2012 Leap Sandcastle Teams and Awards (award photos can be viewed here)
(2013 Awards will be posted in November 2013)
Award: Best in Show
The Design Partnership LLP/Interface Engineering/Holmes Culley/Martinkovic Milford Architects/Plant Construction, L.P.
Team Captains: Lindsay Tella (DP), Ben Au, Rose Phung, Nenette Stegmann (HC), Siobhan Nimedez, Hilda Bordas (Interface), Sarah Louie (MMA), Jeff Van DeWyngaerde, Lauren Wesson, and Rashel Cordova (Plant)
Partner School: Garfield Elementary School and McCoppin Elementary School
Sandcastle description: Shark eating penguins
Award: Best Team Work
Team Captains: Bolan Wong and Justin Choy (Gensler), Andrea Walker and Jared Schwartz (DPR)
Partner School: Ulloa Elementary School
Sandcastle description: Shark attacking a boat
Award: Most Imaginative
brereton Architects/Source Planning and Construction/Parsons Brinckerhoff/ Unisource Solutions/ Haworth/ Formica/ 16500
Team Captains: Mike Ma, Vanessa Thornton (Source), Donna Cook (Brereton), S.Y. Chin (Parsons Brinckerhoff), Wendy Kastner (Unisource), Kina Ingersoll (Haworth), Lisa Mejias (Formica), Celine Marcipan (16500)
Partner School: Francis Scott Key Elementary School
Sandcastle description: 3 Olympic animals leaping for the gold medal
Award: Highest Jumper
Team Captains: Leah Marthinsen, Jessica Lane, Amy Hofmann, Lauren Roan (EHDD), and Jill Lonergan (Nibbi)
Partner School: Junipero Serra Elementary
Sandcastle description: Monsters jumping from under the bed
Award: Biggest Sandcastle
Dome Construction/RMW Architecture & Interiors/ Forell/Elsesser Engineers, Inc.
Team Captains: Kevin Firenze (Dome), Terry Kwik (RMW), Alan Nudel (Forell)
Partner School: McKinley Elementary School
Sandcastle description: Olympians, Big Ben, Olympic rings, javelin and torch
Award: Most Elegant
McCarthy Building Companies, Inc./Gelfant Partners Architects
Team Captains: Sylvester Kwofie and Carla Talavera (McCarthy), Kate Voshell (Gelfant)
Partner School: Lakeshore Elementary School
Sandcastle description: Dolphins leaping over the earth
Award: Best Action Sequence
Smith Group JJR/ HerreroBoldt/Degenkolb
Team Captains: Bo Wongkalasin and Ann Sunga (SGJJR), Lori Brown and Nicole Pansini (HB), Andrew Scott (Degenkolb)
Partner School: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Elementary School
Sandcastle description: Bunny on a skateboard
Award: Best Participation of Leap Kids - Gold
Walker Warner Architects/ Redhorse Constructors/ GFDS Engineers
Team Captains: Samee Sheikh, Kathy Scott and Missy Castro (WWA), Allison Hammer and Chuck Sewell (Redhorse), Kristen Hillman and Megan Wright (GFDS)
Partner School: Creative Arts Charter School
Sandcastle description: Dolphins leaping from waves
Award: Best Participation of Leap Kids - Silver
Swinerton Builders/Cody Anderson Wasney Architects/ Nabih Youssef Associates
Team Captains: Bernadette Estrada and Karen Glover (Swinerton), Mary Desing (CAW), Jim Mogannam (NYA)
Partner School: Sunnyside Elementary
Sandcastle description: Awesome Super Mario Bros.
Award: Best Participation of Leap Kids - Bronze
Amour & Vokic Architecture/ Moroso Construction
Partner School: Claire Lilienthal Elementary
Sandcastle description: Kangaroo with sun and earth
Award: Best Sand Craft - Gold
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson/Ryan Associates/ ARUP
Team Captains: Joe DiNapoli (BCJ), Karla Parades (Ryan), Janice Mochizuki (ARUP)
Partner School: Rooftop Alternative School
Sandcastle description: Rabbit shaped monster truck jumping over two tortoises
Award: Best Sand Craft - Silver
DGA Planning Architecture Interiors/ Novo Construction/ Sidemark
Team Captains: Lisa Tam and Kyle Brunel (DGA), Brian Cronin (Novo), Tammie McLellan and Nancy Scolar (Sidemark)
Partner School: DeAvila Elementary School
Sandcastle description: Bay blades jumping into ocean arena
Award: Best Sand Craft - Bronze
GCI Construction/ Pivot Interiors/ ASD
Team Captains: Rose McTigert (GCI), Jennifer Mitchell (ASD), Amy Hanlon (Pivot)
Partner School: Spruce Elementary School
Sandcastle description: "Design with a Porpoise," four jumping dolphins
Award: Bay Area's Best
HDR Architecture Inc./Cahill Contractors
Team Captains: Madilene Barbante, Tracy Maher, Todd Tierney (HDR) and Rachel Short (Cahill)
Partner School: RL Stevenson Elementary School
Sandcastle description: Dolphin jumping over Golden Gate Bridge
Award: Best Message
Rapt Studio/Turner Construction/CRI SF
Team Captains: Luke Patten (Rapt), Jessie Carey (Turner), and Tacy Weston (CRI)
Partner School: Sutro Elementary School
Sandcastle description: Literature leaping to life
Best Special Effects:
Team Captains: Francis Pham (McCall) and Aimee Spence (Sephora)
Partner School: Lafayette Elementary School
Sandcastle description: Mutated animals
Award: Cutest Creature
Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Company/Tom Eliot Fisch
Team Captains: Kelly Swanson and Lindsay Corotis (HDCC), Catherine Howley (TEF)
Partner School: Jefferson Elementary School
Sandcastle description: Fish with 3-D glasses
Award: Proof that Pigs Can Fly
Stantec Architecture/DPR Construction
Team Captains: Nicole Collins and Karen Roberson (Stantec) and Christopher Reif (DPR)
Partner School: Central Elementary School
Sandcastle description: Pig jumping from a plan, dolphin jumping over the moon
Award: Most Artistic
BAR Architects/Blach Construction/Project Frog Inc.
Team Captains: Julianne Donohue (BAR), Harriet Phimister (Blach), Nikki Tankursley (Project Frog)
Partner School: Redding Elementary and ACE (Afterschool Community Enrichment)
Sandcastle description: Dolphin family jumping out of the water
Award: Best Mashup
Aedis Architecture/Andreini Brothers
Team Captain: Brooke Eyerman, Gwen Torres and Tania Nunez (Aedis), Mario Andreini (Andreini Bros)
Partner School: Dianne Feinstein Elementary School
Sandcastle description: Whale becoming a half pipe
Award: Most Memorable
Architectural Resources Group/Giampolini-Courtney
Team Captains: Lindsey Moder (ARG) and Peter Nielsen (GC)
Partner School: John Yehall Chin Elementary School
Sandcastle description: Fantastical leaping menagerie
Award: Best Sea Life
Butler Armsden Architects/ Forde Mazzola Associates/ Yu-Strandberg Engineering/ Geoffrey DeSousa Interior Design
Team Captains: Chandra Campbell (BAA), Charles Mazzola (FMA), David Strandberg (YSE), Geoffrey DeSousa (GDID)
Partner School: George Peabody Elementary School
Sandcastle description: Pod of orcas
Award: Best Integration of Theme (Things that Jump):
Skidmore, Owings, Merrill LLP/ Rudolph & Sletten Inc. /WSP Flack & Kurtz/BAYA
Team Captains: Douglas Smith and Michael Fukutome (SOM) and James Rodrigues (RS), David Guan (WSP), and TBD (BAYA)
Partner School: Ocean Shore School
Sandcastle description: School logo, dolphin on a birthday cake to celebrate Leap Year birthdays
Award: Best Video Game
Stantec Architecture/Skanska USA Building, Inc.
Team Captains: Nicole Collins and Stephanie Tuft (Stantec) and Jeanne Gambil (Skanska)
Partner School: Longfellow Elementary School
Sandcastle description: Boy playing Mario Bros.
Award: Best Soundtrack
URS Corporation/ Webcor Builders
Team Captains: Santiago Harris and Yuliana Virchenko (URS), and Mike Poole (Webcor)
Partner School: Lawton School
Sandcastle description: Rabbit jumping over a boy, drummer's circle coming from ipod
Award: Most Timely
Cove Construction / Wix.com (Community Castle)
Team Captain: Kasi Sheridan, Ashlynn Wade, and Meredith Nevard (Wix), Joe Durnin and Tim Yarish (Cove)
Partner School: San Francisco Community School, with additional assistance from people dropping in from the community!
Sandcastle description: Panda with baseball bat on a pogo stick
Award: Oddest Olympics
Howard S. Wright/ IA Interior Architects/ Inside Source/ Allsteel/ Brightworks Sustainability Advisors
Team Captains: Raquel Zaparolli and Sarah Grossman (HSW), Lindsay Foster (IA), TBD (Allsteel), Leilanie Bruce (Brightworks)
Partner School: Gordon Lau Elementary School
Sandcastle description: Bouncing bugs abound and insects doing Olympic events
Award: Most Original
NBBJ/Hensel Phelps Construction Company/ 3-Form Material Solutions
Team Captains: Katelyn Braithwaite, Kristoffer Tendall, and Chuck Jackson (NBBJ), Andres Flores (HPCC), Meg Bruce (3Form)
Partner School: Miraloma Elementary School
Sandcastle description: Frog reading a pop up book
Thank You to our 2012 Sandcastle Sponsors
Event Sponsors
E.J. Weber Electric
