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    Net Zero House at The Sea Ranch

    AAA has a new project under construction at The Sea Ranch in Sonoma County. This two-bedroom house has been designed to incorporate a number of Passive house strategies to achieve a Net Zero Energy design. A spacious south-facing deck connects the residence to the studio on the right.

    October 11, 2021
    NEWS
  • 2021

    January 27, 2021
    NEWS
  • Randolph in Record Houses

    A few years back, I had the opportunity to help one San Francisco’s most talented architects with a project in Pebble Beach. Jim Jennings needed help developing the construction details for this amazing house and hired AAA as a consultant. The results were featured in the annual Architectural Record Houses issue in April. It was a great learning opportunity to work alongside an architect I had admired since college, and…

    June 24, 2020
    NEWS
  • Happy 2020…

    Sigh. Yeah, so 2020 has not been the best, but this card was a nice start.

    June 24, 2020
    NEWS
  • Chinese Immigrant Railroad Workers Installation

    On May 10th, 1869, the First Transcontinental Railway was completed in Utah. This enormous project lasted over seven years and required the contributions of thousands of workers, including many recent immigrants. AAA designed and built the installation for a traveling exhibit celebrating the Chinese immigrants that helped build the Central Pacific Railway. More on this project can be found HERE.

    June 24, 2020
    NEWS
  • Happy 2019…

    I was pretty keen on this one. It owes a bit to Igarashi Takenobu, who is amazing.

    June 24, 2020
    NEWS
  • Happy 2018?!

    Okay, so I have not been updating this thing like I should. I started to put more effort into updating AAA’s presence on f*cebook, and ended up neglecting this website. Well, I’ve largely given up on the world’s premier social network, so here we are revisiting the missing greeting cards I make every year. Enjoy!

    June 24, 2020
    NEWS, TANGENTS
  • Our Upper Rockridge Residence is on the Market

    As seen in Curbed and Socketsite, our Upper Rockridge Residence, designed in collaboration with Benjamin Parco, is now on the market and getting attention for its striking, detail-oriented architecture. If you’re looking for a cozy home with a homey, warm feel to it that shouts Norman Rockwell luxe, beat it. This isn’t the place for you. Designed by Randy Ruiz of AAA Architects, and in collaboration with Benjamin Parco, 132…

    June 9, 2017
    NEWS
  • SOUPERgreen! the Book is Here!

    Saturday, June 10th at 3:00pm Discussion & Book Signing with Author: DOUG JACKSON With Wes Jones, Marc Neveu, Aryan Crawford Omar, Steven Purvis, Randolph Ruiz, and Mohamed Sharif — SOUPERgreen!—Souped Up Green Architecture features projects and essays that offer a long overdue critique of the prevailing approach to “green” architecture and, in turn, demonstrate a more appropriate way for architects to address the challenges posed by the environmental crisis. This…

    June 9, 2017
    NEWS
  • Happy 2017

    January 2, 2017
    NEWS
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    Randolph Ruiz@AAAArch·
    9h

    Great. Metro now has $6B to spend on better things in this corridor, but recent news indicates it will only buy them a few miles of light rail

    StreetsblogLA@StreetsblogLA

    Now on to 710 Freeway item - approved “No Build” Alternative https://la.streetsblog.org/2022/05/17/metro-committee-expected-to-vote-to-not-build-lower-710-freeway-widening-project/

    Randolph Ruiz@AAAArch·
    15h

    Imagine this treatment for the Golden State Fwy through Los Angeles

    Yonah Freemark@yfreemark

    Paris mayor announces that the city’s ring highway will transform a car lane to bus/carpool/taxi use in 2024. Highway will get 50,000 trees to reduce its air pollution effects. And 2030 plan is to eliminate a car lane in both directions. https://twitter.com/anne_hidalgo/status/1526878345287421958

    Randolph Ruiz@AAAArch·
    18h

    Roof replacement day #9: I've surmised that at least one roofer is a fan of "Shave and a Haircut"

    Randolph Ruiz@AAAArch·
    21h

    Four more years!

    housing law gadfly@TribTowerViews

    Today, the BOS honored Tutor Perini for their 12 years of leadership in constructing the Central Subway ⁦
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    ⁩. Thank you, Ron Tutor!

    Randolph Ruiz@AAAArch·
    18 May

    Thread on converting offices to housing. I was partially involved in converting the Book Concern Building in SF into housing. A lot of pre-war buildings would be easier to convert, but they have structural issues and are not as empty as some of the newer buildings

    Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈@maxdubler

    Alright, let's get this @SPUR_Urbanist #SPURDigitalDiscourse started. https://twitter.com/maxdubler/status/1526634195262402560