TJCAIA News Blog

[caption id="attachment_357" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Keller Residence: After"][/caption] Bill and Clara Keller are enjoying a distinctive addition to their ranch home on the higher properties along San Benancio Canyon Road. You might describe it as living in a pyramid. TJC designed the floor plan of their new guest room as a square ...

[caption id="attachment_262" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Historic Wall Street Inn"][/caption] The Pajaro Wall Street Inn, located in downtown Watsonville, CA, was built in 1911. Novin Investments took on the challenge of renovating the fire damaged, four-story mixed-use building. Thomas J. Carleton Architecture collaborated with MBA Architects (historic architecture consultants) to restore the exterior ...

[caption id="attachment_201" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Silver Cloud Office Building"][/caption] Lease Space Available Owner and builder, John Jessen, recently completed a new 16,000 sq. ft., 2-story office building on Silver Cloud Court in Monterey, designed by TJC. He promptly leased 70% of the building to Pro Act. Now he has 4,680 sq. ft. of ...

  [caption id="attachment_163" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="El Gabilan Library's New Landscaping"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_164" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="El Gabilan Library's New Interior"][/caption] "I remember checking out countless books at the El Gabilan Library as a child. I am so glad to see the city invest in our libraries. I hope the improvements cause more parents ...

[caption id="attachment_133" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Standard Pacific Homes: Spreckels"][/caption] Standard Pacific Homes has two communities in Monterey County, Sorrento in Salinas and Spreckels. Tom Carleton was hired by SPH as a design consultant on the new homes in Spreckels. Bonnie Sharkey (408-626-6922) claims that "people would be surprised to know how well we ...

Utilizing our new software tool, AutoDesk Revit Architecture, we have created preliminary design concepts for remodeling the Amtrak Station in Salinas to add Greyhound Bus service. Using blueprints from 1941 and measurements taken from the existing structures, we created a virtual model of the historic train station and then outlined ...

The renovated offices for Yuki Farms are now complete. The original Chap Foster House, at the corner of Foster Road and the Salinas-Monterey Highway (Rt. 68), is dated about 1908. Chris Bunn and his family have been working with Desmond Construction and TJC to restore many interior and exterior ...

On The Boards Renovations to the Alano Club on Central Avenue in Salinas are being planned. The commercial building was recently purchased by Sun Street Centers. Schematic layouts and a 3-D model have been developed to show alternatives to relocate Greyhound into the Salinas Intermodal Transit Center. Greyhound and Amtrak are reviewing ...

Project Update:On The Boards Drawings of the Salinas Transit Center have been started to relocate Greyhound to the existing building. The owner is the City of Salinas. Construction drawings are underway for an addition to the “White House” on Alisal Street in Salinas. Construction drawings are progressing for a prefabricated office building for ...

On The Boards A green design concept was developed for Calvary High School in Monterey , CA Schematic design drawings and models have been approved for The Village at Soledad (a retail center) by the city’s planning ...