Finally! Images of the 16th and Willow project now up on the website here. We are so excited to see this West Oakland project completed....

Decay and disintegration are simply factors of time.  Nothing lasts, change is constant.  The natural process of dematerialization is...

In the beginning of 2015, there was a great deal of talk about architecture in ‘crisis’, and I found it simultaneously fascinating and...

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...

I haven’t provided any recent project updates, but we have a lot under construction and even more being designed. Below are some...

The foundation of adaptable characteristics are present in most people at a young age. For a child it is difficult to understand that it...

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 Originally an outdated single-story...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: