topping Out at College of Marin
- Project-Based Learning: The Catalyst for New STEM Buildings
- Rainwater Harvesting; What’s the Payback?
- Another MIlestone for Aurora Behavioral Health
- "If You Build It Movie" Inspires
- Digital Fabrication Arrives at TLCD Architecture!
- TLCD Kicks off 10 Week Wellness Challenge!
- Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at Wright Elementary School District
2013
- Dey Laboratories new site for County of Napa Health Services
- TLCD and Family Rocks This Year's Secret Santa!
- Ugly Holiday Sweaters Rule the Day at TLCD
- American AgCredit's Vision for 120,000 sf "Ag Center"
- New Mendocino College Lake Center Wins! Region’s Top Real Estate Projects Honored by the North Bay Business Journal
- Museum on the Square Receives Final Approval
- Healthcare Design Conference Highlights
- Local Impact of the Affordable Care Act
- Habitat for Humanity Build Day
- American AgCredit Headquarters to Break Ground in 2014
- St. Helena Montessori School Celebrates Opening of New Campus
- Bold New Design Proposals by TLCD
- Mendocino Transit Authority Takes Advantage of Solar Purchasing Cooperative
- Redwood Empire Food Bank Board Service Rewarding
- Much Anticipated Psychiatric Hospital Opens in Santa Rosa
- Luther Burbank Savings a Favorite of the Bohemian
- North Bay's Top Construction Projects Featured in NBBJ
- 99% Invisible
- Urban Sketching in the Bay Area
- New Academic Center Video Produced by College of Marin
- TLCD Supports Mendocino College at Gala on the Green
- DeTurk Round Barn Raising in Retrofit Magazine!
- TLCD Architecture Partners with Chico High School Students
- TLCD Hydrating Squad Does it Again at Sonoma County Human Race
- Museum on the Square Approved as 5-Story Building
- Alan Butler Publishes Experiencing Libraries Book
- TLCD Attends Grand Opening of Lake County Center
- TLCD Participates in first annual AIARE Architectural Bike Tour
- TLCD Architecture’s Workplace Wellness Program Featured at Symposium
- Mendocino College North County Center construction progress
- Mendocino College Receives Nearly $800,000 in Energy Rebates
- TLCD's DeTurk Round Barn Featured in GreenSource Magazine
- Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony Celebrates Opening of Yulupa Elementary Multi-Use Building
- Napa County Administration Building Renovation
- Butte Regional Transit Operations Center Design Approved
2012
- 3 TLCD Projects Receive NBBJ Top Project Awards
- TLCD Architecture Sponsor of NBBJ Health Care Conference
- Delivering Educational Services at Rural Community Colleges
- TLCD Architecture’s People and Projects Acknowledged at AIARE Awards
- Art Glass Installed at Luther Burbank Savings
- Mendocino College Opens New Library and Learning Center
- Fun, Food and Recognition at the Best Places to Work Awards!
- TWiT TV Brick House Studio
- Yuba College – Clearlake Campus Nearing Completion!
- Mendocino Transit Authority’s New Bus Maintenance Facility Dedication
- Building Information Modeling (BIM) Implementation Bootcamp
- TLCD Olympic Relay
- Connecting with Today’s Digital Students
- Roseland Creek Elementary in the Home Stretch
- When is a Green Roof not Green?
- Bellevue District Office Dedication – Taylor Mountain School is Completed!
- Alan Butler Completes Successful Term as Redwood Empire Food Bank President
- Revit Technology Conference 2012
- Mendocino College Lake Center Construction Progress
- Wood Veneer Cladding being Installed at Luther Burbank Savings
- Downtown Project “Going Black”
- TLCD Architecture Part of Team Sponsoring Amgen Start in Santa Rosa
- TLCD “Hydrating” Squad Works the Human Race
- DeTurk Round Barn Receives Two Awards in Single Day!
- TLCD Participates in San Mateo CC Golf Tournament
- Education Exchange
- Historic DeTurk Round Barn Features Ultra Modern Fan
- TLCD @ SCUP
- Project Update for Roseland Creek Elementary School
- Thoughts about the SSU Economic Outlook Conference
- TLCD Architecture Projects Set to Receive Awards
- Mendocino College Library Learning Resource Center Progress Update
- Aurora Behavioral Health Under Construction
- Napa Health & Human Services Agency Tours Steelcase Showroom
2011
- TLCD’s Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa Hospital Expansion Wins ENR’s Best Healtcare Project
- Yuba Community College – Clearlake Campus Student Services Center Update
- 3D Printing comes to TLCD
- SMPS Mixer at TLCD’s Office
- TLCD Architecture Recognized for 2 Top Project Awards
- TLCD Named One of the Healthiest Companies in North Bay!
- Yulupa Modular Classroom Installation
- Groundbreaking for Mendocino College Lake Center
- Family Justice Center Sonoma County Opens it’s doors!
- Reflections on the Monterey Design Conference
- Yuba Community College – Clearlake Campus – Student Services Center
- TLCD Architecture Honored at Best Places to Work Awards
- TLCD Architecture receives award for Outstanding Architectural Project of the Year
- Construction Begins on Luther Burbank Savings Headquarters
- TLCD Architecture commences the Construction on St. Helena Montessori School
- TLCD Architecture receives bids for Mendocino Transit Authority Maintenance Facilities
- TLCD Architecture Voted one of the Best Places to Work in North Bay!
- TLCD Architecture Nears Completion of Family Justice Center Sonoma County
- World’s First Protractor?
- TLCD Architecture Featured in DeTurk Round Barn Video
- How 3D Printing Will Make U.S. Self-Sufficient
- Oscar Niemeyer Cultural Center
- TLCD Celebrates Summer with an Ice Cream Sundae Social!
- SDAT Recommendations and Presentation
- KA Connect 2011 – Talks Online
- MTA Maintenance Facilities Roll On
- Energy Boost – Simple Early Analysis
- Don Tomasi Featured in Santa Rosa Magazine’s Issue on “Community Connections””
- North Bay Biz Readers Name TLCD Architecture Best Architectural Firm in Northbay
- TLCD Leads Tour of Santa Rosa Utilities Facility
- TLCD sponsors the Sustainable Enterprise Conference
- TLCD Architecture Joins Sonoma County Best Program
- It’s Alive! The Redwood Empire Revit Users Group returns
- TLCD Architecture and the Redwood Empire Food Bank Rock the Human Race!
- TLCD’s Green Week
- Deck Love
- Earth Week Prince Memorial Creek Clean-up Day
- Support our Local Farmers while eating healthy!
- TLCD’s Earth Week Kicks of With Natural Cleaning Products Demo
- AIA IPD Case Studies
- TLCD Beer Brewers Share Their Wares
- Sidney R Garfield Center Open House
- DeTurk Round Barn – open for business!
- St. Patrick’s Day Feast
- Second Annual TLCD Bowl-a-Rama!
- Innovative Multi-Purpose Room Unveiled
- Prince Memorial Greenway Creek Clean-up
- Ideas Worth Spreading
- Cash Conference 2011
- Roseland Creek Elementary School Bids!
- NEW UL ASSEMBLY SEARCH ENGINE – FIRE WIZARD
- 210 King – From a BIM to a Living Laboratory
- TLCD’s Workplace Wellness Program Featured in North Bay Business Journal
- Incredible Walk
- McCarthy Library Receives 3form Contest Award
- TLCD Gives Generously During Holiday Season
2010
- Major Donation to TLCD Food Drive
- Roseland Creek School Receives Funding
- Knowledge Architecture – KA Connect Event
- McCarthy Library and Kaiser Hospital Expansion Honored at Top Projects Awards
- Mendocino College Library Going Vertical!
- What Happens in Vegas …
- The Beauty and Desolation of Detroit
- McCarthy Library Receives Merit Award at the AIARE 2010 Design Awards
- TLCD Gang at the 2010 Sonoma County Healthcare Conference
- The Uglies
- Sketchbook
- Results on the Sonoma County School Bond Measures
- Corb Colors
- State of Ohio Goes to BIM!
- Halloween Fun at TLCD!
- College of Marin New Academic Center featured in ArchDaily
- Middle School Students Visit TLCD
- TLCD Attends Impact Sonoma Conference
- TLCD Architecture Receives Two NBBJ Top Project Awards
- AIA San Francisco Mentorship Program – “Bridging the gap while using BIM”
- New Kaiser Hospital Tower Opens
- Happy Park(ing) Day
- Mendocino College LLRC Groundbreaking
- Green BIM
- iPhone & iPad Construction and Architectural Apps!
- Check out the Obelisk
- Summer Smoothies a Big Hit!
- DeTurk Round Barn Continued Progress – “Raising the Roof”
- The Imogene Hub!
- Veterans Administration BIM Guide
- TLCD’s Prolific Gardeners!
- Community College BIM Standards
- TLCD’s Luther Burbank Savings Project Hits the Press!
- Community Colleges – Quote from Kay Ryan, U.S. Poet Laureate
- Holding On To A LEED Certification
- Mastering the BIM Mindset
- Museum on the Square Approved by City
- High Performance Whitepaper
- Welcome Back Trailer Team!
- TLCD Profiled in Current Ideate Solutions Newsletter
- Kaiser Santa Rosa Construction Tour
- Professor William J. Mitchell, pioneer of urban computing, RIP
- TLCD Architecture Now Under Contract with AOC on Lakeport Courthouse
- Hoptown Returns to the North Bay
- Design Technology Update – Revit 2011
- What are Plug Loads?
- Kaiser Santa Rosa Hospital Expansion featured in NBBJ article
- DeTurk Round Barn Renovation Update
- Exciting developments on the St. Helena Montessori School
- TLCD Honored at NorthBay biz “Best of” Event
- Armstrong: ‘Does it Always Rain Here?’
- More Photos from McCarthy Library Opening
- NVC Presentation of the McCarthy Library
- TLCD Sponsors Sonoma County’s Human Race
- Don Tomasi featured in Sunday’s Press Democrat for AT&T Renovation
- Happy Earth Day from TLCD
- TLCD Gives From the Heart as a Sponsor of the Human Race
- Rainmakers sure Did!
- Forget PLam, try Soy-CornLam!
- Exposure for Museum on the Square
- BIM in Education Projects – Another Firm’s Opinion
- Tolay Lake Park
- 6th Annual Celebration of Left Coast Design
- DSA Deferred Approval for AFSS to Be Eliminated
- Career Day at TLCD
- “Greening” Classrooms at Cardinal Newman High School
- Green Roof gets a Haircut!
- West College Utilities Facility Construction Photos
- Napa Valley College Library Construction Update
- Northern California Center for Wellbeing Skate-a-thon Fundraiser
- Wine Road Barrel Tasting Weekend
- LED Test Drive
- Bowl-a-Rama
- Napa LLRC and Great Skies
- Artist Open Studios – Lucky 10
- Project Certification Conversion to LEED 2009 – One Project’s Experience
- “Super Healthy Bowl” Cookoff
- Orange Fever!
- Aqua
- Kaiser Gift Shop Opens!
- TLCD to begin design on Student Services Center at Yuba Community College
- High Performance Wine Weds Series
- Street Lights
- First-Ever Fit Force ‘Super Healthy Bowl’
- Pick Your Desk
- TLCD ‘Represents’ at the Book of Lists Event
- Fieldhouse Dedication
- TLCD Awarded SMART Operations and Maintenance Facility
- Article: “Beyond IPD: The Integrated Enterprise Challenge”
- New AUGI World E-mag
- New Green Regulation Information
- New Sustainable Meat Source @ Santa Rosa Veterans Farmers Market
- TLCD Architecture Up to the 1,000 Pound Challenge!
- Inexpensive 3D Printing
- Museum on the Square Goes Public
- Torzo Resin-Infused Agricultural Byproducts + Recycled Wood
- 250 Pounds to Go!
- The Energy Gamble
2009
- Best Products of 2009…? You decide.
- Sharpen Your Presentation Skills
- Kaiser Santa Rosa Emergency Fuel Project
- CHICAGO-Three Buildings
- Catch Up With the Title 24 Seminar
- Holiday Food Drive in Full Swing!
- Title 24 Standards, by Martyn Dowd
- 3Form Wood, Wins ID Mags Best Bldg. Product
- Accessibility… It Takes “Tolerance”
- New Member of the Family
- 1/2 TON Food Drive Challenge!!!
- Food Journals
- New Projects!
- AIA Insight 09
- Possible new client for the TLCD Healthcare Studio
- GO DUCKS!
- MAD Architects Unveil Urban Forest Skyscraper For China
- Water Box (Aqua Tower Chicago)
- Yale Environment 360
- Zaha Hadid museum opens in Rome
- Interesting news regarding drywall
- Lost Dog Wash Trailhead
- Indiana University – All In With BIM
- Adura Technologies for Office Lighting Energy Savings
- Design Technology in the City – Photo Update
- Theo Jansen creates new creatures
- TLCD – Design Technology in the City
- TLCD Sponsors Healthcare Conference
- TLCD Revit Standards for Openings On the Way
- WW@TLCD
- Visit to PG&E Pacific Energy Center
- CCFC Conference
- PG& E Field Trip!
- Hundreds Turn Out for VA Clinic Grand Opening
- Healthcare Design 09 Conference
- On The Road with Alan- The Future & Farewell Chicago
- On the Road with Alan-A Walk Through Chicago
- On the Road with Alan-Greater Chicago Food Depository
- SRHS Sign Dedication
- BIM Adoption and Implementation at MAAP Architects
- On the Road with Alan-The Modern Wing
- On the Road with Alan- Klarchek Information Commons
- Orlando via Chicago
- Napa Valley College Library
- Sustainability Field Trip!
- Monterey Design Conference
- You Have a Green Roof?
- High Performance Mechanical Systems for Higher Education
- Planning to Build or Renovate a Library Facility?
- Summer Sliders… a huge hit!
- New LEED v3 Checklists
- Ideate, Inc. Publishes Case Study on TLCD
- Construction Update for Kaiser Santa Rosa
- SRJC Herold Mahoney Library Wins CCFC Award of Merit