Education

Midland School – Exploring Architecture at Blackbird

We recently had the pleasure of welcoming students from Midland School to our Santa Barbara office as part of their annual MIDterm program…

Cate School Library and Inquiry Hub Award Announcement

2025 Award Winner!Awarded by AIA Santa Barbara The Cate School Library and Inquiry Hub received an Honorable Mention Award from the American Institute…

Recently Completed! Inquiry Collaborative at Cate School

A historic dining hall is transformed into a new academic hub – the Inquiry Collaborative – that supports dynamic, inquiry-based education programs at…

Cate School Library and Classroom Building Progress

Construction phase for the Cate School Library and Classroom Building project is nearing completion. See the progression over the last year – ending…

Recently Completed Project: Farm Lab – Sa’aliyas Ranch

We are excited to share images of our latest project: a sustainable school design for a 5-acre farm lab located on the Pacific…

The Thacher School, Gates Building – Skate Park Engineering Class

Gates is the newest academic building at The Thacher School in Ojai, California. The building was designed by Blackbird Architects where every inside…

Cate Raymond Library – Under Construction

Behind the scenes at Cate School – Construction photo of re-purposed dining hall becomes library of the future || Cate Raymond Library -Blackbird…

Project-Based Learning Hub Award Announcement

2022 Honor Award Winner! Awarded by AIA Santa Barbara The Thacher School’s Project-Based Learning Hub – The Gates – received the Honor Award…

Dining Pavilion Award Announcement

2021 Honor Award Winner! Awarded by AIA Santa Barbara It gives Blackbird great pleasure to announce that our Dining Pavilion project has been…

Shade Sails

As architects in one of the most comfortable and beautiful settings in the world, we are big proponents of tensile shade sails in…

TMP Classroom

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…

UCSB Arts and Lectures

LA Times Architecture Critic, Christopher Hawthorne, will be giving a lecture tonight at UCSB as part of the UCSB Arts and Lectures series….

Oxnard Union Pools

The Hueneme High School and Adolfo Camarillo High School Aquatic Centers have just finished construction in Oxnard and Camarillo, CA.

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