BARN At the eastern slope of the Rockies, a pre-engineered steel-frame shell for a beekeeper and honey purveyor, B-Squared Apiaries. Underneath, the palette of simple forms and unadorned finishes easily dematerializes in the prevealence of farmland and agri-business.
2016 Berthoud, Colorado
REMNANT San Dieguito River Park Administrative Headquarters’ rural offices and outbuildings were completely consumed in a fire. Tracings from the old foundation defines a new courtyard. The new structure shifts focus towards the small river below it and to the mountains, editing out newer neighbors and roads.
Contractor: Robert Lackey Construction & Design Inc.
Structural Engineer: Envision Engineering
Photography: Brighton Noing
2010 Poway, California
SCHOOL An available raw shell and an inspiring shop floor is turned into an education space for study and making. Woodbury University San Diego transforms a 1959 industrial warehouse into 27,000 sf of architectural education space. The adaptive reuse celebrates discovery—exposing the building's heritage through raw finishes and honest detailing that connect curriculum to context. With start-to-finish project delivery in just ten months, the facility demonstrates sustainable design principles through displaced ventilation, natural light via skylights, and strategic cooling: energy-efficient systems in classrooms and libraries, operable windows for passive studio ventilation. The project embodies architecture as both pedagogy and practice.
Design: Dustin Davis, Andrea Dietz, Alex Camp , Jacob Christianson, Yesica Guerra
Interiors: Monica Peralta, Designer, with IR2, Inc., and Parron Hall Office Interiors
General Contractor: Johnson + Jennings
Contractors: McNulty Glass, Inc., and Vincent Designs, Inc.
Systems Consultants: Sempra Energy
Photography: David Hewitt and Anne Garrison
2008 Barrio Logan, California
MODEST New House. Old Lot. Rooms are lifted up above the flood plane and opened up to the street, making a deep back yard for tending. Brick floors and expansive pocket windows contemporize the rooms, drawing on the straightforward detailing of simpler rural houses and outbuildings.
Contractor: Richard and Donna Herbst
Photography: Junchen Huang
2008 Silver City, New Mexico
STAND Strawberry Stand Wetlands Learning Center for the San Dieguito River Park, built as a place-marker for the development of an extensive new regional park. RH tested helical piers for foundations, elevate and secure the structure. Built by volunteers The basic wood structure from the site’s fruitstand and an added framework widens the use as it expands towards towards the park.
Client: San Dieguitoa River Park Authority: Dick Boberts,Director
Construction team: SDRP volunteers
Engineer: endrestudio architects | engineers
Graphics: LubaLisa
Landscape: Lane Goodkind Landscape Architect
Photography: Greg Yeatter, Brighton Noing
2006 Del Mar, California
COURT Glamping. The clients wanted living and kitchen spaces to feel like a picnic shelter. A front wall works as a privacy screen, recalling a nearby neighborhood of modernist Eichler housing - mid-century precedents that give it architectural grounding while reinforcing casual indoor/outdoor patterns.
Contractor: Welton Construction, Inc.
Engineer: endrestudio architects | engineers
Photography: Cesar Rubio Photography
2002 Palo Alto, California
SPLIT A remodel in the Birdrock neighborhood on the coast. Removing an unused fireplace wall, a new central courtyard is integrated and expanded to organize the house toward more outside living. A new second floor catches the ocean's horizon in a new way—distant but present, bringing the coast into daily life.
Contractor: Nau Builders, Inc.
Photography: Brighton Noing
1998 La Jolla, California
