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Awards:

  • 2007 MAME Best Models for Acacia at Mountain House
  • 2007 MAME Best Models for Chantera at Windemere
  • 2007 MAME Best Master-Planned Community for Chantera at Windemere
  • 2006 MAME Community of the year award for Rose Garden.
  • Best of California 2005 Award, Access Dental Headquarters Campus, Sacramento, California.
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  • 2004 MAME Community of the year award for Centex Homes Sailhouse project in Novato, California.

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New Projects

  • Mission Solano | Bridge to Life Center | Fairfield, CA | Client: Premier Commercial: vTA has volunteered in collaboration with 3 Architecture Firms ( Dahlin Group, Hunt Hail Jones Architects, & William Hezmalhalch Architects) and 3 Home Builder Firms (Brookfield Homes, Centex Homes, & Richmond American Homes) to provide design and construction documentation in creating a homeless shelter complex in Solano County. The shelter assists the temporarily homeless with the goal of transitioning them from homelessness to a self-sufficient lifestyle.

    The project is comprised of separate housing facilities for families, single women, and single men. Also on site is a dining complex, a chapel, education / administration building, and a caretaker’s residence.

    As the name evokes, the architecture is Spanish in style which naturally lends itself to the courtyards that the architecture itself creates. The spaces consist of a women’s court yard, dining terraces, children’s day care court, and a large central courtyard with open space and a children’s play area.

    vanderToolen is pleased to be involved in assisting the community to help end homelessness.
  • Shea Center Roseville | Roseville, CA | Client: Shea Properties: A ten building premier Class 'A' campus corporate office, when completed, will provide various amenities and conveniences for professional clients. Landscape elements for low and medium rise buildings include entry monuments, special paving, interconnected walkways with fountain features, dining patios, outdoor sculpture elements, and an extensive street and parking lot tree program.
  • Arbor Real | Palo Alto, CA | Client:  D.R. Horton: In conjunction with the architect, vTA planned and designed an urban infill community consisting of 185 residential units in Palo Alto, California. The former Rickey’s Hyatt site will contain multi-family, and single family detached homes centered around a great lawn, recreation center with lap pool, play area for children, all within an existing mature tree canopy. The self contained neighborhood embraces a wide variety of sustainable design strategies implementing green design considerations for both residential and landscape.
  • Sorrento at Dublin Ranch | Dublin, CA | Client: Toll Brothers, Inc.: Conceived as an Italian hillside community, Sorrento at Dublin Ranch encompasses ten neighborhoods and 1183 units including Entry Monuments, a neighborhood square, elementary school, parks, two recreational areas and a pedestrian trail system that connects sub area one to sub area two by way of a Venetian influenced pedestrian bridge. vTA developed a cohesive plant palette that reflects the flora of Italy and is accented with detailed garden statuary and unique metal arches reminiscent of old world Italy straddling the many paseos and pedestrian links throughout the community.
  • Habitat for Humanity: vTA volunteers planning and landscape design services to Habitat for Humanity's 2006-2007 Project Playhouse. The project's five-playhouses were donated by the local chapter of Home Builder's Association (HBA). The HBA members participating included Brookfield Homes, Centex Homes, Pulte Homes, The Olson Companies, KB Homes, PG&E, Lennar and Standard Pacific Homes. The playhouses are all located in the rotunda area of the stunning Blackhawk shopping center, and will be auctioned to prospective buyers, during which Habitat for Humanity hopes to raise $100,000.00 for future projects.
  • Dublin Highlands | Dublin, California: The Italian themed neighborhood planned by Toll Brothers is situated on a sloping site that will feature uniquely designed bridges, fountains, enriched paving, mature landscape and an extensive pedestrian pathway program that connects to the overall Dublin Ranch Planned Development. When complete, Dublin Highlands will feature 10 villages, ranging in size and character of single-family detached and attached homes and high-density podium products.
  • Summer Lake | Contra Costa County, California: Shea Homes is developing this 690-acre lake community located in the heart of the California delta. When complete, the projects will feature 1330 homes surrounding two man-made lakes. Community amenities will include a community swim club, regional sports center park with ball fields, neighborhood retail center, extensive trail system, elementary school site, and fire station. vTA is providing landscape design services to Shea Homes for the entire community.