CallisonRTKL President and CEO Kelly Farrell spoke with San Diego Business Journal’s Ray Huard at length in “Two Downtown Towers to Add to City’s Skyline” to share details of the firm’s landmark projects in San Diego’s East Village.
CallisonRTKL has designed a sculptural residential tower, “an art piece in its own right,” with pool and sky decks as well as ground floor retail and nine levels of parking.
A second project, which includes a 40-story tower as well as six- and seven-story buildings, poses an unusual challenge—an earthquake fault runs through the site. CallisonRTKL turned it into an opportunity, designing a large green space and garden.
“A fault line can be a big challenge but it turned out to be such an opportunity for the garden,” Farrell said. “What we were able to deliver was a much better pedestrian experience because that fault link carved a garden through the site.”
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