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[ BIOGRAPHY ]
Peter A. Zepponi, AIA
- Principal Architect:
Peter has a Bachelor of Architecture Degree from
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis
Obispo with a concentration in adaptive re-use,
renovation and historic preservation including a
year of study at the California State University
International Program in Florence, Italy. Working
in the profession of architecture since 1989 he
has gained experience in very diverse project types
including: Banks, university chemistry buildings,
hospital: emergency rooms, operating rooms, patient
research libraries, ADA upgrades and analysis, National
Guard buildings and hangers, courthouses, prisons,
parking structures and restaurants. In 1997 he was
hired as a Project Architect with the firm responsible
for the renovation of San Francisco City Hall. Working
closely with the S.F. Department of Building Inspection
he managed the production of the Construction Documents
and was an on site architect during the construction.
This work involved Mayor Willie Brown's private
offices, all of the Supervisor offices, hearing
rooms, and courthouses. A major focus of the renovation
was working closely with the Building Department
and Americans with Disabilities Act consultants
to bring the historic building into current compliance
with the ADA. Following the City Hall project Peter
worked on the design of a 52 story residential tower
in downtown San Francisco, as well as several tenant
improvement projects for UC Berkeley including the
Berkeley Wireless Research Center and 5th floor
remodel of Cory Hall. At the time of founding his
firm he was designing an affordable residential
high rise in San Francisco.
In 2001 he launched Peter A. Zepponi, AIA-Architects
with the award winning Robert Biale Winery in Napa,
which was featured in San Francisco Magazines' Small
Firms Great Projects special issue. Since then
he has worked with Beringer Winery, Warm Springs
Winery, the Ashe Family Winery, Mission Hill Family
Estate and Prospect Winery. In addition to wineries
the firm has worked for U.C. Berkeley, church, school
and convent projects for the Catholic Archdiocese
of San Francisco, restaurant remodels, an Arthur
Murray Dance Studio and on numerous residential
remodels, estate master plans, and new custom residences
throughout the Bay Area and Northern California.
Three of the firm's projects are featured in the
architectural books Shingle Style Homes, Fire
Outdoors, and Outdoor Rooms by Schiffer
Publishing, Ltd.
Since 2004, Peter A. Zepponi, AIA has written a
monthly architectural design column titled Design
Matters that is published by local San Francisco
neighborhood newsletters. The column focuses on
San Francisco specific residential design, building
and planning code issues.
Peter was raised in Sonoma and St. Helena, California,
working since childhood at ZD winery, which his
father, Gino Zepponi, founded in 1968 in Sonoma.
Besides continued work at ZD winery, he worked with
his father and brother Daniel at Domaine Chandon
until taking a position in a Napa Valley architectural
firm. Following college he worked for a time as
a stone mason on the Flood Building Restoration
at the corner of Powell and Market, in San Francisco,
and for various architectural firms while completing
an AutoCAD certification course. After which he
worked as a project manager with a firm in Reno,
Nevada, until returning to San Francisco in 1997
to work on the San Francisco City Hall renovation.
Bruno Kanter
- Project Architect:
Bruno has a Masters in Architecture from UCLA with emphasis on Architectural Technology, Passive Solar Design and Sustainable Architecture and Community Planning. He received his Bachelor of Architecture from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo with a concentration in large scale development. He has also studied architecture at the California State University International Program in Florence, Italy. With over 20 years working in the profession of architecture he has gained experience in very diverse project types including: residential, civic centers, schools, commercial projects restaurants, police & fire facilities, residential and urban planning - including the Pittsburg Civic Center; Thunder Springs Resort, Ketchum, Idaho; 201 Folsom St., SF Residential tower; Sonoma Mission Inn, and wineries.
Bruno is also a Licensed California Real Estate Broker.
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