Since 1989, VMWP has worked hard to design sustainable, healthy homes for the future residents of our buildings. A sustainable home offers clean indoor air quality, thermal comfort, lower utility bills and quieter spaces. Beyond the benefits sustainable spaces bring to our residents, our efforts […]
Transforming Transit Corridors to Grand Boulevards Sunday, March 30, 2025
3:00 PM – 3:45 PM MT
Location: Mile High Ballroom 3
CM: .75 Moderator and Speaker(s) Rick Williams, Architect, Partner
Van Meter Williams Pollack LLP
San Francisco, California Implementing light rail and bus rapid transit (BRT) on existing, auto-oriented commercial corridors can achieve regional sustainability […]
How Will L.A. Rebuild? The Recovery From the Wine Country Fire Offers Clues. The Tubbs fire in 2017 wiped out more than 5,000 structures in a Northern California county. Homeowners faced challenges, but hundreds were able to rebuild within two years.
Source: New York Times
By Heather Knight and Conor […]
More than 1,000 new Santa Rosa homes are changing the city skyline. Here’s a look. Written by: PAULINA PINEDA
Source and full article: THE PRESS DEMOCRAT ... Just over 1,300 units have been built this year — nearly twice the number of new homes added last year to the city’s […]
Source: NAHRO AVi at Olde Town is a 100-unit, transit-oriented, service-enriched, urban infill project serving households earning 30-70% AMI with 30 units reserved for emancipated foster youth and 10 units reserved for unhoused veterans.
Nominated for Excellence in Affordable Housing - AVi at Olde Town
The youth and […]
By Andrew Faulkner, Associate, Architect, and Senior Urban Designer Over the past 20 years VMWP has worked with communities around the United States to reimagine regional malls and large format retail centers, transforming them into vibrant connected communities, resilient anchors for local economies, and revitalized centers […]
Please join us to tour VMWP San Francisco' s architectural and urban design firm Van Meter Williams Pollack (VMWP) is an award-winning Architecture and Urban Design firm based in San Francisco, Denver, and Minneapolis. VMWP specializes in affordable housing, mixed-use and market-rate housing, master planning, land […]
Van Meter Williams Pollack (VMWP) is proud to be an annual supporting sponsor, volunteer, and charrette leader of the 2024 Housing Colorado Conference in Keystone, Colorado, October 9-11, 2024. VMWP supports Housing Colorado an industry resource for all aspects of affordable housing, including professional advocacy, issue expertise, and […]
Urban Designer, Rick Williams, will be presenting "It's Not Just a Dream: The Joys and Struggles of Realizing a Transit-Oriented Vision" at Mpact Transit + Community Conference 2024
The Mpact Transit + Community Conference (formerly Rail~Volution) focuses on the interplay of transit, mobility, land use and […]
Mercy Housing's The Rose on Colfax has been awarded a Housing Colorado Eagle Award for 2024! The project, which combines 82-units of new affordable housing for families and a quality affordable early learning education center for the community, has won one of the most prestigious affordable […]
SAP Feature: 2024 DDX Summary
Rick Williams Presenting at APA/NPC25: Transforming Transit Corridors to Grand Boulevards
New York Times: Los Angeles Fires, Sonoma Tubbs Fire, and How to Rebuild after Tragedy
Laurel at Perennial Park and Casa Roseland Featured in The Press Democrat
AVi at Olde Town wins NAHRO 2024 Agency Awards
Mall Conversions, a Once in a Generation Opportunity
AIASF BAYA Firm Tour: Van Meter Williams Pollack
VMWP at Housing Colorado 2024
Save the date: Rick Williams to speak at Mpact 2024
The Rose on Colfax has been awarded a Housing Colorado Eagle Award for 2024