The $11-million project to raise Hell Hole Dam in Foresthill, Calif., was never going to be easy. Built in 1966, the earth-and-rock embankment dam impounds two rivers to form Hell Hole Reservoir in a rugged, remote location.
This 160,000-sq-ft structure features four stories of adaptable, creative workspace in the commercially robust and rapidly developing area of Westside LA.
Defense Dept., long a project opponent, will allow development in two areas, while state vows $20M to expedite permits, port work and floating turbine approvals; at least 380 turbines are envisioned.
The $500-million Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will raise the curtain this September on an eye-popping museum and theater complex that honors the past, is designed to resist future seismic forces and appears to defy the laws of gravity.
Although it is a landmark listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Alameda High School, built in 1924, had been vacated by students since 1978 and was fully shuttered in 2012.
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