We are architects, designers, planners, materials specialists, and historians, who understand that people and communities are at the heart of great buildings and great places.
Our mission is to create places—for learning, for working, for gathering, for living—that integrate our past, are welcoming and joyful, and serve communities today and in the future.
A private foundation was establishing their new headquarters at the Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture. Page & Turnbull offered creative solutions for the 1,900 SG spaces to design a flexible workplace with office, lounge, meeting, and gallery spaces.
Glendale Masonic Temple / Glendale
As preservation architect, Page & Turnbull ensured that the essence of this former Art Deco-style Masonic Temple (1928) was creatively integrated into flexible office space. The dramatic, cathedral-like spaces and partial floors were optimized for contemporary working styles.
The Swiss government required a building with a complex program: to fit three distinct agencies, with varying levels of openness and security, within a historic, industrial building. Our holistic and sustainable solution provided natural, light-filled interiors with a garden and terraces that dovetail with San Francisco’s Living Alleys initiative.
Built as Riverside’s Main Public Library in 1965, The Cheech, cited by ULI as a top publicprivate partnership, is now a place that celebrates “Chicano Art is American Art.” Working with the community to develop guiding principles, The Cheech has exceeded attendace projects by 35% welcoming more than 135,000 visitors in its first year of operation.
These historic piers were adapted and rehabilitated to serve as a place to “tinker, test, notice, and play.” Certified LEED-Gold and the world’s first net-zero museum, the Exploratorium provides flexible spaces for learning and doing.
Designing a place for one of the 20th Century’s most creative geniuses meant thinking outside the box. This curtainwall infill, built between two wings of a 19th Century masonry building, provides 20,000 SF of exhibit space and offers view of the Golden Gate.
Everyone from Sinatra to Santana, Sir Elton to Queen Aretha has played The Greek, built in 1930 and sited in LA’s Griffith Park. Now with a new roof, thermal skylights, and seismic strengthening, the Greek will continue to endure as one of the National Trust’s top ten historic amphitheaters.
955 Post Street / San Francisco
This mixed-use residential and commercial building is compatible in form, materials, and texture with the neighborhood. Exterior masonry cladding, projecting bays, and a continuous cornice blends seamlessly into the Nob Hill historic district.
The Tioga / Merced
This 1920s hotel was rehabilitated into The Tioga, a 70-unit market-rate rental building for professionals and UC Merced students. The Tioga became a catalyst for downtown Merced’s Main Street resurgence—bringing new jobs, economic opportunity, and nightlife to the city’s historic core.
Originally built as two individual hotels in the 1920, the building has been reimagined as x00 studio units for individuals transitiong from homelessness. NEEDS MORE
Built as a basketball gym in the 1930s, Hooper Community Center now serves The Webb School students as a place to connect IRL and online. This campus hub offers everything from a snack bar to study spaces.
A brutalist landmark building on the UC Berkeley campus was transformed from a structurally-deficient inoperable space into a modern coworking life science lab facility designed to house the entrepreuners of tomorrow.
The Next Century Plan is designed to be a resiliency roadmap that will allow International House to function well into the 2030s and beyond. Our recommendations will improve functionality, enhance the resident and user experiences, and anticipate technology and infrastructure needs.
To ensure a responsible path for growth, the UCB Long Range Development Plan will codify historic preservation priorities and documentation of existing University-owned resources on the main UC Berkeley campus and surrounding neighborhoods.
The Embarcadero Freeway separated this magnificent landmark building from the heart of San Francisco until the Loma Prieta Earthquake brought it down in 1989. Today, the Ferry Building is a mixed-use development and intermodal transportation center that offers a world-class farmer’s market.
The adaptively re-used San Jose Water Company building will be a focal point of Google’s Downtown West development. It will become a community space amidst Google’s hub for technology, entrepreneurship, and innovation, adjacent to the Diridon multi-modal station.
Santa Barbara African American and Black Historic Context Statement
By recognizing the contributions of the African American and Black community to Santa Barbara, the historic context statement offers a historical overview of growth and development of the city and the thematic contexts that shaped its physical environment.
Sacramento Historic District Plans
Recognizing their district plans were outdated and ineffective, Sacramento’s Preservation Commission began a systemic update in 2018. The resulting award-winning 430-page document summarizes the historical and architectural significance of each district and provides design standards to help manage change in a way that preserves Sacramento’s history and character.
We imagine change in historic and contemporary environments to cultivate thriving, sustainable, and resilient communities. 523