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Bruce A. Race, FAIA, AICP

Bruce A. Race, FAIA, AICP, founded RACESTUDIO in 1994 to personally serve his clients. Prior to establishing his own practice, he worked with ELS/Elbasani and Logan Architects for two years and Kaplan McLaughlin Diaz (KMD) for nine years. As a principal at KMD, he created an urban design studio that specialized in central district plans, urban infill projects, transit station area plans, new communities, institutional and government facility plans and design guidelines.

Mr. Race provides planning and design services to a wide range of public, institutional and private sector clients. His practice includes deep portfolios in central district and infill development planning; comprehensive planning for communities and regions; master planning public facilities and college campuses; and preparing transit station area plans. In addition, he has been hired by some of the country’s foremost developers. Mr. Race has worked throughout the United States and on-site assignments in Panama, Philippines, Malaysia and Japan.

Mr. Race brings an implementation emphasis to all assignments where guidelines and planning proposals are feasible in the marketplace. His plans emphasize public/private approach to building the community's public realm. Project sponsors and city staff find Mr. Race's popular plans and guidelines easy to understand and enforce.

Mr. Race emphasizes client and community participation in developing planning and design solutions that are popularly understood and supported. Some of the tools used by Mr. Race to support an interactive process include gaming, cognitive mapping, environmental walks, situation analysis and scenario development. He uses these tools within overall participation programs consisting of workshops, study sessions and charrettes. Mr. Race utilizes this approach to create ownership for design solutions among project sponsors. He has been particularly successful with public sector clients where each of his many planning assignments has been unanimously approved by policymakers.

Communication of design and planning concepts is enhanced by Mr. Race's graphic hand and verbal skills. As a professional illustrator, he uses perspective sketches to demonstrate the likely physical manifestation of policy and conceptual design choices. His graphics communication skills have expanded to include digital representations and modeling. Mr. Race is a good listener and a lively facilitator. He uses these abilities in client and public forums to focus participants on issues critical to successful implementation of popular ideas.

selected experience

Central Districts | Land Planning | Transit Oriented Plans | Architecture

  • Sacramento Downtown Urban Design Plan, Sacramento, California
  • Capitol Park Neighborhood Design Plan, Sacramento, California
  • Cultural and Entertainment District Plan, Sacramento, California
  • South Downtown Plan, Reno, Nevada
  • Downtown Davis and Traditional Residential Neighborhoods, Davis, California
  • Community-wide Housing Strategy, Santa Cruz, California
  • Downtown Glendale Infill Development Planning, Glendale, California
  • Cultural District Plan, Johnson City, Tennessee
  • Downtown Plan, Canton, Ohio
  • Downtown Design Guidelines and Development Standards, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • Tahoe Basin Regional Plan Update, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
  • San Joaquin Valley Regional Blueprint, Central California
  • General Plan Update, San Pablo, California
  • General Plan Update, Union City, California
  • General Plan Update, Stockton, California
  • Elverta Village Specific Plan, Sacramento County, California
  • Commercial and Mixed-use Community Design Guidelines, Sacramento, County, California
  • Fair Oaks Boulevard Corridor Plan, Sacramento County, California
  • East Lonetree Specific Plan, Antioch, California
  • Auburn Boulevard Specific Plan, Citrus Heights, California
  • "R" Street Corridor Plan, Sacramento, California
  • 16th Street Design Plan, Sacramento, California
  • Broadway/Stockton Urban Design Plan, Sacramento
  • Modesto Redevelopment Area Master Plan, Modesto, California
  • Central Stockton Plan, Stockton, California
  • Downtown Housing Strategy, Stockton, California
  • Mid Market Concept Plan, San Francisco, California
  • Pasadena Urban Design Plan, Pasadena, California
  • Sunnyvale Downtown Plan, Sunnyvale, California
  • Downtown Mixed-use Plan, Napa, California
  • East Downtown Visalia Strategic Plan, Visalia, California
  • Downtown Livermore Urban Design Plan, Livermore, California
  • Downtown Renaissance Plan, St. Helena, California
  • Community Urban Design Plan, Calistoga, California
  • Oakland-Broadway Corridor Study, Oakland, California
  • Downtown Oakland Revitalization Plan, Oakland, California
  • Jefferson Area Redevelopment Strategy, Fresno, California
  • Porterville Redevelopment Strategic Plan, Porterville, California
  • Riverside Airport Area Strategy, Riverside, California
  • North First Street, Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California
  • Hilltop Redevelopment Plan, Signal Hill, California
  • South Gateway Development Area, El Cerrito, California
  • Gateway District Vision Framework, Napa, California
  • Highway 198 Vision Plan, Visalia, California
  • Sylvan Corners Redevelopment Concept Plan, Citrus Heights, California
  • West Lake-MacArthur Park Metro Station, Los Angeles, California
  • Hill Street-Metro Assessment, Los Angeles, California
  • Curtis Park West Design Plan and Guidelines, Sacramento, California
  • Ohlone/Chynoweth Transit Station Area Plan, San Jose, California
  • Pedley Metro Link Station Area Plan, Riverside County, California
  • Downtown Transit Strategy, Main Street Super Stop, Houston, Texas
  • Union Pacific Depot Master Plan, Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Union Terminal Entertainment and Retail Plan, Denver, Colorado
  • Intermodal Station Area Plan, Sacramento, California
  • Flatiron Neighborhood Design Guidelines, Boulder, Colorado
  • Carmel-by-the-Sea Traditions Project, Carmel, California 
  • Minden Plan for Prosperity, Minden, Nevada
  • Gardnerville Plan for Prosperity, Gardnerville, NV
  • Residential Design Guidelines, Napa, California
  • Residential Design Guidelines, Watsonville, California
  • Accessory Dwelling Unit Manual, Santa Cruz, California
  • Abajo/Fuller Park Neighborhood Guidelines, Napa, California
  • Preservation Design Guidelines, Truckee, California
  • Downtown River Revitalization Strategy, Truckee, California
  • Neighborhood Revitalization Strategies, Sacramento, California
  • University Village Guidelines, Albany, California
  • Franklin Villa Revitalization Plan, Sacramento, California
  • San Jose State University Environs Housing Study, San Jose, California
  • Evergreen Community College Asset Management Plan, San Jose, California
  • UC Merced Long Range Development Plan, Merced, California
  • Physical Sciences Complex Master Plan, University of California, Berkeley, California
  • Community Health Campus Master Plan, University of California, Berkeley, California
  • Clark County Community College, West Charleston Campus Master Plan, Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Civic Center Plan, Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Civic Center Master Plan, Visalia, California
  • City Hall Consolidation Strategy, Napa, California
  • Civic Center Master Plan, Sacramento, California
  • Civic Center Master Plan and Downtown Concept Plan, Roseville, California
  • Del Mar Community Center Plan, Del Mar, California
  • San Diego Civic Center Site Strategies, San Diego, California
  • Legislative Office Complex Master Plan, Sacramento, California
  • Marin General Hospital, Greenbrea, California
  • Mt. Diablo Medical Building, Concord, California
  • Brigham and Womens Hospital Master Plan, Boston, Massachusetts
  • Regional Medical District Community Plan, Tyler, Texas
  • MCA/Universal Citywalk Studies, Hollywood, California
  • Genentech Site Planning and Programming, So. San Francisco, California
  • Bandar Penawar New Town, Johor, Malaysia
  • Resort Community Plan, Oita, Japan
  • Retail and Entertainment Center Plans, Davo City, Cebu, and Manila, Philippines
  • Waterfront Plan, Colon, Panama
  • Indianapolis Neighborhood Strategies, VISTA Volunteer, Staff Planner, City of Indianapolis, Indiana

leadership

Mr. Race has served in leadership positions with the American Institute of Architects at the local, state and national levels. He served on the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association Board of Directors for 13 years including two terms as vice president. Mr. Race was on the founding Board of Directors for the Great Valley Center, an organization that strives to enhance the economic, social and environmental well-being of California's Central Valley.

education

Mr. Race received his Bachelor in Architecture and Bachelor of Science in Urban and Regional Studies from Ball State University where he was awarded the Alpha Rho Chi Medal (1980), the Community Based Projects Award (1980), and Distinguished Alumnus Award (1999). In 2007 he was a Ball State University, Emens Distinguished Professor.

professional registration and certification

Mr. Race is a registered architect in the state of California and certified by the American Planning Association as a member of the APA's professional institute (American Institute of Certified Planners).

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