Vera Jansone


General Information


Occupation: Architect

Resident City: Kentfield

Resident State/Province: California

Resident Country: United States

Archive/Repository: IAWA Online Inventory at: http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/vivadoc.pl?file=viblbv00082.xml


Specialties


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Jobs


Employer: Hammarberg, Herman & Johnson, Architects

Title: Architect

State: California

Country: United States

Start Date: September 01, 1976

End Date: April 01, 1977

Notes: Projects Jansome worked on while in this office include "Arzio & Zafiri" jewelry store in Walnut Creek (1,470 sq. ft.). "Safeway Store" in Fresno (33,200sq. ft.). "Long's Drug Store" in San Mateo (25,700 sq. ft.)


Employer: DeLong-Lundburg & Associates, AIA

City: San Francisco

State: California

Country: United States

Start Date: April 01, 1975

End Date: August 01, 1975

Notes: Jansone worked on the modernization of AWBA Senior-Citizens Home ($1,600,000 job) through design and working drawings


Employer: Robert B. Liles, Inc. Arch & Eng

Title: Architect

State: California

Country: United States

Start Date: June 01, 1973

End Date: November 01, 1974

Notes: Jansone worked on the following projects; "Mt. Shasta Mall", Redding, a 460,279 sq. ft. shopping center: designer and job captain. "Pearl Ridge Phase Two", Honolulu, HI a 444,590 sq. ft. shopping center: Designer and coordinator for traffic and structural problems, revisions and working drawings.


Employer: T. Liles and Assoc., AIA

Title: Architect

State: California

Country: United States

Start Date: June 01, 1972

End Date: May 01, 1973

Notes: Jansone worked on the following projects; "Sycamore Medical Building" in Concord, CA (forty doctor's suites, three floors over parking): designer and project architect. "Bank of America", Petaluma, CA (9,100 sq. ft.); project architect


Employer: George Veron Russell & Assoc.

Title: Architect

State: California

Country: United States

Notes: Jansone worked on the following project; College Laboratory Building in Pasadena (75,000 sq. ft.): design coordination and working drawings


Employer: Store Planning Associates

Title: Architect

State: California

Country: United States

Notes: Jansone was a designer and a job captain for "Rhodes" Department store in Oakland (41,000 sq. ft.)


Employer: Anshen-Allen, FAIA

Title: Assistant Architect

City: San Jose

State: California

Country: United States

Notes: Jansone was an assistant to D. Parker on the 400-bed hospital and Senior Citizens' apartment in San Jose


Employer: George Raad

Title: Architect

City: San Francisco

State: California

Country: United States

Notes: Jansone worked on urban design for a 600-acre city expansion; an apartment house in San Francisco, a residence in Marin County; a theatre in Sacramento: design working drawings and coordination.


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Notable Projects


Title: Residence in Greenbrae

Description: 2,400 sq. ft. wood superstructure residence on a steep hill with concrete piles, steel columns and beams

State: California

Country: United States

Start Date: August 01, 1975

End Date: June 01, 1976

Notes: Jansome was responsible for the complete project including construction supervision.


Title: San Francisco Airport Terminal and Parking Facilities

Description: Airport and parking facilites

City: San Francisco

State: California

Country: United States

Notes: L. Blackford, AIA, partner in charge: design, coordination with civil, mechanical and structural engineer


Title: "Glen Park" and "Balboa" Stations

Description: Bay Area Rapid Transit Underground stations in San Francisco and East Bay cities

City: San Francisco

State: California

Country: United States

Notes: Jansone worked on anaylsis and design from 1964-66 , and in 1968 on the design coordination and supervision of the two stations


Title: "Fairmont Dallas Hotel"

Description: 600 Rooms, 16-story building

State: California

Country: United States

Notes: Jansone worked with Barbara Dorn Assoc. on interior design studies for the hotel's social rooms. lobbies, restaurants etc.


Title: "The Fox Plaza'

Description: 32 story office and apartment tower and multistory commercial building

City: San Francisco

State: California

Country: United States

Notes: Jansone was a designer and assistant to project architect S. Brisker AIA, of Victor Gruen Associates


Education


Institution: Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago

Department: Architecture and Planning

Degree: M.S. in Architecture

Notes: Studied with Mies van der Rohe


Institution: Atelier Le Carbusier, Paris

Department: Architecture and Planning and Sociology


Institution: E.N.S Beau Arts, Paris

Department: Architecture

Notes: Studied with A. Perret and M. Lods


Institution: Institute D'Urbansme, Paris

Department: Planning


Institution: University of Latvia

Department: Architecture Engineering, Art History


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