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...

Our Manchester project in the Rockridge neighborhood of Oakland, California is now on the market. Originally an outdated single-story...

This is one of three new Berkeley homes we currently have under construction.  More to come…

Cyborgs might be the stuff of science fiction horror films, but I for one am looking forward to continued opportunities to augment myself...

New images of our project on 55th Street.  Sheetrock is up and painted, kitchen is in place, landscape is underway…

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,...

More ‘boxes’ from your friendly neighborhood Baran Studio Architecture. Progressing very nicely.

Perhaps we should start with a definition of box: Box. bäks/ noun 1. a container with a flat base and sides, typically square or...

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...

Conflict and its relationship to architecture may involve something as catastrophic as a border skirmish, or as mundane as a disagreement...

An image of the Piedmont Ave project, persevering through the rain:

The latest project photos. Siding is up. Sheetrock is up.  Spirits are up. Just in time for the holidays.

Our DA4 project made an appearance at the Oakland Structures event last Friday. The event is held annually, and centers around current...

A couple of the latest images of the 11th Street project:

Parallels between architecture and psychology fascinate me. Not in the sense of environmental psychology, or the psychological effects of...

“It’s not a sign of creativity to have sixty-five ideas for one problem. It’s just a waste of energy.” Jan Kaplicky (1937-2009) There has...

Here are the latest photos of the dwellings on Willow and 16th Street (new code name W.16). Framing is complete, windows are in. Exterior...

Our project on Valley Street was just listed as a “Dwell Designated Home” Learn more about Dwell Homes

Objectivism, postmodernism, adaptability, flexibility, maybe mediocrity and compromise. I’ve done it again, wasted a perfectly good...

Our project on Piedmont Ave has broken ground. A few photos: