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Bruce A. Race, FAIA, AICP
RACESTUDIO was founded in 1994 by Bruce A. Race, FAIA, AICP, 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. Some of his California central district revitalization planning efforts include San Francisco, Sacramento, Modesto, Oakland, Fresno, Stockton, Los Angles and Pasadena. Transit agency clients include Bay Area Rapid Transit, Santa Clara County Transit Agency and Southern California Regional Transit Authority. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, Genentech, and other high technology, healthcare and educational campus plans have been shaped by his involvement. Representative private sector clients include Genentech, Homart Development, Union Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific Railroad, AKT Development, MCA/Universal Development, and Visa Corporation. Mr. Race's international experience includes planning assignments in Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, China and Panama.
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.
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
- - Downtown Glendale Infill Development Planning, Glendale, California
- - Cultural District Plan, Johnson City, Tennessee
- - Dowtown Plan, Canton, Ohio
- - General Plan Update, San Pablo, California
- - General Plan Update, Union City, California
- - Elverta Village Specific 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
- - Mid Market Concept Plan, San Francisco, California
- - Pasadena Urban Design Plan, Pasadena, California
- - Sunnyvale Downtown Plan, Sunnyvale, California
- - Downtown Livermore Urban Design Plan, Livermore, 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
- - Residential Design Guidelines, Napa, California
- - Residential Design Guidelines, Watsonville, California
- - Abajo/Fuller Park Neighborhood Guidelines, Napa, California
- - Preservation Design Guidelines, 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
- - Physical Sciences Complex Master Plan, University of California, Berkeley
- - Clark County Community College, West Charleston Campus Master Plan, Las Vegas, Nevada
- - Civic Center Plan, Las Vegas, Nevada
- - 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
- - 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
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 have 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. Mr. Race is a good listener and a lively facilitator. He uses these skills in client and public forums to focus participants on issues critical to successful implementation of popular ideas.
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).
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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