• Happy 2019…

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

  • 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!

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Award of Merit

    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.  

  • 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?”

  • 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.

  • 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,…