mbaran7
Dec 1, 20143 min read
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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mbaran7
Nov 23, 20143 min read
Creativity, Cognitive Flexibility, and the End of Genius
“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...
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hello26970
Nov 11, 20141 min read
W.16 Construction Progress
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...
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hello26970
Nov 9, 20141 min read
Baran Studio Architecture on Dwell Homes!
Our project on Valley Street was just listed as a “Dwell Designated Home” Learn more about Dwell Homes
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mbaran7
Nov 8, 20143 min read
Ayn Rand vs Woody Allen?
Objectivism, postmodernism, adaptability, flexibility, maybe mediocrity and compromise. I’ve done it again, wasted a perfectly good...
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hello26970
Nov 5, 20141 min read
Lucky 13
Our project on Piedmont Ave has broken ground. A few photos:
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mbaran7
Nov 3, 20142 min read
Generation Flux
Adaptability is paramount in modern business according to the folks in this recent Fast Company issue. Several of the individuals...
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mbaran7
Oct 29, 20141 min read
Random Oakland Variations
These admittedly have no rhyme nor reason for being placed together here, outside the fact that they’re around Oakland, and they all...
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hello26970
Oct 22, 20141 min read
A Box. A Wall
Here is a recent image of the 55th street project, under construction. You can see some of the early designs in the On the Boards section...
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hello26970
Oct 21, 20141 min read
Billboard
Just an interesting billboard attached to an interesting future project:
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hello26970
Oct 20, 20141 min read
Down in the Valley
Images of the progress on our Valley Street Project in Berkeley:
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hello26970
Oct 18, 20141 min read
West Oakland Too
More images of our new West Oakland project:
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mbaran7
Oct 16, 20141 min read
West Oakland View
The view from our latest West Oakland project. Better than the Golden Gate Bridge if you ask me. I love it!
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hello26970
Oct 6, 20141 min read
Rebar
The foundations for the 16th and Willow project in West Oakland
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hello26970
Aug 9, 20141 min read
Baran Studio Architecture in Italiano
Our Automattic / WordPress project was published on the website for the Italian magazine Domus today: http://www.domusweb.it/it/architett...
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hello26970
Aug 8, 20141 min read
Wash, Rinse, Repeat
We’re in the SF Chronicle again! Our 60th Street project is back on the market, and it’s in the real estate section. The comments are...
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mbaran7
Jul 17, 20141 min read
“What’s My Motivation?”
In which Matt tours one of his construction sites only to find a portal into the architect’s very own heart of darkness…
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mbaran7
Jul 7, 20146 min read
Unified Volumes
The studio recently did a design session to generate different ideas for a new project that will explore greater density in infill...
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hello26970
Jul 7, 20141 min read
Manchester Rising
New project on the make in the Oakland hills … check out the view! #Manchester
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