Shah Kawasaki Architects completed a Conceptual Master Plan and Schematic Design that explored the renovation of an existing one-story warehouse into a secure and environmentally appropriate facility to house, manage and study the Oakland Museum of California’s collections of fine art, cultural history, ethnography, natural sciences and photography. Issues of flexibility, loading/unloading, processing, preservation and storage of, and access to the collections were investigated to provide improved staff, scholarly and public access for research and education.