{"id":97,"date":"2015-05-16T15:21:24","date_gmt":"2015-05-16T22:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mbeall.com\/land\/?page_id=97"},"modified":"2022-03-28T11:33:31","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T18:33:31","slug":"cabot-yerxa-elementary-school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mbeall.com\/land\/projects\/educational\/cabot-yerxa-elementary-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Cabot Yerxa Elementary School"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='clear'><\/div><div id='sub_menu1'  class='av-submenu-container av-4he9d-110a4fdf5cadc20826d1482032af7c0f main_color  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_heading  avia-builder-el-first  av-sticky-submenu container_wrap sidebar_right' style='z-index:301' ><div class='container av-menu-mobile-disabled av-submenu-pos-center'><ul id=\"menu-projecttypes\" class=\"av-subnav-menu\" role=\"menu\"><li role=\"menuitem\" id=\"menu-item-365\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-top-level menu-item-top-level-1\"><a 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  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>BUILDING OWNER:<\/strong> Palm Springs Unified School District<br \/>\n<strong>CONTACT:<\/strong> Mike Stahlheber &#8211; Architect (323) 543-8300<br \/>\n<strong>BUILDING TYPE:<\/strong> Educational<br \/>\n<strong>SIZE:<\/strong> 13 acres<br \/>\n<strong>DATE COMPLETED:<\/strong> 2009<br \/>\n<strong>COST OF CONSTRUCTION:<\/strong> $50M<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-10zk1-56fae29e418ed3935faeae0e74448764 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>This large, multi-level campus in Desert Hot Springs, completed in 2009, is highlighted by water-conserving plantings used throughout the site to offset the required large turf athletic fields. Nearly half of the 250,000 square feet of plantable area is devoted to \u201cdesert\u201d landscape with drifts of openly spaced shrubs and trees within decomposed granite fields and utilizing drip or bubbler irrigation for efficient application of water. Plants were selected for tolerance to local climate challenges of high summer temperatures, low winter temperatures, and nearly constant winds.<\/p>\n<p>The site was an earth-shaping challenge carved out of a sloping site. Large flat pads are separated by 50 foot grade changes using two stacked retaining walls or large 2:1 slopes that are traversed by ramps and stairs. This created huge potentially expensive planting areas with heavy erosion problems. To keep the project affordable, we limited the plantings to bubbler-fed desert Mesquite trees and spreading Bougainvilleas and Banks\u2019 roses.<\/p>\n<p>One of the highlights of the campus however are the dry creek swales between classroom buildings featuring boulders, Palo Verde trees, and other desert plantings. Olives, Mexican Fan palms and Mediterranean Fan palms combine with Cassia, Indigo Bush, Lantana, Texas Ranger, Red Yucca, and Jojoba to colorful effect. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mbeall.com\/land\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CABOT-YERXA-ELEM.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":282,"parent":36,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-97","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6cJ8I-1z","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbeall.com\/land\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbeall.com\/land\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbeall.com\/land\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbeall.com\/land\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbeall.com\/land\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/mbeall.com\/land\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1061,"href":"https:\/\/mbeall.com\/land\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97\/revisions\/1061"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbeall.com\/land\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbeall.com\/land\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbeall.com\/land\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}