2025
MONTECITO JOURNAL - The RIV Magazine V18 - Interior Mavens - Maritza Best, AB design studio - Award winning Interior Design
2024
New View: A Curated Visual Gallery - 20 Magnificent Homes by California Architects - In New View: California you’ll meet top California architects who present their finest California home designs: Josh Blumer, William Hayer, Jeff Zimmerman, Michael Ferguson and Kirby Smith, Robert Swatt and George Miers, Greg Faulkner, Ryan Marsden, Todd Gordon Mather, Mark English, Neal J.Z. Schwartz, Joanne Koch, Antonina Markoff and Bruce Fullerton, Cynthia Wang and Brendan Canning, Mary Ann Gabriele Schicketanz, Michael Holliday, Timothy Chappelle, Philip Liang, Nick Noyes, Geddes Ulinskas, Barbara Chambers. A meticulously curated collection, New View: California delves into the making of a wide variety of homes, each designed to express a sense of place. Whether along the Pacific coast, nestled in the mountains, or in the heart of an acclaimed cityscape. Part anthropological and part declarative, New View: California is an enlightening, inspired story of how architecture shapes our civilization. BENTON BUCKLEY BOOKS
MONTECITO JOURNAL - The RIV Magazine V17 - Transformative Design - AB design studio's Dedication to Community Driven Projects
2023
AIASB Design Awards, Honorable Mention Small Projects - Container Pavilion at Intersect + VKCC Coffee
NOOZHAWK - Proposed 44-Room Hotel Gets Positive Review for Site Near Santa Barbara’s Amtrak Station
NOOZHAWK - 30-Room Hotel Moves Closer to Final Approval in Downtown Santa Barbara
2022
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Architizer A+Awards, Popular Choice Winner Best Private House (M 2000-4000 sq ft) - Quarry House
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Gold Nugget Awards, Award of Merit Innovative Housing Concepts - HO:ME 296
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AIASB Design Awards, Honorable Mention Commercial - Hideaway Santa Barbara
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ARCHITIZER - The World's Best Architecture 2022
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DESIGN \ MILK - A Humble 1950s Wood Cabin Becomes a Retreat-Like Home in Montecito
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ARCHELLO - Quarry House
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DEZEEN - Quarry House in California receives extensive renovation by AB design studio
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ARTRAVEL - Des Espaces et de Hommes
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PLAIN - A Wrap-Around Wood Deck and Large Boulders Define this California Residence
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NOOZHAWK - In Split Vote, Carpinteria Council Accepts Revised Plans for Surfliner Inn Project
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2021
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NOOZHAWK - Developers Set Sights on East Haley Street in Santa Barbara for 48-Unit Apartment Project
- The California Style: Architecture on the Edge in Paradise - The California Style Book is a complete compilation of the most relevant architects, landscape designers and interior designers in California. Containing the latest projects of 24 selected Californian professionals, this work reveals the most beautiful homes, residences, retreats, sustainable houses, haciendas, chic apartments, gardens, terraces & outdoor spaces, pool houses, cottages, urban developments, cultural centers and sports facilities completed in the last years.
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2020
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Gold Nugget Awards, Grand Award Renovated or Restored Single Family - Quarry House
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Gold Nugget Awards, Award of Merit Renovated or Restored Single Family - Quarry House
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FRANCESC ZAMORA MOLA - The California Style: Architecture on the Edge in Paradise
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MONTECITO JOURNAL - Welcome to the New Santa Barbara
2019
2018
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SB Beautiful Awards, Hugh Peterson Award for Art in Public Places- Sojourners Mural, SoCo Commercial Building
AIASB Design Awards, Honorable Mention Historic Preservation - Juarez-Hosmer Adobe
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DWELL - Famed Architect Josh Blumer Gets Creative With Sustainable Design
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CALIFORNIA HOME + DESIGN - We Want More - Oliver's Restaurant in Montecito
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DWELL - Five Shipping Containers are Woven Into This Home in Santa Barbara
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HOSPITALITY DESIGN - Oliver's Debuts in Southern California
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INTERIORS + SOURCES - Forms + Surfaces Moves Offices to Converted California Warehouse
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RESTAURANT DEVELOPMENT + DESIGN - Reader's Choices: Clay Aurell and Josh Blumer
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SANTA BARBARA MAGAZINE - Outside the Box
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SUNSET MAGAZINE - Santa Barbara Guidebook: What to See & Do Now
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2017
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CCGCB Green New Construction, Merit Award - MOXI The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation
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SB Beautiful Awards, President's Award - MOXI The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation
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Santa Barbara AIA 2017 ArchitecTours - MOXI The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation
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Interior Design, Best of the Year Awards Finalist Museum/Art Gallery - MOXI
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AIASB Design Awards, Honorable Mention Commercial Property - MOXI
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Santa Barbara AIA 2017 ArchitecTours - HO:ME 296
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ARCHITECT MAGAZINE - How to Convince a Client to Go Green
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CLAD NEWS - California's long awaited Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation opening this month
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LA TIMES - Your ultimate guide to planning the best summer road trip
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CHRIS van UFFELEN - Rough Past Meets New Design :: Buildings and spaces bearing traces of the past that are integrated into new functional and artistic concepts are galvanizing the architecture and design scene. As a result of the increased awareness of sustainability issues and growing appreciation for existing building structures more and more often the decision is being made to convert rather than demolish – sometimes also because of economic considerations. This volume explores the question of the functional and creative possibilities emerging from revitalization that respects existing structures. The projects carefully selected for this volume demonstrate their worth through sophisticated concepts of utilization and ingenious approaches to design. The existing building structure is not renovated or even restored, but rather left as it is found with traces of past uses, often of its demise, preserved, sometimes carefully enhanced. Whether through aggressive contrast with the new or an interpretation of the existing spaces and surfaces, the interventions always show respect and consideration and establish an enthralling relationship between the old and the new.
2016
Santa Barbara AIA 2016 ArchitecTours - The Mill Mixed Use Development
SB Beautiful Awards, Commercial Property - The Mill Mixed Use Development
AIASB Design Awards, Honor Award Non-Residential - The Mill Mixed Use Development
AIASB Design Awards, Honorable Mention Multi-Family - Modern Cottage + ADU
2015
2014
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SB Beautiful Awards, Commercial Property - Funk Zone Santa Barbara
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SB Beautiful Awards, Architectural Feature - Lucky Penny - Penny Wall
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PCBT Spirit of Small Business, Green Business of the Year - Design Studio
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NOOZHAWK - New Name, Groundbreaking Ahead for Santa Barbara Children’s Museum Project
2013
2012
2011
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USGBC California Central Coast, Green Office - Design Studio
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AIAC3 Residential Design Awards, Merit Award UnBuilt - HO:ME - HASLO
2010
2009
2008
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Lifecycle Competition, Honorable Mention - ME:LU
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AIAVC Design Awards, Honor Award Commercial/Institutional - Sugarbug Dental
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