We are delighted to announce that our project, Fire Country Lookout is featured on the The Radical Project. https://lnkd.in/gsNWbdAf #studiovara #architecture #architecturelovers #architect #design #modern #moderndesign #interiordesign #californiaarchitecture #californiahomes #aiadesign #aiadesignaward #architectureaward Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape: Studio VARA Contractor: Fairweather & Associates Structural Engineer: Strandberg Engineering Civil Engineer: Adobe Associates, Inc. Lighting Designer: Tucci Lighting MEP Engineer: Monterey Energy Group Prefab Structure: Spearhead Pool Consultant: Blue Revolution Landscape Contractor: Oxbow Pool and Landscape Contractors Wildfire Protection: Frontline Wildfire Defense Audio Visual: Audio Visual Engineering LTD Cost Estimation: Christine Kiesling 📷️: Matthew Millman
About us
Studio VARA is a San Francisco-based design practice driven by a deep commitment to architecture as a craft and realm of ideas. With the city as reference point and inspiration for our work, we create holistic, well-considered design solutions and human-centered experiences at many scales. We approach every project with a passion for exploration, through the broader lenses of art, science, urbanism, ecology, sustainable technology, and the greater social and cultural values of our discipline. Principals Christopher Roach and Maura Fernández Abernethy work side-by-side with their clients to guide a thoughtful, open, truly team-oriented process. Clients are engaged throughout the design and construction of their project in a working environment attuned to their aspirations, and infused with ease and clarity. va·ra noun /˜vär'ə˜/ varas, plural 1. A Spanish, Portugese, and Latin-American unit of linear measure equal to about 33 inches (84 cm). 2. The basic module used to create the street grid of San Francisco; one city block is typically 100x150 vara. Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/studiovara
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- 2013
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- New construction, Residential, Commercial, and Remodels
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In the latest podcast episode of ARCAT #Detailedpodcast, Maura Fernandez Abernethy and Andy Drake AIA, LEED AP engage in conversation with host, Cherise Lakeside, FCSI on Fire Country Lookout and wildfire resilience. To listen to this podcast episode, visit https://lnkd.in/eYtyYWHK #architecture #architecturedesign #californiaarchitecture #californiahomes #sonomahomes #outdoorliving #wildfireresilience #architecturepodcast #podcast Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape: Studio VARA Contractor: Fairweather & Associates Structural Engineer: Strandberg Engineering Civil Engineer: Adobe Associates, Inc. Lighting Designer: Tucci Lighting MEP Engineer: Monterey Energy Group Prefab Structure: Spearhead.ca Pool Consultant: Blue Revolution Landscape Contractor: Oxbow Pool and Landscape Contractors Wildfire Protection: Frontline Wildfire Defense Audio Visual: Audio Visual Engineering LTD Cost Estimation: Christine Kiesling 📷️: Matthew Millman
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Studio VARA, in collaboration with EHDD and Bogard Construction, Inc., is proud to be part of the team selected to design affordable housing for educators in Santa Cruz amid California’s escalating cost-of-living crisis. https://lnkd.in/gSypEpUw The design-build project “will create a vibrant, resilient community with 100 multi-family units, ensuring that educators have a place to call home. This project not only offers immediate housing solutions but also serves as a blueprint for sustainable educator support and community building in California's challenging economic landscape,” writes EHDD. “Educator and workforce housing are the new frontier, filling the ‘missing middle’ between subsidized affordable housing and market-rate developments, and Studio VARA is honored to have this opportunity to bring our deep experience in multifamily housing to the team,” says Principal Christopher Roach. Rendering courtesy of EHDD. #AffordableHousing #HousingCrisis #EducatorHousing #SustainableDesign #CommunityImpact
Amid cost-of-living crisis, EHDD is designing affordable housing for K-12 educators
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Sharing this really nice article about our Fire Country Lookout in the Coolecter. Thanks Leo Davie for picking us up and a nice piece of original writing!
Fire Country Lookout House
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Hey, we made a podcast! Thank you so much to Cherise Lakeside, FCSI and ARCAT for hosting us on this latest episode of Detailed! Special thanks to Jacquelyn Fung for tag -teaming with me on this, and for sharing your potatoes!!!
In this week's new episode of the #Detailed #podcast, Cherise is joined by Christopher Roach, Principal, and Jacquelyn Fung, Studio Director at Studio VARA in San Francisco, California. They discuss Adaptive Reuse and the Redwood Highway Offices: https://buff.ly/3Vjagqz
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Check out our Fire Country Lookout on DeZeen today!
Studio VARA designs Sonoma County house to stand up to wildfires
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Paulett Taggart along with Christopher Roach from Studio VARA accepted the American Architecture Award in Chicago for The Sister Lillian Murphy Community in Mission Bay! Thank you, The Chicago Athenaeum Museum for Architecture and Design! The client was Mercy Housing and the design team included Associate Architect Studio VARA and GLS Landscape | Architecture. The project was built by Cahill Contractors. #PaulettTaggartArchitects #PaulettTaggart #PTA #AffordableHousing #SisterLillianMurphyCommunity #SisterLillianMurphy #AmericanArchitectureAward #MissionBay #sfdesign #sfbayarea #sfarchitecture #691CinaBasin #sfhousing
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Paulett Taggart along with Christopher Roach from Studio VARA accepted the American Architecture Award in Chicago for The Sister Lillian Murphy Community in Mission Bay! Thank you, The Chicago Athenaeum Museum for Architecture and Design! The client was Mercy Housing and the design team included Associate Architect Studio VARA and GLS Landscape | Architecture. The project was built by Cahill Contractors. #PaulettTaggartArchitects #PaulettTaggart #PTA #AffordableHousing #SisterLillianMurphyCommunity #SisterLillianMurphy #AmericanArchitectureAward #MissionBay #sfdesign #sfbayarea #sfarchitecture #691CinaBasin #sfhousing
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We're thrilled to share that the Fire Country Lookout is featured in the The New York Times. Located on an oak-studded hilltop west of Healdsburg, California, this multi-generational family retreat provides a prototype for sustainable dwelling and resilient development in the “post-climate-change” West. "The roof covers indoor as well as outdoor space. When the glass sliders are open, the house feels almost like a luxurious lean-to." - Tim McKeough Link to article: https://lnkd.in/d3y-KgMk Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape: Studio VARA Contractor: Fairweather & Associates Structural Engineer: Strandberg Engineering Civil Engineer: Adobe Associates, Inc. Lighting Designer: Tucci Lighting MEP Engineer: Monterey Energy Group Prefab Structure: Spearhead Pool Consultant: Blue Revolution Landscape Contractor: Oxbow Pool and Landscape Contractors Inc. Wildfire Protection: Frontline Wildfire Defense Audio Visual: Audio Visual Engineering LTD Cost Estimation: Christine Kiesling Studio VARA | Architecture: Maura Fernández Abernethy, Christopher Roach, Andy Drake, Nick Brown, Luis Tilano, John Springer, Erin Dwyer; Interior Design: Maura Fernández Abernethy, Zoe Hsu, Jacqueline Lytle, Yennifer Pedraza, Esha Sood, Gail Avila, Isabel Perdomo; Landscape: Graham Quinn 📸 : @matthewmillmanphoto ✒ : Tim McKeough for the New York Times #studiovara #architecture #architecturelovers #architect #design #sustainabledesign #sustainablearchitecture #modern #moderndesign #interiordesign #californiaarchitecture #newyorktimes #nyt #californiahomes #multigenerationhome #healdsburg #healdsburgarchitecture #sonoma #sonomacountyrealestate #sonomahomes
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Studio VARA is hiring! Do you love managing projects simultaneously while mentoring new talent? Are you excited by rolling up your sleeves with day-to-day drawing, liaising with consultants and supporting your team to success? Does participating in a project from conception to completion bring you great joy and satisfaction? If so, we are looking for a Project Architect to join our team: https://lnkd.in/gnqHH_GX
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