The History of Interactive Resources
Founded in Richmond, California more than 50 years ago, Interactive Resources, Inc. has been at the forefront of community-based sustainable design. With a deep commitment to the local environment and the well-being of its residents, we have established ourselves as a trusted partner in creating sustainable and inclusive spaces. Our sustainability experts collaborates closely with clients and community stakeholders to develop innovative solutions that address the unique needs and aspirations of each project.
Throughout our history, we’ve strived to integrate sustainable design principles into every project we undertake. Our multidisciplinary team of architects, urban planners, structural engineers, and sustainability experts collaborates closely with clients and community stakeholders to develop innovative solutions that address the unique needs and aspirations of each project.
We believe that architecture has the power to shape the way people live, work, and interact with their surroundings. With this belief as our guiding principle, we have successfully designed and implemented numerous projects that not only minimize environmental impact but also enhance the quality of life for the communities we serve.
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The History of Interactive Resources
Founded in Richmond, California more than 50 years ago, Interactive Resources, Inc. has been at the forefront of community-based sustainable design. With a deep commitment to the local environment and the well-being of its residents, we have established ourselves as a trusted partner in creating sustainable and inclusive spaces.stainability experts collaborates closely with clients and community stakeholders to develop innovative solutions that address the unique needs and aspirations of each project.
Throughout our history, we’ve strived to integrate sustainable design principles into every project we undertake. Our multidisciplinary team of architects, urban planners, structural engineers, and sustainability experts collaborates closely with clients and community stakeholders to develop innovative solutions that address the unique needs and aspirations of each project.
We believe that architecture has the power to shape the way people live, work, and interact with their surroundings. With this belief as our guiding principle, we have successfully designed and implemented numerous projects that not only minimize environmental impact but also enhance the quality of life for the communities we serve.
Interactive Resources was founded in 1973 by five individuals who shared a vision for a consulting firm that could provide comprehensive interdisciplinary services, from site acquisition through project planning design and construction. In addition, the firm would participate as an owner in real estate development projects. The name "Interactive Resources"…
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First wind generator in California to cogenerate on the grid erected by Interactive Resources in Point Richmond.
The Hotel Mac, originally the Colonial Hotel, was constructed in 1911 by entrepreneur Kate Riordan, an Irish immigrant, who had been running the St. James Hotel on Cottage Avenue after fleeing San Francisco following the 1906 earthquake. Richmond was in a growth spurt at the time, and hotels, restaurants, bars…
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Built in 1873 as an aid to mariners in the San Pablo/San Francisco Bays, the East Brother Light station is the oldest lighthouse still operating in its original configuration. When the beacon and fog signal were automated in 1969, the buildings, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, were…
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The Point Richmond Tech Center, a 50-acre master development, provides a campus-like setting for research and development, office spaces with flexible floor plans, and lease dimensions suitable for a diverse range of companies. Interactive Resources provided all site and master planning, architectural design, interior design and structural engineering services for…
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The Benicia Clock Tower is two-story, 20,000 sf unreinforced stone masonry structure originally constructed as a U.S. Army arsenal in 1857. It presently serves as a community assembly hall. The City of Benicia retained Interactive Resources to provide a structural engineering analysis of the historic tower and to design comprehensive…
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Coit Tower, the beloved San Francisco landmark, is one of the City's most architecturally significant public buildings, known for its controversial seven-story towering design, its prominent placement on historic Telegraph Hill, and for its series of Diego Rivera-inspired frescoes depicting "Life in California" on the interior walls. In 1984, the…
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Candlestick Park was a former outdoor sports and entertainment stadium, home to the MLB’s San Francisco Giants from 1960 until 2000. In 1983, Interactive Resources was retained by the City and County of San Francisco to provide a comprehensive forensic investigation of the deterioration of structural and architectural components at…
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Located at the Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline in Point Richmond, California, the Ferry Point Pier was originally used as a passenger ferry and freight barge terminus and landing for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad system. Interactive Resources designed the rehabilitation of the pier and approaches, providing safe public access…
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Founder of the non-profit Rosie the Riveter Trust, a non-profit partner of the Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historic Park.
Baltic Square takes its name from the century-old Baltic Restaurant, a Point Richmond landmark listed on the National Register of Historic Places. As a co-developer for this urban infill project, Interactive Resources provided comprehensive architectural and engineering services for the new 8,800 sf commercial building and the addition of a…
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Nestled in the hillsides of the Napa Valley is Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars —one of California’s premier wine makers. The winery consists of an assortment of buildings, constructed at various times and in a variety of styles, scattered on a fifty-plus acres property. The main winery building, a crescent shaped…
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When Contra Costa College decided to establish an Early Learning Center and childcare facility for its students and faculty, they selected Interactive Resources to design their facility, because of their extensive expertise in educational projects. Our combined vision was to design this facility to meet the developmental, physical, and ergonomic…
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The Contra Costa Community College District’s Los Medanos College desired a highly functional facility for its child development program. The District retained Interactive Resources to design the 11,500 sf addition, complementing the existing architectural style and creating a favorable “first impression” in its featured location at the entrance to the…
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Washington Elementary School is a 500 student K-6 school known for its dual immersion English-Spanish curriculum. Interactive Resources was the architect and structural engineer-of-record for the modernization of this 60 year old school, including the addition of a new cafeteria, a 4,800 sf kindergarten and a 8,200 sf administration building.…
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The Student Services Center at Contra Costa College provides a wide range of support services to the college’s diverse enrollment of approximately 8,000 students. The Center was envisioned to serve as a “one-stop” counseling, financial aid and career guidance resource and to provide a new gateway and heart for the…
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The Santa Fe Reading Room, built circa 1900, is the only remaining structure from the early days of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad yards in Richmond. Santa Fe Railroad once built and maintained “reading rooms” for employees in every major town along their routes to serve as community…
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The City of Novato City Hall was originally built in 1896 and was Novato’s first Presbyterian Church. The church was built in the Victorian Gothic style of architecture and served as Novato’s City Hall from 1963 to 2005. The City retained Interactive Resources to prepare a historic resource evaluation for…
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The Nystrom Elementary School modernization is part of The City of Richmond’s Nystrom United Revitalization Effort (NURVE). Interactive Resources was the architect and structural engineer-of-record for the modernization and expansion of the school, originally constructed in 1943. A complete modernization of a new 13,000 sf state-of-the-art multipurpose building, designed to…
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Interactive Resources performed a complete renovation of a bio-pharmaceutical manufacturer’s office facility at 825 Alfred Nobel Drive in Hercules, California. Our architects remodeled the existing office space and weatherproofed the exterior of the building. The interior remodel created flexible open office areas with supervisor offices, small conference rooms and break-out…
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The Maritime Center is part of Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park and one of two surviving Richmond child care centers designed and built to serve women working in the WWII Richmond Kaiser Shipyards. Built in haste without a concrete foundation, the Maritime Center served as a…
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Interactive Resources was retained by SolarCity (merged with TESLA) to provide structural engineering services and review the roof framing at the existing SpaceX facilities located in Hawthorne, California.
The First United Methodist Church, built in 1917, was significantly damaged in the 2014 Napa earthquake. Interactive Resources was selected to join the design-build team led by Pullman SST, Inc. and provide historic architectural design services for both exterior and interior repairs. Working in conjunction with Kwan Henmi Architects, Interactive…
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The Suisun-Fairfield Depot was one of two dozen “colonnade-style” stations erected by the Southern Pacific Railroad and is the only one remaining in Solano County. Originally constructed in 1914, the building had undergone several previous additions and alterations. Interactive Resources, working with the City of Suisun City and the Solano…
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SunLink retained Interactive Resources to provide structural engineering services for the 74 Megawatt large scale ground mount solar array that is located at Live Oak in Candler County, Georgia. Our services include the review of SunLink racking calculations for the ground mounted solar array and the array layout plans and…
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Alten Construction recently moved into its newly renovated headquarters within the Kaiser Shipyards Historic District of Richmond’s Marina Bay neighborhood. Interactive Resources was the architect and structural engineer of record for the project, overseeing design, permitting, and construction support for the full restoration of this historic early industrial-modern factory. We…
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The historic Nystrom Elementary School was originally constructed in 1943 by the Kaiser Company for the US Maritime Commission to serve as the primary elementary school for the children of workers in the nearby shipyards. By the turn of the 21st century, the building had exceeded its lifespan. Interactive Resources…
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The Frank J. Hagel Federal Building is a six-story structure with a below-grade basement, a low-slope roof and exterior plazas. The Social Security Administration (SSA) is the main tenant of the building and suffered from ongoing water intrusion into the basement from the plaza above. Interactive Resources was retained by…
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The U.S. GSA retained Interactive Resources to conduct a water infiltration investigation of the underground parking, leased tenant space, plaza and 9th floor curtain wall at the federal building at 34 Civic Center Plaza in Santa Ana. The structure is nine stories over a basement, constructed of cast-in-place concrete with…
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The Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit) selected Interactive Resources to provide comprehensive architectural and engineering services for the weatherization of its General Offices in Oakland, which suffered from water leaks and related damages, and for the replacement of a metal roof at the Mack Facility in Hayward. For the…
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This project entails the renovation of an existing office building in Richmond, California that is being converted into a beautiful high-end cannabis dispensary. Our goal was to translate our client’s vision to create a warm, modern atmosphere designed with stylish finishes to attract the cannabis consumer and to reflect 7…
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Interactive Resources was retained to provide design services for significant capital improvements at the Northern California Carpenters Regional Council (NCCRC) headquarters, located at 265 Hegenberger Road in Oakland, California. The NCCRC is a union representing 38,000 Northern California carpenters, pile drivers, millwrights, cabinet makers, drywallers and workers in associated trades.
Interactive Resources was awarded an On-Call Architectural and Engineering contract from the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit). As part of this contract, Interactive Resources remodeled the AC Transit Customer Service Center located on the main floor of the district’s General Office building at 1600 Franklin Street in Oakland, California.…
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Interactive Resources provided architectural design and engineering services for office and conference space remodels at the U.S. Federal Building in San Francisco. The tenant improvements are for the Federal Trade Commission, who will occupy space on the 3rd and 14th Floors.