Record asked a diverse group of people in the Bay-Area architecture world'from designers to product distributors to critics'to offer their local expertise on what to see while in town for the AIA convention.

David Baker
David Baker + Partners
David Baker
Photo courtesy David Baker
+ Partners

Based in San Francisco for nearly 30 years, David Baker, FAIA, founded David Baker + Partners in 1982. With partners Peter Mackenzie, AIA and Kevin Wilcock, AIA, Baker has built a reputation for residential projects—particularly his designs for affordable housing.

Mark Harbick
Hunstman Architectural Group
Mark Harbick
Photo © David Wakely
Mark Harbick, AIA, is the design principal and vice president of Hunstman Architectural Group. He joined the firm in 1984 after graduating the University of Detroit, and has designed many of the firm’s biggest projects, including Pixar Animation Studio.
Daniel Huntsman
Huntsman Architectural Group
Daniel Huntsman
Photo courtesy Huntsman
Architectural Group

Daniel Huntsman founded Huntsman Architectural Group in 1981. From its first project, 353 Sacramento Street in the Financial District, the San-Francisco firm has gone on to design everything from multi-family residential buildings to commercial spaces to adaptive reuse and seismic retrofit projects.

 

Owen Kennerly
Kennerly Architecture & Planning
Owen Kennerly
Photo courtesy Kennerly
Architecture & Planning

Owen Kennerly founded the San-Francisco firm Kennerly Architecture & Planning, which will mark its tenth anniversary this year. Though it is known for its mixed-use and residential work, the firm has also designed a photographer’s studio and a hunting lodge, among other projects.

 

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