Groundbreaking!
San Diego New Central Library groundbreaking ceremony was held on July 28, 2010. Dignitaries from the entire process, beginning in 1977, were in attendance.
Read about it.

Action / Reaction
San Diego New Children's Museum
exhibited in 2010 California Design Biennial
at Pasadena Museum of California Art through October 31
Read about it.

Library wins Council Vote!
The San Diego City Council votes 6-2 to allow construction of the San Diego New Central Library to begin Read about it.

Honor Award
Casa Feliz Studios receives
Honor Award from East Bay AIA
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Green Choice
Casa Feliz Studios is selected as a finalist in the green category of Affordable Housing Finance's Reader's Choice Awards
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Environmental Design
Casa Feliz Studios featured cover story in
Environmental Design + Construction Magazine.
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Under Budget
The San Diego New Central Library updated guaranteed maximum price is $115,031 below the original 2005 estimate. Read Article

Palo Alto honors
Opportunity Center of the Midpeninsula was awarded an Architectural Review Board Award in 2010. Read Article

Construction is complete
The homes at Shaw Lopez Park are complete. See the project.

LEED Gold
Casa Feliz Studios has received USGBC LEED Gold NC certification.
 

Groundbreaking
The groundbreaking ceremony for our new office took place on December 4, 2009. See the project.
 

YouTube
The sun's path over the San Diego New Central Library
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YouTube
A video walk-through of The San Diego New Central Library narrated by Rob is posted on YouTube.
Watch video

"A New Downtown Landmark"
The Architect's Newspaper critiques the New Children's Museum.
Read it here.

Art for Kids
The New Children's Museum in downtown San Diego opens to wide public acclaim in May 2008..
Read the front page story.

Green Honors
The New Children’s Museum wins a statewide "Savings By Design" Honor Award, an AIA-San Diego COTE (Committee on the Environment) award, and an Urban Land Institute "Smart Growth" award for sustainable design in a cultural setting.
Read how the museum lights, heats, cools, and powers itself here.

Under Budget!
The winning low bid for construction of the Quigley-designed Seven Trees Community Center and Branch Library in San Jose comes in 16% under budget. The facility is slated to open in 2010.

Ennobling Tilt-Up
As the keynote speaker at the Tilt-Up Concrete Association’s 2007 national convention at the University of Maryland, Rob discusses tilt-up construction’s humble warehouse beginnings and the firm’s efforts to develop this economical system as appropriate for civic and academic buildings.

El Faro
Massing models are complete for “El Faro,” a residential high-rise in Ensenada, Mexico, that Rob designed for PICSA Development Group. El Faro is envisioned as the signature tower for PACIFICA at Ensenada Bay, a planned condo-hotel resort community. Watch Rob talk about the project here.

Honor Award
The UCSD Student Services Center is awarded AIA-San Diego’s highest design award, the Honor Award, in 2007.
Read the article from the San Diego Union-Tribune here.

Opportunity Center of the Midpeninsula / This new Quigley-designed center lives up to its name, offering low-cost housing and dispensing social services to Palo Alto's disadvantaged.
View the photos from the Grand Opening.

Library Talk / In May of 2006, Rob is invited to speak in Baton Rouge about the design of the San Diego New Central Library. The event, "Celebrate Architecture," was sponsored by AIA Louisiana.

Maybeck Award 2005 / Rob is presented with the AIA California’s prestigious Maybeck Award for lifetime achievement in producing consistently distinguished design.
See the Maybeck Award entry..

Top Ten Nationwide / The Leslie Shao-ming Sun Field Station at Stanford University wins a national award as one of AIA Committee on the Environment’s “Top Ten Green Buildings of 2005.”
Visit the AIA/COTE link here.