2009 Honor Award for Urban Design
From an Age of Movement to an Age of Place, Palo Alto, CA
Architect: Tony Carrasco, AIA, Carrasco & Associates
John Barton, AIA, Barton Architect
Bruce A. Fukuji, AIA, Fukuji Planning & Design
Community leaders, Stanford faculty and students are advocating to underground the California High Speed Train system (HST) through Palo Alto. Project impacts of the elevated and grade-separated system include: alignment, visual, noise, vibration, traffic and right-of-way impacts on residential and commercial districts.
