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VV Profile: David Baker
Does the bike (or the bell) make the man? Velo Vogue assesses David Baker.

Create Happy Outcomes
We have two prints of "Create Happy Outcomes", a New Year's watercolor cartoon by David Baker, available for purchase.

Party Like a Walk Star!
Thanks to everyone who came out to support Walk SF at our annual fundraiser party on April 18. The place was packed, the art flew off the auction shelves, and the donation box was overflowing!

Call for Art: Sole to Soul
DB+P is seeking artwork and objects that celebrate the on-foot experience in San Francisco. Your contributions will be part of a silent auction during our annual fundraiser party—this year benefiting WalkSF—on April 18.

Employment and Internships
David Baker + Partners periodically seeks talented architects, designers, and interns to join our firm. Here's what to do if you're interested in working with us.

East Bay Urban Living Home Tour
Holliday Development hosts this inside peek at some of the East Bay's most unique living spaces. The tour includes DB+P's Blue Star Corner—a LEED For Homes-certified townhouse community —as well as a dozen other notable spots.

Build it Green Home Tour
Don't miss your chance to experience the first Build it Green Home Tour in San Francisco and see how gorgeous green can be!

PARK(ing) Day!
A call to action—or at least to lounging on the lawn—PARK(ing) Day is a city-wide event (launched by Rebar Group) that places temporary parks in metered parking spaces, momentarily upping urban green space and reconsidering car culture.

Travels with db...
In search of architecture, urban design, and transportation infrastructure!

Architectural Gems Bike Tour
As part of the Architecture and the City Fesitival, David Baker FAIA, LEED will lead a bicycle tour of the most architectually significant buildings in San Francisco, September 30, 2007.

Ready for Our Close-Up
The faces behind the buildings at DB+P.

Home(Page) Renovation
We are happy to officially launch our new web site.

This Is How We Roll
Almost-weekly after-work rides leave our office around 5:30...could go anywhere!

Biked to Work
Our office teams take 1st and 3rd place in May's Bike-to-Work Challenge.

Silver Celebration
Folsom + Dore Supportive Apartments was the first residential building in Northern California to be LEED certified, and on April 19 the U. S. Green Building Council made it official.

Livable City Festivities
Our annual event raised $9,000 for Livable City.

Finishing Touches
Doors are open at our 200 Second Street Condominiums in Oakland, and the building's two lofty lobbies have been adorned with murals by local artists Casey Jex Smith and Andrew Schoultz.

China (Work)shop
David Baker and other Cal faculty lead the China Studio team to Jiaxing and back.

Critical Visit
David Baker was invited to be the 2006 John Portman Visiting Critic at the Georgia Institute of Technology’s College of Architecture this past autumn.

DB+P 2005 Urban Housing Bike Tour: San Francisco
David Baker leads a San Francisco urban bike tour of our projects in the spring of 2005.

DB+P 2003 Urban Housing Bike Tour: San Jose
Way back in the summer of 2003, David Baker led a bike tour of our San Jose urban housing designs.

db Paints!
David Baker is painting again.

db Knits!
I recently learned how to knit and it's a blast.

db Bikes!
This is my collection of bicycles that provide the majority of my transportation, both to the grocery store and the next hill town in Tuscany.

db Sits!
This is my collection of chairs—many of which came from my parents, who went through a modern awakening in the 1950s under the influence of Arts and Architecture magazine.

Office Views
A snapshot of life at DB+P.