History

1970s

1970s. AND teaches 1st community design course at
UC Berkeley; begins planning and construction
in Chinatown and Japantown; develops low-income
housing design alternatives for the I-Hotel;
produces reports: Home Buyers’ Handbook &
Chinatown Redevelopment Project.

1980s

AND conducts Design Demonstration Project and publishes
Inside Chinatown; forms first economic development venture,
AND Enterprises, a design and construction firm that later
is spun off as for-profit Urban Designs; designs Aarti Hotel,
the first major sweat equity co-op in CA; forms second
economic development venture, Specialty Mill Products (SMP),
a custom furniture business; conducts seismic checks
for Chinatown low-income housing and provides safety
workshops after the 1989 earthquake. AND is honored by
US Department of Housing and Architecture Record Magazine.

1990s

AND designs homeless, youth, and childcare centers in SF;
publishes Good Neighbors: Affordable Family Housing;
issues anti-poverty policy brief addressing long-term
sufficiency for low-income communities; and creates three
affordable housing buildings for families during elevan years
in real estate development: Connecticut Street Court, 555 Ellis
Street & Minna Park Family Apartments. President Bill Clinton seeks input about our training-business model. Then Executive Director Maurice Miller is named to the President’s Transition
Team. AND is honored by California Council of the American
Institute of Architects (AIA), Fannie Mae Foundation,
and California Preservation Foundation.

2000s

AND receives Joseph Mignola Jr. Award & is a finalist for the
Counstruction Users Roundtable (CURT) Workforce
Development Award; publishes Materials Handbook:
Guidelines for Sustainable Affordable Housing; designs
53 Columbus Avenue, an inaugural cooperative project for
ownership by the building’s low-income tenants; provides
detailed technical review of developments in SF Eastern
Neighborhoods, leading to the SoMa Community Stabilization
Fund. Since 1978, AND has trained nearly 2,500 individuals
in the carpentry & construction fields.


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		1970s 1970s. AND teaches 1st community design course at UC Berkeley; begins planning and construction in Chinatown and Japantown; develops low-income housing design alternatives for the I-Hotel; produces reports: Home Buyers’ Handbook & Chinatown Redevelopment Project.

		1980s AND conducts Design Demonstration Project and publishes Inside Chinatown; forms first economic development venture, AND Enterprises, a design and construction firm that later is spun off as for-profit Urban Designs; designs Aarti Hotel, the first major sweat equity co-op in CA; forms second economic development venture, Specialty Mill Products (SMP), a custom furniture business; conducts seismic checks for Chinatown low-income housing and provides safety workshops after the 1989 earthquake. AND is honored by US Department of Housing and Architecture Record Magazine.

		1990s AND designs homeless, youth, and childcare centers in SF; publishes Good Neighbors: Affordable Family Housing; issues anti-poverty policy brief addressing long-term sufficiency for low-income communities; and creates three affordable housing buildings for families during elevan years in real estate development: Connecticut Street Court, 555 Ellis Street & Minna Park Family Apartments. President Bill Clinton seeks input about our training-business model. Then Executive Director Maurice Miller is named to the President’s Transition Team. AND is honored by California Council of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Fannie Mae Foundation, and California Preservation Foundation.

		2000s AND receives Joseph Mignola Jr. Award & is a finalist for the Counstruction Users Roundtable (CURT) Workforce Development Award; publishes Materials Handbook: Guidelines for Sustainable Affordable Housing; designs 53 Columbus Avenue, an inaugural cooperative project for ownership by the building’s low-income tenants; provides detailed technical review of developments in SF Eastern Neighborhoods, leading to the SoMa Community Stabilization Fund. Since 1978, AND has trained nearly 2,500 individuals in the carpentry & construction fields.