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National Concrete Masonry Association Award of Merit
AAA Architecture and Benjamin Parco have been awarded this recognition from the National Concrete Masonry Association for our Upper Rockridge Residence. A total of fifteen projects were recognized nationally, including five residential projects. We are proud to have been recognized among our peers in this bi-annual awards program.
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San Francisco Transit Taxonomy
Public transportation is an essential part of a vibrant city, and San Francisco has developed a uniquely diverse network of systems both antique and modern. Some are confused by this array of transportation options, so we have made this handy diagram to help people answer the question, “What am I riding on?”
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454 PEOPLE
454 people visited our project in Oakland last Saturday during the 2015 East Bay AIA Home Tour. Our thanks to the East Bay AIA for making it happen and Turtle and Hare for providing staging for the house.
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East Bay AIA Home Tours
Our nearly completed residence will be featured in this year’s East Bay AIA Home Tours on Saturday, August 8th. This project reclaims one of the few remaining sites in the Oakland hills cleared by the 1991 firestorm. The design is from AAA Architecture’s Randolph Ruiz, with the collaboration of Benjamin Parco. At the ground level, a series of both masonry and glass walls frame views and spaces, while creating strong…
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San Diego Streetcar Map
This foray into cartography illustrates the final decades of San Diego’s streetcar network as lines were eliminated and newer cars were introduced in an effort to stay in business. Randolph Ruiz made this map to illustrate an article on the use of streamlined PCC streetcars by the San Diego Electric Railway. In 1936, San Diego was the first western city to feature the then revolutionary streetcars. The map shows the…
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Happy 2015
Season’s Greetings
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The Next One
We have been working on a new residential project in the Oakland Hills and the image above represents the exhaustive iterative design process that went into finding the optimal organization and siting for this three-bedroom house. More to come…
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Studio One Symposium
AAA’s Randolph Ruiz will be responding to the work of designer Scott Robertson on Saturday at the Studio One Symposium at U.C. Berkeley.
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Happy New Year
Happy Holidays
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