We recently had the pleasure of welcoming students from Midland School to our Santa Barbara office as part of their annual MIDterm program — a week dedicated to small-group, experiential learning both on and off campus. As part of the Exploring Architecture MIDterm, led by Art…
2025 Award Winner!Awarded by AIA Santa Barbara The Cate School Library and Inquiry Hub received an Honorable Mention Award from the American Institute of Architects Santa Barbara Chapter! As originally conceived through Blackbird Architect’s master plan for Cate School, this project…
A historic dining hall is transformed into a new academic hub – the Inquiry Collaborative – that supports dynamic, inquiry-based education programs at Cate School. The 16,000 sq ft, two-story building features media and technology studios, classrooms, ceramics studio, study pods,…
Construction phase for the Cate School Library and Classroom Building project is nearing completion. See the progression over the last year – ending with a glimpse of where the project is headed! Cate Raymond Library with Santa Barbara architects, Blackbird…
We are excited to share images of our latest project: a sustainable school design for a 5-acre farm lab located on the Pacific High School campus in Ventura. The Ventura Unified School District established a new certified organic farm program…
Gates is the newest academic building at The Thacher School in Ojai, California. The building was designed by Blackbird Architects where every inside space also has an outside space. The video shows a glimpse into how the Thacher students are utilizing…
Behind the scenes at Cate School – Construction photo of re-purposed dining hall becomes library of the future || Cate Raymond Library -Blackbird Architects (library design)
2022 Honor Award Winner!Awarded by AIA Santa Barbara The Thacher School’s Project-Based Learning Hub – The Gates – received the Honor Award of the American Institute of Architects Santa Barbara. Blackbird designed a visionary ‘academic beehive’ to sustainably redefine a…
2021 Honor Award Winner! Awarded by AIA Santa Barbara It gives Blackbird great pleasure to announce that our Dining Pavilion project has been chosen as one of this year’s AIA Santa Barbara’s Design Award recipients. To learn more about the…
As architects in one of the most comfortable and beautiful settings in the world, we are big proponents of tensile shade sails in design. Why? With elegant and affordable forms, colors and textures that hover in mid-air while providing temperate…
Engaging with UCSB’s Technology Management Program and assisting in the realization of a new flagship space for their inaugural master’s degree curriculum was an exciting and special project for the Blackbird team. UCSB is the alma mater to many Blackbirds…
LA Times Architecture Critic, Christopher Hawthorne, will be giving a lecture tonight at UCSB as part of the UCSB Arts and Lectures series. This lecture is part of the 2015-2016 Architecture & Design Series hosted by The Art, Design & Architecture…
The Hueneme High School and Adolfo Camarillo High School Aquatic Centers have just finished construction in Oxnard and Camarillo, CA.