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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 the 52 story residential Century 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 in the process of designing an affordable residential high rise near Polk and Eddy Streets in San Francisco. In 2001 he launched Peter A. Zepponi, AIA-Architects with the new 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, and the Ashe Family 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, and on numerous residential remodels, estate master plans, and new custom residences throughout the greater Bay Area. Peter A. Zepponi, AIA also contributes a monthly 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. In the spring of 2006, three of the firm's projects are being featured in two new architectural coffee table books being released by Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. One book will be on shingle style homes, the other on great outdoor living spaces and rooms. 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 at Domaine Chandon until taking a position in a Napa Valley architectural firm. Following college he worked for a brief 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 took a position 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 18 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. Bruno is also a Licensed California Real Estate Broker