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		July 5, 2011 A video from the ground breaking ceremony of the Willamette River Bridge in Portland designed by Donald MacDonald Architects.
		July 5, 2011 An article about Donald MacDonald and the Golden Gate Bridge was published in the Danish newspaper Faktisk.
		Upcoming event: On the 30th of April at 1:00pm Donald MacDonald will lead a boat tour of the new span of the Bay Bridge. Mr. MacDonald will give a presentation on the project and also highlight design features and construction details during the excursion. For more information click here
		15th of April, 2011 Donald MacDonald and California College of Arts (CCA) trustee Ann Hatch at the California College of Arts benefit at Gump's.
		15th of April, 2011 The official opening of the Lagunitas Road Bridge, designed by Donald Macdonald of Donald Macdonald Architects in San Francisco, took place on the 20th of March, 2011 at the Town of Ross in Lagunitas, California.
		The 15th of April, 2011 The official Dedication Ceremony for the Cypress Bridge Replacement Project was on the 14th of April, 2011. Architect Donald MacDonald provided conceptual bridge design services.
		March 14, 2011 "If there's an architect with the qualifications and credibility to write about the greatest bridge of them all, MacDonald is it. In 1980, he won a controversial architectural competition to redesign and replace the original art deco toll booths. The streamlined booths he created - and which remain today - won awards from the Art Deco Society and the American Institute of Architects. MacDonald's colorful, graphic-novel-style drawings illustrate the bridge's visible but little-known features."
		March 15, 2011 "The Golden State Warriors have unveiled a logo, depicting a facet of infrastructure that will soon be widely recognized - the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge." The new span was designed by Donald MacDonald of Donald MacDonald Architects.
		March 15, 2011 "The soaring white tower designed to be a signature for the East Bay hasn't even begun to rise from the waters off Yerba Buena Island. But the new span of the Bay Bridge already is becoming an icon. "It's a great bradning opportunity for Oakland," said Donald MacDonald, the San Francisco architect who designed the single-tower span and has spoken with the Warriors. "It gives (Oakland) a gateway, and at night, it's going to be sepctacular."
		March 16, 2011 "MacDonald said the new Bay Bridge's unique look fits the current trend of cities and regions to brand themselves with a recognizable symbol. His firm also designed the cable-stayed Cooper River Bridge in Charleston, S.C., which he said has become a popular emblem in the area. "It's going to be a great-looking bridge," MacDonald said. "There will be more and more (use of the bridge's image) as it gets built."
		March 10, 2011 An article about the Iron Horse Pedestrian Overcrossing designed by Donald MacDonald in collaboration with ARUP angineers appeared in the February issue of Civil Engineering magazine. "San Francisco-based Donald MacDonald Architects assisted Arup in the design of the 860 ft long structure, which opened in October and features a 240ft long main span with assymmetrical, outwardly tilting steel arches that reach a height of 45 ft."
		March 10, 2011 An article about the Iron Horse Pedestrian Overcrossing designed by Donald MacDonald in collaboration with ARUP angineers appeared in the fourth quarter edition of Bridge:Design & Engineering magazine. To read the article click here
		March 10, 2011 "Architect Donald MacDonald of San Francisco, who has designed more than a dozen bridges since establishing his arhcitectural firm in 1966, is designing the bridge for TriMet. MacDonald worked on updating the Golden Gate Bridge, has bridges scheduled for construction in Dubai, and since 1997 has been involved in building the world's largest self-anchored suspension bridg: the eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge."
		March 10, 2011 Donald MacDonald Architects' Iron Horse Pedestrian Overcrossingwas named one of the 10 Changes for the Better in 2010 in a December issue of the San Francisco Chronicle. "...architect Donald MacDonald show that our society can still create public works of lasting merit, worthy of pride, if only we try." To read the article click here
		March 9, 2011 An article about the Iron Horse Pedestrian Overcrossing designed by Donald MacDonald Architects in collaboration with ARUP engineers, was published in the February issue of Modern Steel Construction magazine. To read the article click here
		October 9, 2010 "Were there less costly alternatives? Yes: a plain overcrossing perched on a column in Treat's median was among the four design options studied by Arup and MacDonald". To read more click here
		November 27, 2010 "You see this on Summer Street, where the mix includes four townhouses from 1991 designed by Donald MacDonald. They're clad in shiny metal, each sporting a bay window that looks more like a pagoda than a Victorian Affectation Out of context? Not at all. The quartet is a snapshot of an era, surprising but thoroughly at home". To read more click here
		November, 2010 "Were there less costly alternatives? Yes: a plain overcrossing perched on a column in Treat's median was among the four design options studied by Arup and MacDonald".
		July 29, 2010 "The Metropolitan Transportation Commission approved $5 million in fudning for the engineering of a suicide barrier on the Golden Gate Bridge on Wednesday." Designs provided by MacDonald Architects. To read more click here
		October 29, 2010 "Were there less costly alternatives? Yes: a plain overcrossing perched on a column in Treat's median was among the four design options studied by Arup and MacDonald".
		November 18, 2009 A model displaying the Iron Horse Bridge in the San Francisco, California area, Contra Costa County near Concord won Tekla’s 2009 North American Model Competition in category 4 for Axis Steel. MacDonald Architects provided architectural design services on this bridge project. This ad appeared in the November 2009 issue of Structural Engineer magazine.
		November 18, 2009 Read about the Portland cycling community’s passionate involvement in the design of the new Willamette River Bridge by Nathalie Weinstein in the Daily Journal of Commerce here
		November 3, 2009 Donald MacDonald discussed the aesthetic attributes of Popular Mechanics favorite 18 unusual bridges from around the world. To read his expert opinions click here
		September 28, 2009 Opening Ceremony of the First Street Bridge in Napa.
		November 19, 2009 More upcoming readings from The Golden Gate Bridge: History and Design of an Icon. Book Passage - Ferry Building Location at 1 Ferry Building.
		September 18, 2009 San Francisco Business Times released a special supplemental issue to annouce the winners of the Excellence in Structural Engineering Awards. The La Loma Foothill Bridge garnered two design awards in the “Special Use Structures” category, including a state-level award. To download the issue click here
		October 1, 2009 Donald MacDonald gave a lecture on the Golden Gate Bridge book. This event was hosted by the California Historical Society. To read more, please visit the Society's webpage
		September 12, 2009 More than 120 members of the San Francisco Historical Society enjoyed a special boat tour of the new East Span of the Bay Bridge led by Donald MacDonald. To read the Examiner article click here
		August 23, 2009 "Caltrans will halt the Bay Area in its tracks for four days over the Labor Day weekend, when the Bay Bridge will be shut down so workers can replace a big piece of roadway on the new eastern half of the bridge." To read the SF Gate article click here
		July 29, 2009 "After more than a year of construction, the new First Street Bridge over the Napa River will open to traffic on schedule Saturday August 1, 2009." To read the City of Napa article click here
		July 28, 2009 "The committee voted for a cable-stayed bridge designed by Donald MacDonald Architects of San-Francisco that is estimated to cost $110 million." To read the The Architect's Newspaper article click here
		August 06, 2009 New Willamette bridge to span cyclist-pedestrian chasm To read The Oregonianarticle and watch a video click here
		July 24, 2009 Willamette transit bridge design update To read the Portlandart article click here
		July 8, 2009 An update on bikeway design for TriMet's new light rail bridge To read the Bikeportland Article click here
		July 7, 2009 TriMet's Willamette bridge: have to admit it's getting better? To read the Portland Architecture article click here
		July 6, 2009 TriMet Transit Bridge: it will be gorgeous, cheap, and unique To read The Examiner article click here
		June 16, 2009 Soaring or boring? TriMet ponders the price of originality To read the The Oregonian Article click here
		June 1, 2009 Design by committee: notes from the latest Willamette River bridge meeting To read the Portland Architecture Article click here
		May 28, 2009 Committee Splits on Bridge Design To read the Portland Mercury article click here
		May 28, 2009 Transit bridge design not finalized To read The Daily Journal of Commerce Article click here
		May 13, 2009 Bridge over troubled waters: the new SF Oakland Bay Bridge To read The San Francisco Examiner Article click here
		May 1, 2009 "Architects proclaim new span a landmark" by Michael Cabanatuan. Photo taken during the AIA '09 convention's educational tour of the East Span of the Bay Bridge. To read The San Francisco Chronicle Article click here
		March 29, 2009 Grand opening ceremony of the Folsom Dam Bridge, Folsom, CA. To read The Sacramento Bee Article click here
		January 26, 2009 Rebuilding a Bridge, 6th Street Bridge in Los Angeles To read the LA Downtown News Article click here
		November 23, 2008 SF Chronicle columnist John King recommended Golden Gate Bridge: History and Design of an Icon as a Holiday Gift for 2008 in the architectural books section. To read the San Francisco Chronicle Article click here
		September 23, 2008 "New Bay Bridge span on road to being icon" by Michael Cadanatuan To read the San Francisco Chronicle Article click here
		September 17, 2008 As architect of the new Bay Bridge, Donald MacDonald was selected, among 20 other San Franacisco artists, to take part in Gump's "Made in the Shade" benefit auction. Donald's Light Flight lamp design fetched top dollar in support of Gump's scholarship for the College of the Art at San Francisco. To read the San Francisco Chronicle Article click here
		July/August, 2009 Donald MacDonald Architects currently designing 28 new townhomes. In the Ingleside neighborhood in San Francisco.
		On October 5, 2007, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Guest House had its official groundbreaking. The new Guest House will provide 60 guest rooms for visiting professors, academics and scientists. The Guest House will offer accomodations and pricing that will compete on the same level as local hotels.
		Go to Press Democrat - 12/21/2004 SANTA ROSA, CA - DECEMBER 21ST, 2004 A village has taken shape on a Santa Rosa hillside with dozens of apartments, community buildings, playgrounds and paths, creating a new home for low-income residents. New 'virtual village' (left)
		Go to Daily Tar Heel - 11/5/2004 CHAPEL HILL, NC- NOVEMBER 10TH, 2004 The skyline of downtown Chapel Hill took a step toward major change Tuesday, as years of planning and waiting culminated in the groundbreaking of Rosemary Village. "I think that this is going to be something great for this town," Chapel Hill Mayor Kevin Foy said at the groundbreaking. Breaking ground (left)
		Go to Daily Tar Heel - 11/5/2003 CHAPEL HILL, NC- NOVEMBER 5TH, 2003 A new development consisting of luxury condominiums and retail shops will provide a closer access to downtown. World-renowned, SF-based architect Donald McDonald... Preliminary architectural sketch (left)
		Go to Campaign for Buffalo Site BUFFALO, NY- AUGUST 30TH, 2003 Donald MacDonald spoke on "A New Cottage for the City" and his book Democratic Architecture as part of the "Architectural Revival Buffalo." Donald MacDonald during his "A New Cottage for the City" lecture (left)
		Go to Stanford Daily Go to Stanford Report- 4/16, 7/9/2003 STANFORD UNIVERSITY- JUNE 19TH, 2003 A ceremony dedicating the opening of Stanford University's new Guest Housing for SLAC's visiting scientists. Cutting the ribbon during the Guest House Opening Ceremony (left)
		Go to Cypress Ridge project details SANTA ROSA- A gathering to celebrate the groundbreaking for the Cypress Ridge Village- one of Burbank Housing's largest housing projects that brings individual households... Santa Rosa officials and Burbank Housing staff with shovels (left)
		Go to SF Chronicle - 5/9/2003 SAN FRANCISCO- Helping homebuyers to get a foot in the door. Minister, developer and team to build... Former SF Mayor Willie Brown commemorating the Bayview groundbreaking (left)