Blue Barn Warehouse

Architecture

Oakland, California

The original Blue Barn warehouse building served as the construction staging facility during the construction of the Bay Bridge in the early 1930s.
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DB+A’s design concept included saving the existing Blue Barn structure and creating a new 3-story 23,000 SF building to serve as the new Silverado Contractors’ Headquarters. Project goals included preserving Blue Barn’s original structure and designing an adjacent office to serve as a new creative work environment for the expanding company. DB+A’s scope of work included site planning and developing multiple building design concepts that featured a subterranean parking facility, an on-site gym, flexible workspaces for large projects, private office spaces, and large second-story exterior balconies.
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