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The summer camp came to a successful conclusion over the weekend. With over 150 students, the camp was designed to expose youth to the built environment and architectural profession. We are a proud sponsor of Project Pipeline, a program that helps to Equip, Empower, and Educate youth in our community

We are proud to be honored as the Best Firm to Work For by the . We were awarded #1 in Architecture for our 4th year in a row, and this year we were also awarded #1 in Multi-Discipline in our group size nationwide.

We honor and celebrate the many women who’ve paved the way at Taylor Design and to those that continue to impact and drive our success.

Our own Enrique Ceniceros, AIA shares takeaways from the recent Bisnow San Diego Life Sciences virtual event. It was a wide-ranging discussion that covered status, trends, and future predictions for the market sector.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tech-talk-top-takeaways-taylor/

Wishing our own Alfonzo Villafane very happy 5 Year Work Anniversary! Thank you for your enthusiasm, tenacity, and dedication.

Join our own Enrique Ceniceros AIA for the upcoming Bisnow San Diego Life Sciences Digital Summit on Tuesday, July 20th. Learn more about effectively investing and developing life sciences in San Diego, including best practices for investment, development, design, and construction in 2021 and beyond.



https://www.bisnow.com/digital-summits/san-diego/life-sciences/san-diego-life-sciences-6737

We are excited to collaborate on this project with PMB, Kindred Healthcare, UC Davis Health, and McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.

https://www.prweb.com/releases/uc_davis_medical_center_kindred_healthcare_and_pmb_to_develop_new_inpatient_rehabilitation_facility_in_sacramento/prweb18022688.htm

UC Davis Medical Center, Kindred Healthcare and PMB to develop new inpatient rehabilitation facility in Sacramento SACRAMENTO and SAN DIEGO, Calif. (PRWEB) June 24, 2021 -- The 52-bed UC Davis Health Rehabilitation Hospital will meet the growing community need for more rehabilitation services and allow UC Davis to free up acute care space in its main hospital

We are honored to be named by Zweig Group as the #1 architecture firm in the 2021 Best Firms to Work For award program. Thanks to our incredible staff, this is the third year in a row we have received this recognition!

As a 100% employee-owned firm, every employee is positioned to think like an owner. Our staff understands what drives success. We work hard and still have fun along the way.



https://wearetaylor.com/threepeat-for-taylor-design-recognized-as-2021-best-architecture-firm-to-work-for/

“Threepeat” for Taylor Design: Recognized as 2021 Best Architecture Firm to Work For Taylor Design was ranked first among architecture firms on the 2021 Best Firms To Work For Awards list. This marks the fourth consecutive year that Taylor Design has ranked, and the third consecutive year it topped all other architecture firms on the Best Firms to Work For list.

We are thrilled to announced that Enrique Ceniceros AIA, LEED AP BD+C, has joined Taylor Design as Director of Science & Technology. He brings over 28 years of experience as an architect and laboratory planner for projects including University facilities, biopharmaceutical facilities, research and development laboratories, aerospace and manufacturing facilities.



https://wearetaylor.com/taylor-design-welcomes-enrique-ceniceros-as-science-and-technology-studio-director/

Taylor Design Welcomes Enrique Ceniceros as Science and Technology Studio Director Throughout his 28 year career, Enrique Ceniceros has established himself as an expert in the adaptive reuse of commercial and historic structures into state-of-the-art research and manufacturing facilities. Ceniceros’ work encompasses a broad range of projects, including higher education research ...

We are excited to share out the Healthcare Design Magazine photo tour of the Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center Support Services Building. As part of the campus revitalization, the two-story, 67,000-square-foot building became a newly centralized workplace, housing administration, an employee health clinic, nursing classrooms, and a nursing demonstration lab.



https://healthcaredesignmagazine.com/projects/photo-tour-rancho-los-amigos-national-rehabilitation-center-support-services-building/

HCD Mag PHOTO TOUR: Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center Support Services Building Posted by Tracey Walker, Managing Editor | May 17, 2021 eszter+david The two-story, 67,000-square-foot project is driven by the idea of “tapestry as a metaphor,” with weaving-inspired design elements used thro...

Please cast your vote for Taylor Design for the 2021 IIDA Northern California Honor Awards - People's Choice Award!
We are in the Heal category for the recently completed Sequoias Portola Valley Main Building Remodel.
Voting ends May 20th!
https://iidanc.secure-platform.com/a/gallery/rounds/8/details/881

Please cast your vote for Taylor Design for the 2021 IIDA Northern California Honor Awards - People's Choice Award!
We are in the Heal category for the recently completed UCSF Medical Center at Parnassus ACC2 Spine Center Remodel.
Voting ends May 20th!
https://iidanc.secure-platform.com/a/gallery/rounds/8/details/880

Wishing our own Rohit C. Belsare very happy 5 Year Work Anniversary! Thank you for your artistry, dedication, positivity, and love of great design.

We are honored to have been a part of the team on this exciting project! Thanks to all the collaborators including Palomar Health, Kindred Healthcare, McCarthy Building Companies, Inc., PMB, SC Engineers, Inc., Masson & Associates, Inc., Structural Affiliates International, and In-Site Landscape Architecture.

Honeybees are essential to healthy crops and a key component of sustainable agriculture. In celebration of Earth Day, Taylor Design is proud to "adopt" multiple beehives on family-owned and community-supported farms across the country. By adopting a hive, you too can help support the purchase of equipment, hives, bees and spread the word about the benefits of saving the bees while also saving the environment.

The Bee Conservancy has a helpful list of ways you can help https://lnkd.in/gdD8gwE

Taylor Design would like to celebrate Allison Couture, a Senior Interior Designer in our Irvine office who has been with the firm for 13 years. We asked Allison what advice she would give her younger self starting out in design. “Be kind to yourself,” she advised, “Find your design niche and hone your craft within it.”

Allison talked about other female mentors that positively impacted her career, “I’ve had the pleasure of working with many female mentors over the years. There isn’t just one who impacted my career, I think of the collective group of female leaders that have influenced my career and journey in the design industry, with a deep appreciation for the role they played in my life. These women are incredible humans, whether it be their strength, creativity, ability to laugh, their self-awareness, or simply how they hold a room, each attribute has shaped me into the designer I am today. “

We want to celebrate Shawna Hinrichs, who has been a Project Manager in our San Francisco office for over 7 years. She offers this advice before starting out your career in Architecture: “Continue to focus on ways to grow and educate yourself, set goals just as you did in school to complete classes and degrees. Even though projects may take years, it will move quickly. When deadlines and tasks get heavy or too much, remember your inspirations and your passions, they will drive you through the projects and the years. Continue to trust yourself on the decisions that you need to make to help you navigate through your career.”

When asked who has positively impacted her career the most, Shawna shared that “leaders who impacted me the most were men, advocates for women, and women who taught me how to work with each other as a team and grow relationships while doing it. They taught me that every person and position was equal on a project team. To be proud of the work and that all of the people are needed and important in each of their roles to create a finished and great project.”

Taylor Design would like to celebrate Alejandra Nadal, Architect, EDAC, and Senior Project Manager in our San Diego office for over 5 years and asked her to provide her advice to her younger self. She said that what is most important starting out in Architecture is to “Always be curious, ask questions; be proactive, don’t wait to be told; absorb the knowledge of the people around you that are willing to share; and most importantly, your work is a representation of who you are, so always give it your 110%.”

“When I was 12 years old, I met Architect Socorro Amaya de Curiel; after that, my future was decided,” Alex shared, adding “In college I had the opportunity to intern for her firm on a summer break and she made the same impression on me that she did when I was 12. She was the only female Architect I knew and that summer she taught me values to strive for: dedication, patience, hard work, humbleness, collaboration and the poised demeanor she projected once she entered the office; for that I am grateful.”

Wishing our own Ravi Rao a very happy 5 Year Work Anniversary! Thank you for your thoughtfulness, attention to detail, and love of great design.

Wishing our own Jamison Delfino a very happy 10 Year Work Anniversary! Thank you for all you do to make the world brighter and more beautiful each and every day.

Taylor Design is celebrating Mackenzie Bray, who has worked as a Project Architect in our San Francisco office for over 3 years.

What advice would she give her younger self? “Don’t be afraid of what you don’t know,” Mackenzie stated, “Embrace it. Ask all the questions!”.

On what other female leaders in the design community has positively impacted her career, Mackenzie shared that “growing up on the west coast, we visited Hearst Castle almost every summer. I idolized Julia Morgan and wanted to be just like her. When I got to architecture school, I had a bit of an existential crisis when I learned that her work for Hearst wasn’t held in very high regard by those practicing the profession. (I also saw Citizen Kane). But I took what I knew of her personality, her work ethic, her perseverance as the first licensed female architect and tried to apply that to my own career. Now I can admire how she managed such a monumental project for a ‘Type A client’ lasting multiple decades (and just as many contractors) as well as completing countless other works. I can also appreciate the beauty of her style without endorsing the supreme abuse of power that may have supported it.”

Taylor Design is greatly saddened to announce the passing of our friend and Board Member, Jim Cora, on March 21, 2021. After a long and successful career as Chairman of Disney International, Jim joined the Board of Directors at Taylor Design in 2013. Immediately, Jim brought his own magic and passion to Taylor Design, along with a wicked sense of humor, and created a lasting legacy that will be with us forever. His passing is a deep loss to the Taylor Design family and we are thankful for the good fortune to know him.

On this International Women’s Day, we wish to celebrate women's achievement, raise awareness against bias, and take action for equality. ’sDay

We appreciate our staff! As a thank you for contributing to the success of our company we sent them goodies from Chuao Chocolatier, a San Diego-based purveyor of fine chocolates that are fair trade certified and use sustainable farming.

Our own Teresa Endres, AIA, ACHA, EDAC, AAH and Caitlin Stevenson, AIA are featured in Comstock's magazine Women in Leadership issue. These two talented women have helped to fuel our growth in the Sacramento area. https://joom.ag/ALeI/p36

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An article by our own J. Ken Ederington for Lab Manager is a great overview of the differences between Corporate and Academic Labs. https://www.labmanager.com/lab-design-and-furnishings/corporate-and-academic-labs-learning-from-their-differences-25275

Corporate and Academic Labs: Learning from their Differences Labs follow different paths to achieve their objectives and their measures of success

We are excited to announce that Michael Levendusky has joined Taylor Design as a Design Director. Michael brings over 30 years of experience in healthcare, corporate, science and technology, civic and residential projects of all sizes and scopes. https://wearetaylor.com/taylor-design-welcomes-michael-levendusky-as-design-director/

Taylor Design Welcomes Michael Levendusky as a Design Director Taylor Design announced Michael Levendusky, AIA, LEED AP, has joined the firm as a Design Director. With over 30 years of experience, Levendusky’s work encompasses extensive healthcare, corporate, science and technology, civic and residential projects of all sizes and scopes. He led the design for...