THE FOX THEATER - OAKLAND
Read about The KPA Group and the revival and redevelopment of Oakland's Fox Theaterin the San Francisco Business Times andin the September 2009 Building Design+Construction.
Nashville, Tenn (October 15, 2009) - Today, the National Trust for Historic Preservation presented its Preservation Honor Award to the City of Oakland Redevelopment Agency for the renovation of the Fox Oakland Theater in Oakland, Calif.
"Along with the City of Oakland Redevelopment Agency, co-recipients honored today for the Fox Oakland Theater renovation project are: California Capital Group; Turner Construction; Architectural Dimensions; The KPA Group Structural Engineers; ELS Architecture & Urban Design; Starkweather Bondy Architecture; and Friends of the Oakland Fox."
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But it was the seismic retrofit efforts lead by Oakland-based KPA Group that received the most praise from the Reconstruction Awards judges. They were particularly impressed with the Building Team's ability to stabilize both the new and existing structures without adversely impacting the visual grandeur of the theater. The effort involved devising multiple solutions.
"It was a good, clean job" said SGH's Johnson of. "I think they did the seismic retrofit intelligently."