mbaran7
- May 4, 2015
- 1 min
The Perfection of Imperfection
Decay and disintegration are simply factors of time. Nothing lasts, change is constant. The natural process of dematerialization is...
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mbaran7
- Mar 29, 2015
- 5 min
Architecture is Dead. Long Live Architecture.
In the beginning of 2015, there was a great deal of talk about architecture in ‘crisis’, and I found it simultaneously fascinating and...
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hello26970
- Mar 20, 2015
- 1 min
Sunset Magazine: New Designs for City Living
The April issue of Sunset Magazine is just out, and Baran Studio Architecture’s Bordertown project is one of two case studies. Here is a...
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hello26970
- Mar 9, 2015
- 1 min
Project Updates
I haven’t provided any recent project updates, but we have a lot under construction and even more being designed. Below are some...
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mbaran7
- Feb 21, 2015
- 4 min
Improvised Architecture: Who We Are Is What We Do
The foundation of adaptable characteristics are present in most people at a young age. For a child it is difficult to understand that it...
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hello26970
- Feb 17, 2015
- 1 min
Drone Flight
Today we had a drone fly over a project on Piedmont Avenue in Oakland, CA. This is the first installment of a bi-monthly aerial photo...
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hello26970
- Feb 17, 2015
- 1 min
Manchester
Our Manchester project in the Rockridge neighborhood of Oakland, California is now on the market. Originally an outdated single-story...
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hello26970
- Feb 14, 2015
- 1 min
Oregon Street Update
This is one of three new Berkeley homes we currently have under construction. More to come…
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mbaran7
- Jan 25, 2015
- 4 min
Living is a Machine for Architecture
Cyborgs might be the stuff of science fiction horror films, but I for one am looking forward to continued opportunities to augment myself...
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hello26970
- Jan 25, 2015
- 1 min
55th Street Update
New images of our project on 55th Street. Sheetrock is up and painted, kitchen is in place, landscape is underway…
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mbaran7
- Jan 11, 2015
- 4 min
Against Style: Architecture and Process
Style in architecture is useless as a design tool. It is a formula usually derived from a kit of parts which are applied (like make-up,...
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hello26970
- Dec 28, 2014
- 1 min
Manchester Update
More ‘boxes’ from your friendly neighborhood Baran Studio Architecture. Progressing very nicely.
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mbaran7
- Dec 26, 2014
- 4 min
Box Love
Perhaps we should start with a definition of box: Box. bäks/ noun 1. a container with a flat base and sides, typically square or...
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hello26970
- Dec 19, 2014
- 1 min
W.16 Updates
The latest from the W.16 project, with the corrugated metal up! Very excited to see the exterior coming along. Also a few more angles...
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mbaran7
- Dec 17, 2014
- 3 min
Conflict, Architecture, and an Ugly Messy Grayscale Tapestry
Conflict and its relationship to architecture may involve something as catastrophic as a border skirmish, or as mundane as a disagreement...
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hello26970
- Dec 9, 2014
- 1 min
Piedmont Update
An image of the Piedmont Ave project, persevering through the rain:
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hello26970
- Dec 9, 2014
- 1 min
55th Street Update
The latest project photos. Siding is up. Sheetrock is up. Spirits are up. Just in time for the holidays.
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hello26970
- Dec 8, 2014
- 1 min
Baran Studio at Oakland Structures
Our DA4 project made an appearance at the Oakland Structures event last Friday. The event is held annually, and centers around current...
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hello26970
- Dec 2, 2014
- 1 min
11th Street Update
A couple of the latest images of the 11th Street project:
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mbaran7
- Dec 1, 2014
- 3 min
Loss, Impermanence, and the Trace in Design
Parallels between architecture and psychology fascinate me. Not in the sense of environmental psychology, or the psychological effects of...
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