mbaran7
- Nov 23, 2014
- 3 min
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, 2014
- 1 min
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, 2014
- 1 min
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 9, 2014
- 3 min
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, 2014
- 1 min
Lucky 13
Our project on Piedmont Ave has broken ground. A few photos:
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mbaran7
- Nov 3, 2014
- 2 min
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, 2014
- 1 min
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, 2014
- 1 min
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, 2014
- 1 min
Billboard
Just an interesting billboard attached to an interesting future project:
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hello26970
- Oct 20, 2014
- 1 min
Down in the Valley
Images of the progress on our Valley Street Project in Berkeley:
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hello26970
- Oct 18, 2014
- 1 min
West Oakland Too
More images of our new West Oakland project:
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mbaran7
- Oct 16, 2014
- 1 min
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, 2014
- 1 min
Rebar
The foundations for the 16th and Willow project in West Oakland
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hello26970
- Aug 9, 2014
- 1 min
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, 2014
- 1 min
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, 2014
- 1 min
“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, 2014
- 6 min
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, 2014
- 1 min
Manchester Rising
New project on the make in the Oakland hills … check out the view! #Manchester
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hello26970
- May 29, 2014
- 13 min
Looking for the Axes of [(Non)-Centrality]
Among a few themes we’ve already mentioned that we are exploring here at the studio (adaptability, improvisation, kinetics) is the role...
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