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Escondido Police and Fire
Headquarters Escondido, CA
Owner: City of Escondido
Architect: WLC Architects, Inc.
Size: 116,000 SF
Occupancy : Type B and S-3
Construction : Type II-1HR, Sprinklered
Cost: $64 Million
Completed: 2010
Project Description
The new headquarters for the City of
Escondido Police and Fire Department is a
2.5-story masonry and steel building with
an adjacent 2-level parking structure
which provides 202 parking spaces for
staff use only.
The new facility features all the essential
requirements for the police and fire
functions such as Property & Evidence,
Temporary Holding Facility, Dispatch
Center and the Emergency Operations
Center (EOC) as well as basic office
spaces for detectives, uniformed officers
and fire personnel.
The design of the headquarter building
needed to stand apart from its
surroundings for ease of public
recognition, but at the same time has
elements of the City’s existing civic
architecture to relate back to its public
functions. Such elements as the distinctive
chevron motifs and certain building colors
were used to this end which stands out in
the City’s other civic buildings. A central
3-story high atrium space allows the police
and fire personnel direct visual access as
well as opportunities to co-mingle.
Project Team
Architect of Record: Larry Wolff, AIA
Project Manager: Phuc Vinh Tran
Project Team: Frank Cuomo, AIA
Brian Andresen
Bernard Wassink
Cristina Co
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Coachella Valley Water District
Headquarter Palm Desert, CA
Owner: Coachella Valley Water District
Architect: WLC Architects, Inc.
Size: 42,000 SF
Occupancy : Type B
Construction : Type V-B, Sprinklered
Cost: $12 Million
Completed: 2011
Project Description
The new headquarter for the water
district is a two-story masonry and steel
structure with surface parking on a 5.84
acres site.
The new facility features a Board Room,
Education Center, Training Rooms and
office spaces for 108 employees who
had relocated to this building from the
former headquarter facility in the City of
Coachella.
The building and landscape design not
only met the strict design criteria of the
City of Palm Desert, but also addressed
the needs of the desert setting in terms
of colors, textures and water efficiency.
The building design consisted of
architectural and MPE features which
reduce the project energy usage by 31%
below Title 24 standards, thus earning
the SCE’s Savings By Design incentive
rebate for the Owner as well as reducing
the building’s annual operational cost.
Project Team
Architect of Record: Larry Wolff, AIA
Project Manager: Phuc Vinh Tran
Project Team: Jaime Paredes
Bernard Wassink
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El Monte High School Bleacher
Building El Monte, CA
Owner: El Monte Union High School
District
Architect: WLC Architects, Inc.
Size: 25,000 SF
Occupancy : Type B & A5
Construction : Type V-B, Sprinklered
Cost: Estimated $10 Million
Completed: Not Built
Project Description
The Bleacher Building is a combination
of CMU, poured-in-place concrete and
metal frame with stucco structure,
situated in a narrow site between the
existing football field and
tennis/basketball courts. The new
structure was intended to replace the
existing prefab metal bleacher system.
The bleacher side will provide
approximately 3,000 seats for the
football games, track events and
graduation ceremonies at El Monte High
School. The building will also provide
much needed concession areas,
storage and team rooms under the
stadium seating.
While it is the latest addition to a very old
school campus which was built in the
30’s, the architecture of the building
picks up the Art Deco style of some of its
older neighbors on campus.
The plans and specifications were
approved by the Division of State
Architect, but the project was not built
due to the District’s redirection of funds.
Project Team
Architect of Record : Kelley Needham, AIA
Project Manager: Phuc Vinh Tran
Project Team: Bernard Wassink
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Victoria Gardens Cultural Center Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Owner: City of Rancho Cucamonga
Architect: WLC Architects, Inc. + Pitassi
Architects, Inc.
Size: 90,000 SF
Occupancy : Type A2, A2.1 & A3
Construction : Type II-1HR, Sprinklered
Cost: $33 Million
Completed: 2006
Award: 2007 Award of Excellence in
Facility Design by the California Park and
Recreation Society (CPRS)
Project Description
The Victoria Gardens Cultural Center
combines The Lewis Family Playhouse, The
Paul A. Biane Library and The Celebration
Hall under one roof.
The Lewis Family Playhouse is a 536 seat
performing arts center with a fully
designed stage with trap doors,
counterweight fly curtain system, an
orchestra pit, stage lighting system and
overhead catwalks.
The Paul A. Biane Library, one of City of
Rancho Cucamonga libraries, is a 2-story
facility equipped with computer rooms,
youth center and a separate Children’s
Library section for toddlers and young
children.
The 4,500 SF Celebration Hall was
designed as a large multi-purpose room
with a full supporting warming kitchen.
The hall has been frequently used for
weddings, special convention meetings
and training seminars.
Project Team
Lead Architects: Larry Wolff, AIA
Pete Pitassi, AIA
Project Manager: Phuc Vinh Tran
Project Team: Frank Cuomo, AIA
Brian Payne
Bernard Wassink
Roy Barlongo
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Walnut City Hall Walnut, CA
Owner: City of Walnut
Architect: WLC Architects, Inc.
Size: 19,000 SF
Occupancy : Type B
Construction : Type V-B, Sprinklered
Cost: $4 Million
Completed: 2003
Project Description
The Walnut City Hall was the last addition
to the Walnut City Civic Center complex
which included the Walnut City Library
and the Walnut City Senior Center.
The project was done in 2 phases. Since
the new city hall would be built on the
same site as the old city hall, Phase 1
involved the demolition of the old city
hall and the design and construction of
the temporary city hall at the nearby
office complex. Phase 2 was the design
and construction of the new city hall
itself.
The new City Hall has a bigger Council
Chamber with better sight lines and
acoustical qualities. The public service
counters are conveniently accessible
from the front entrance and well-lit by
large clerestory windows, thus reducing
the needs for much lighting during
business hours.
The building design consisted of
architectural and MPE features which
reduce the project energy usage by 20%
below Title 24 standards, thus earning
the SCE’s Savings By Design incentive
rebate for the Owner as well as reducing
the building’s annual operational cost.
Project Team
Architect of Record: Larry Wolff, AIA
Project Manager: Phuc Vinh Tran
Project Team: Jaime Paredes
Rowel Zafra