This Spring, the cul-de-sac where ACC Maple Tree Village is located will be renamed Kado Court to honor the renowned architect and friend of ACC, Ed Kado, AIA. For over 20 years, Ed Kado donated his services to ACC. He designed ACC Maple Tree Village, which opened in 2019 and the renovation of 7375 Park City (2001), now the location of Meals on Wheels by ACC offices. He spent over two yearsdesigning and planning 75 units of subsidized housing for seniors (2010), which was not built due to lack of funding. He then designed 24 assisted living units at ACC Greenhaven Terrace (2014), the renovation of 17,000 square feet of classroom and office space at the ACC Campus (2015), and, over the years, has worked with residents, staff and state officials on the renovation of the ACC Care Center.
“During one planning session Ed shared memories of visiting his father at the ACC Care Center in its early years, and how ideas to improve the privacy and space for residents came from that experience,” said Tamara Kario, ACC Care Center Administrator.
Ed’s keen sense of design and functionality is responsive to input on how space will be used and how lifestyle and work processes can be supported. “Ed is collaborative and fully engaged with you to get it right,” said Donna L Yee, retired ACC CEO. “He does not try to fit us into a preconceived idea. He uses a problem-solving approach on every aspect of a building.”
Added Howard Harris, a past ACC Board member, “To manage costs, we negotiated our big projects on a fixed cost basis, where the architect is paid by the contractor. I can’t remember how many times the contractor asked who was paying Ed, because he was such an advocate for ACC.”
In 1998, Ed Kado told the Sacramento Business Journal, “In 1941, when I was 7 years old, my family was put in a concentration camp in Colorado. My father lost everything. We got out of there in 1945, and my mother had a sister living here in Sacramento, so we moved in with my aunt. I was good in math, and I was good in art, so in junior high, I knew I’d be an architect, because I knew it took those things to be an architect.” Ed attended C.K. McClatchy High School and Sacramento City College before going to U.C. Berkeley.
Ed graduated from U.C. Berkeley in 1962, earned his license in 1967, and opened E.M. Kado & Associates in 1970. One of his best-known designs is the Ziggurat, the 10-story pyramid-shaped building that was built by the Money Store in 1997. It is in West Sacramento on the shore of the Sacramento River. He also designed a building for Union Bank, the visitors center for the Almond Growers, the Beuhler Building for Sutter Hospitals, and several buildings for California State University Sacramento. He also helped design the Crossroads Shopping Center near the Executive Airport. He designed Oto’s Marketplace and Mahoroba Japanese Bakery as well as many private residences.
ACC Maple Tree Village’s street address will be changed from 7579 Maple Tree Way to 18 Kado Court. The new street name was unanimously approved by the City of Sacramento’s Planning and Design Commission after our application was considered in a public hearing in the Fall of 2020. A City permit has been obtained to replace the signage at the intersection of Alder Tree Way and Maple Tree Way. ACC staff will be working with the California Department of Social Services, as well as the US Postal Service and all City departments to be sure they are informed of the address change.
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