COMMUNITY ARCHITECTS
WELCOME TO
oUR STUDIO
We design multifamily, mixed-use neighborhoods that enhance community cohesion and resilience – from prefab workforce housing to permanent supportive housing. Our designs prioritize community connection, housing justice, and human dignity.
WE BRING THAT
SPECIAL SAUCE
We are a Bay-Area-born, BIPOC architecture firm that draws its creativity and passion from a rich mosaic of lived experience and deep community roots. As Citizen-Architects, our expertise is transdisciplinary – spanning collaborative community art installations, proactive housing policy reforms, and pioneering modular and mass timber construction techniques. We infuse every project with sustainable designs that address earth’s urgent needs and with creative elements that lift the human spirit.
WE COOK WITH
COMMUNITY POWER
We collaborate with ambitious, purpose-driven clients and communities. We listen, learn, and launch brave design ideas that build excitement far beyond the property lines. Focused on building trust and maximizing inclusive participation, we embrace all stakeholders to build not just structures, but places of lasting community power.
Current Projects
North Berkeley BART TOD Master Plan, Berkeley, CA
First Church EBALDC Affordable Housing, Berkeley, CA
1700 Fairgrounds Workforce Housing, Vallejo, CA
Project Homekey University Ave, Berkeley, CA
Ghost Ship Affordable Housing, Oakland, CA
Durant Tower Apartments, Berkeley, CA
Oxford Student Housing, Berkeley, CA
Who we are
We are a visionary team of architects, innovators, and community advocates united by a shared mission: to make great design accessible, scalable and reflective of the unique identities and aspirations of the communities we serve. We are down to earth. Joyful. Economical. Fun. Fearless.