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B.D.A. Design Award for Urban Farm EcoLodge
We’re proud to announce that the Urban Adamah EcoRetreat Lodge project designed by Studio Bergtraun Architects has been awarded the 2021 juried biennial Berkeley Design Advocates (B.D.A.) award: The project includes sleeping and program rooms shaped in a semi-octagonal building form around an outdoor amphitheater as a hub for this Urban Farm’s community programs. The amphitheater seating was built…
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City of Piedmont Design Award !
We’re very honored to have been chosen by the City of Piedmont for their Design Award! In this historical house remodel among other improvements we opened up a dark, cramped kitchen onto the adjacent dining-room and added a full set of multi-fold glass-doors to the dining area to enhance the indooor-outdoor flow and bring in…
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New Coastal Home completed
We just received the photos of of our latest completed new house in Gualala, on the California coast: A short write up about the project below, and more photos throughout the website. Gualala, just north of Sea Ranch, is a seaside town that holds many beautiful wooded areas. The site of this home was an…
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… and watercolors in the EmeryArts show
Double good news this week! EmeryArt annual juried exhibition has chosen two of Alex’s watercolors for inclusion in this year’s show. You can see the virtual exhibit online from Oct 2 to Nov. 1 at www.emeryarts.org
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Ceramic Sculpture in Walt Disney Museum!
One of Alex’s ceramic sculptures has been accepted for the upcoming Walt Disney Museum, San Francisco show “It’s a Small World”. He’s very stoked to be featured in yet one more of their exhibitions! His sculpture represents the dance of three generations – grandparent/parent/child – connected and nurturing within the flame of life and community.
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ELLE Decor – Excellence in Design
Studio Bergtraun has been included in the ELLE Decor ‘Excellence in Design’ Summer 2020 issue!
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Art piece in Disney Museum!
We are incredibly excited to announce that a mixed-media art piece by Alex has been accepted in the juried exhibition ‘World of Tomorrow’ at the Walt Disney Museum in San Francisco!! Only 175 submissions from the hundreds received from all over the world were chosen! You can ‘walk-through’ the virtual museum from the link below,…
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New Gualala Forest Home
A sneak peak preview of our latest finished project, a new house in the forest of Gualala, along the California Coast. We’ll post professional photos soon! We’re grateful for the great craftsmanship by the entire building team !
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EcoLodge for Urban Adamah farm
The new EcoLodge we have designed for Urban Adamah is raising! This one-of-a-kind 46 bed retreat residence will host overnight campouts, retreats and special events giving access to this fabulous community farm and education center. This is the latest in a series of buildings we are designing for their two-acre campus in Berkeley, in the…
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Studio Bergtraun AIA in Best Berkeley Residential Architects
A very nice Holiday surprise from Home Builder Digest! Our Tahoe cabin project is featured as the headliner of the article. Excerpt: Established in 1988, Studio Bergtraun AIA Architects (S.B.A.) provides a full range of architectural services and showcases an extensive gallery of a variety of projects ranging from small-scale work to larger estates around…
