August 26, 2025

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…

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August 19, 2024

Ocean Bluff Residence Lighting Mockup

Blackbird is dedicated to the details! Our team worked late into the night testing out in-house fabricated lighting mockups for our Ocean Bluff…

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August 9, 2024

Beach Comfort with a View

Blackbird Architects in Santa Barbara announces exciting changes are coming to Jalama Beach County Park! A new comfort station is just one of…

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May 3, 2024

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…

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December 13, 2022

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…

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December 13, 2021

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…

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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…

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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…

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July 22, 2016

Net-Zero Energy Building

After attending the sobering and inspiring lecture titled “Achieving Zero” by Ed Mazria (internationally recognized architect, author, researcher, and educator on the topic…

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June 14, 2016

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…

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May 16, 2016

Switchable Smart Glass

Switchable smart glass in action at our recently completed Hope Ranch Residence. See more photos and information about our design for this new…

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June 1, 2012

Green Roofs

The interaction between building and site is a critical design driver at Blackbird.

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February 10, 2012

Eco-Tech Design

We do, and have done, lots of sustainable design work. We really enjoy this, and see the goals of using sound materials and less energy as no different than goals of having a project be structurally sound, functional and visually pleasing – it is simply part of what is required for good design.

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