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January 26, 2026

Meet the newest Bbird: Clélia Balland

Clélia graduated with a Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Architecture from the Versailles School of Architecture in France. Guided by curiosity and a…

October 18, 2023

Subham Malpani: New Members of Bbird

Subham joined Blackbird Architects in 2023 after graduating from Penn State University with an M. Arch. His architectural perspective is enriched by his…

July 21, 2022

Justin Sager: New Members of Bbird

Justin Sager joined the Blackbird Team in January 2022. He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Architecture from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, with…

January 17, 2022

Fatima Jalali: New Members of Bbird

Our team is growing yet again! We are excited to announce our newest member of the Blackbird Team, Fatima Jalali. Originally from Tehran,…

January 10, 2022

Ely Rabin: New Members of Bbird

Ely Rabin joined the Blackbird Team in November 2021. Ely studied architectural design initially as an adjunct to his work in human factors….

August 20, 2021

Kat Seth: New Members of Bbird

Having joined us in May of 2020, Kat Seth is the newest member of the Blackbird Team. Kat received her Bachelor’s in Architecture…

January 18, 2021

The Thacher School, Dining Pavilion Project Announcement

Recently Completed Project – The Thacher School Dining Pavilion The Thacher School’s Dining Pavilion can now be seen on our website! For spectacular…

October 13, 2020

Worth Considering: ‘Ecology and the Architectural Imagination’

California’s first ‘gigafire’ reminds us once again of the urgency for environmental stewardship and has us recalling the sustainability leadership of architect and…

September 4, 2020

Juli Langley: New Members of Bbird

Being featured this week as a new member of the Blackbird Team is Juli Langley. After growing up in a Southern California desert…

August 19, 2020

Vandhana Balachandran: New Members of Bbird

Vandhana Balachandran is being featured this week, as a newer member of the Blackbird Team. Vandhana Balachandran joined the Blackbird Team in…

August 4, 2020

Raj Gajjar: New Members of Bbird

Being featured this week, as a newer member of the Blackbird Team is Raj Gajjar. Raj Gajjar joined the Blackbird Team in November…

July 28, 2020

Clara Hembree: New Members of Bbird

This week we are introducing Clara Hembree. Clara Hembree joined the Blackbird Team in February 2020. She is originally from the Santa Barbara area…

July 16, 2020

Liqiang Huang: New Members of Bbird

This week we are introducing another member of our Blackbird Team, Liqiang Huang. Liqiang Huang joined the Blackbird team in February 2020. Originally…

July 14, 2020

Nazanin Parhoodeh: New Members of Bbird

Blackbird Architects has gained several new additions over the past year. We have added four new designers and two new administrative members…

March 31, 2020

Blackbird Architects’ Coronavirus Response

To our clients and collaborators – friends all: We hope this letter finds each of you well during this time of such…

February 28, 2018

Ken Radtkey FAIA

On Friday 23, 2018, the AIA announced the elevation of Ken Radtkey to The College of Fellows of The American Institute of…

January 12, 2018

2017 AIA Santa Barbara Design Awards

It gives Blackbird Architects great pleasure to announce that our Bathhouse Project has been chosen as one of the 2017 AIA Santa Barbara…

June 14, 2017

New Residential Brochure!

Blackbird is pleased to announce our new residential brochure, a portfolio of selected residential projects. Take a look!

January 17, 2017

2030 Commitment

Blackbird is pleased to announce our decision to join the AIA 2030 Commitment! The 2030 Commitment is an “initiative that provides a framework to…

October 24, 2016

2016 Architectours

2016 Architectours “Architectours highlights Santa Barbara’s extraordinary architectural legacy and the contribution of well-designed architecture to our community. The event also underlines the…

April 23, 2013

Birds and the Bees

Earlier this week we noticed that a feral bee hive had formed near our office on Palm Ave.

July 20, 2012

Our Newest Bird

We are excited to report that we have a new “blackbird” in the office, though new isn’t quite the right word–we know him well.

January 21, 2012

Blackbird?

As the first post for our blog on our new website, it seemed useful to answer a question that we’re often asked.

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