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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April 10, 2024

Oak Knoll Home – A Hillside Haven

        Overlooking a pristine oak woodland hillside, the home connects open-plan living with serene mountain and woodland canopy views. A…

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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…

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October 9, 2023

Shoreline Drive Home Site Visit

Construction progress site visit by Blackbirds – prefabricated roof trusses simplify realization of open plan concept that connects ocean views to elegant backyard…

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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…

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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,…

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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….

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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.

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November 30, 2012

A Room With a View

Just as in real estate, good design for a new home is all about “location, location, location.”

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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.

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March 30, 2012

Home Makeover

Residential renovation and addition to a modest home near the Santa Barbara foothills.

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