The Bechtel Family Center for Ocean Education and Leadership is a new, four-story facility dedicated to supporting the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s mission to cultivate and inspire the next generation of ocean conservation leaders. The Aquarium is now able to provide their one-of-a-kind hands-on educational offerings at no cost to the 80,000 students who visit annually, as well as double their teen and teacher programming to serve more than 110,000 annually. The facility, with expansive ocean views throughout, orients toward an immersive educational experience.
With clarity in form and function, and roots in their surroundings, Mark Cavagnero’s projects mirror and honor their communities. Since the firms founding in San Francisco in 1993, Mark Cavagnero has built the practice on flexible design, simple solutions, and a palette of elemental materials of glass, concrete, and wood. The firm’s consistent consideration of each project’s context has garnered clients’ trust, and has allowed the firm to drop architectural gems throughout the city of San Francisco and the greater Bay Area that tie their communities together.
2017- Architect- The Architect 50: Ranked #2 in Business
2016- Architect- The Architect 50: Top Design Firms in the Nation
2015- AIA California Council: Maybeck Award
Architect- The Architect 50: Ranked #23 in Design
2014- Architect- The Architect 50: Ranked #8 in Design, #10 Overall in the Nation
2013 - Architect- The Architect 50:Ranked #29 Overall in the Nation
San Francisco Business Times: Top 50 Bay Area Architecture Firms
2012- AIA California Council: 2012 Firm Award
Architect- The Architect 50: Ranked #16 in Design, #19 Overall in the Nation