Project Specs

Cathedral of Christ the Light
Oakland, California
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

the People

Architect
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
One Front Street, Suite 2400
San Francisco, CA 94111
415.981.1555
415.398.3214

Craig Hartman, FAIA: Design Partner

Gene Schnair, FAIA: Managing Partner

Mark Sarkisian, PE, SE: Structural Engineering Director

Keith Boswell, AIA: Technical Director

Raymond Kuca, AIA: Project Manager

Patrick Daly, AIA: Senior Design Architect

Peter Lee, PE, SE, and Eric Long, PE: Senior Structural Engineers

Eric Keune, AIA; Lisa Gayle Finster, AIA; Christopher Kimball; Jane Lee; Christina Kyrillou; Elizabeth Valadez; Denise Hall Montgomery; Mariah Neilson; Peter Jackson; Surjanto Surjanto; Gary Rohrbacher; Ayumi Sugiyama; Liang Wu; Katie Motchen; Matthew Tierney, and Henry Vlanin: Design Architects

David Diamond, AIA: Technical Coordinator

Aaron Mazeika, PE, AP; William Bond; Ernest Vayl; Feliciano Racines; Jean-Pierre Michel Chakar; Lindsay Hu; Rupa Garai; and Sarah Diegnan: Structural Engineers

Lonny Israel and Alan Sinclair: Graphic and Product Designer

Douglas Smith, Assoc. AIA: Digital Design Coordinator

Architect of record:
Kendall/Heaton Associates, Inc.

Interior designer:
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Tamara Dinsmore, Chanda Capelli, Susanne LeBlanc, Carmen Carrasco, and David Lou: Interior Design Architects

Engineer(s):
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (Structural), Korve Engineering (Civil), Taylor Engineering LLC (Mechanical and Plumbing), The Engineering Enterprise (Electrical)

Consultant(s)
Landscape:
Peter Walker and Partners

Lighting:
Claude R. Engle Lighting Consultants

Acoustical:
Shen Milsom & Wilke, Inc.

Other:
Liturgical Art Consultant:
Brother William Woeger

Theater:
Auerbach Pollack Friedlander

Building Maintenance:
C.S. Caulkins Co., Inc.

Organ:
Schoenstein & Co., Consultant; Letourneau Pipe Organs Ltd., Construction

Security:
HMA Consulting Inc.

Elevator:
Persohn/Hahn Associates, Inc.

Code consultant:
Rolf Jensen & Associates

Soils:
Treadwell & Rollo

Foodservice:
Cini-Little International, Inc.

Project Management:
Conversion Management Associates, Inc.

General contractor:
General:
Webcor Builders

Mausoleum:
Oliver + Co.

Photographer(s)
César Rubio
415.550.6369

Timothy Hursley
501.372.0640

John Blaustein
510.525.8133

Jane Lee
415.981.1555

Renderer:
Douglas Jamieson

CAD system, project management, or other software used:
AutoCAD
3D Studio MAX
Rhino
Autodesk DWF viewer
Form Z
SOM Proprietary Image Processor (Omega Wall)
CSI SAP2000 Nonlinear
CSI SAFE
Softek Services, Ltd
S-Concrete Design
MathCad
Adobe Creative Suite
Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Illustrator
Photoshop
MS Office

 

the Products

Structural system:
Superstructure:
Western Wood Structures

Base Isolators:
EPS

Exterior cladding
Metal/glass curtainwall:
Enclos Corporation

Concrete:
Webcor Builders

Roofing
Built-up roofing:
Johns Manville

Metal:
Roof:
Rhinezinc

Glazing
Glass:
Viracon

Skylights:
Metcoe/Viracon

Doors
Entrances:
Custom wood doors = DRS

Metal doors:
Dawson

Hardware
Locksets:
Sargent

Hinges:
McKinney

Closers:
LCN

Interior finishes
Acoustical ceilings:
Armstrong

Suspension grid:
Armstrong

Operable partitions:
Modern Fold

Custom woodwork:
Mid Canada Millwork Ltd.

Paints and stains:
Sherwin Williams, Benjamin Moore

Chapels:
Venetian Plaster, Evergreen Painting Studios, Artisan Painting, Master Touch

Stone Elements:
Carrara Marble Co. of America Inc., Tavarelli Marble Company

Resilient flooring:
Forbo Marmoleum

Carpet:
Mohawk, Monterey

Furnishings
Office furniture:
Allsteel, Steelcase, Kruger International, Gunlocke

Reception furniture:
Martin Brattrud, HBF

Fixed seating:
New Holland Church Furniture

Chairs:
Kruger International, Bellini, Steelcase

Tables:
Kruger International, West Coast Industries

Upholstery:
Spacesaver

Lighting
Interior ambient lighting:
Rambusch, Erco

Downlights:
Edison Price, Lightolier

Exterior:
Hydrel, Bega

Controls:
Lutron

Conveyance
Elevators/Escalators:
Otis Elevator

Plumbing
Plaza trench drains:
Iron Age

Drinking fountains:
HAWS

Plumbing fixtures:
Delta, Kohler, Chicago Faucets, Toto, Elkay

Oculus Ceiling:
Lindner

Omega and Alpha Window:
Enclos/Pohl

Reconciliation Room Millwork:
Mare Island Woodworks

Reconciliation Chapels – Chairs and Screens:
Design = Craig Hartman with Lonny Israel and Alan Sinclair; Fabrication = Bernard Badeur, Mare Island Woodworks

Ambo Cross:
Tortorelli Creations

Liturgical Metalwork:
Marirose Jelicich

Aluminal Panels:
Pohl Panels

Seismic Joints:
Construction Specialties

Custom stainless door handles:
Tice Industries

Stations of the cross = commissioned art by Andrew Bonett

Custom cast entry door handles:
Design, Craig Hartman with Lonny Israel and Alan Sinclair; Fabrication, Tice Industries