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Construction is underway on two affordable housing communities. They’re beautiful, efficient, all-electric buildings. But the real headline here isn’t the architecture. It’s the speed.
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Blue Oak Landing was honored with a 2025 AIA Housing Award, one of eight projects recognized nationally for excellence in housing.
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Coliseum Place–an all-electric, affordable housing building in Oakland–has been recognized with the national AIA COTE Top Ten Award for 2025.
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Principal Katie Ackerly reflects on this year’s AIA 2030 reporting and shares her optimism for DBA’s continued commitment to sustainable design.
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DBA’s leadership team keeps getting stronger. Get to know our newest Technical Director and five amazing new Associates.
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As our firm grows, we’re developing new tools to connect our staff and studios, keep a broad view of our portfolio, and deepen DBA’s design ethos.
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We are thrilled to welcome Chelsea Johnson, AIA, LEED AP, to the DBA Principal team.
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In 2021, DBA released a new Sustainability Action Plan that reoriented our goals around an authentic, home-grown approach to sustainable design for our practice.
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DBA Associate Bryan Alcorn, AIA explains social housing and why Architects have a responsibility to the public to visualize the potential of social housing in America [Common Edge].
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Reimagining Affordable Mixed-Use Development in a Carbon-Constrained Future.
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According to the EPA, Americans spend 90% of their lives indoors. For architects, this means that every product or material that we select to go into any interior space directly impacts the health, well-being, and quality of life for occupants.
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Inclusive Design Lead Anne Riggs, AIA, explores the importance of accessibility in architecture [Design Museum Everywhere].
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Hop on your bicycles, scooters, or BayWheels to tour some DBA high-density, mixed-income, mixed-use developments!
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DBA is working with partners RMI, Association for Energy Affordability and RDH Building Sciences to demonstrate industrialized and rapidly deployable retrofit solutions for low-rise existing affordable housing in the State of California.
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DBA is now a certified B Corp, joining a community of companies balancing people, planet, and profit.
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DBA Sustainable Design Director Katie Ackerly, AIA, CHPC, shares encouragement and practical tips for advocating for building sustainable housing [AIA California].
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DBA takes a proactive, visionary, and data-informed approach to sustainable community and housing design.
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As part the ILFI Affordable Housing Pilot, Coliseum Place seeks to bring high resilience to affordable multi-family housing.
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Small-scale urban farming makes a big impact in affordable housing communities.
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Principal and Sustainable Design Lead, Katie Ackerly walks through finding the right resilience strategy, regardless of ZNE goals.
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David Baker, FAIA, and Associate Taylor Dearinger share a close look at how the A2 Apartments fill a gap in Baltimore's housing market.
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Associate Taylor Dearinger, Assoc. AIA, LEED GA, walks through how we continue to grow toward a more equitable organization.
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We’re excited to announce our new all-women class of associates.
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A Guide to Immediate Actions and Long-term Goals for Housing Providers in Response to Smoke and Heat Wave Events.
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Edwina Benner Plaza was one of four pilots demonstrating low-carbon heat pump hot water solutions for housing, funded by the California Energy Commission in 2018.
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We're taking two affordable housing developments through the Living Building Challenge's comprehensive, philosophical program.
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DBA’s Sustainability Lead, Katie Ackerly, shares her thoughts on addressing the AIA’s comprehensive performance initiative.