In this edition of #AOpen, we will explore some best practices and lessons learned, and how our expert team of retail, restaurant, hospitality, and landscape designers can help property owners maximize gathering spaces through thoughtful planning and design.
Harry Saltzgaver | Grunion Gazette | Long Beach Press-Telegram
2nd & PCH, an award-winning new seaside destination, opened with 4 days of celebrations, concerts, games, giveaways and more.
By Steven Sharp | Urbanize LA
Featured in Urbanize LA, The Bowery is a new urban community heading to Santa Ana. The project achieves an energetic mix of uses, with 80,000 SF of retail space accessible from the central public plaza, and a neighborhood of five-story rental apartments behind this public asset.
By Jeff Rabbitt & Ruba Younan
For this edition of #AOpen, we pondered practical ways for restaurants to rebuild consumer confidence through palpable cleanliness and great, proactive design.
By Bruce Greenfield | Hotel Business
Hospitality Principal Bruce Greenfield shared his thoughts with Hotel Business on how designers and hotel operators can create a healthy environment and ensure guests feel safe when traveling.
By Jeff Rabbitt and Ruba Younan | Mann Report
A century-old building in quaint Old Towne Orange seamlessly blends the old and the new. Working closely with the City of Orange, The Orange Community Historical Society, the building owners and restaurant tenant, AO Architects crafted a design that pays homage to the past while representing the bold future of Bosscat Kitchen.
As we prepare to re-open society and businesses, adjusting to the new normal will be a challenge for us all, and especially so for the hospitality industry. AO hospitality experts provide short- and long-term strategies through the architects lens.
By John Caulfield | Building Design + Construction
The BANC accentuates how roof deck entertainment spaces have become prevalent, even essential, in new construction and existing buildings. AO Partner, Rob Budetti and AO Principal, Diego Alessi are featured for their thought leadership on the engineering and code complexities of entertainment roof decks.
By Rachel Pittman | FSR
AO Principal, Ruba Younan is featured in FSR Magazine for the Japanese inspired interior design of the ramen house IPPUDO in San Francisco.
Featured in MHN, AO Associate, Ioanna Magiati reflects on the increase of market-rate and affordable modular construction in the multifamily sector.
By Joseph Pimentel | Bisnow Los Angeles
AO Partner, RC Alley moderated Bisnow's OC Construction & Development event. Topics discussed included modular construction, affordable housing, permitting, regulation and maximizing ROI.
Building upon 2019 momentum, the firm also adds director of finance and accounting, and elevates 20 employees
The 6th Annual AO Friendly Center fundraiser nets $16,500 for the local non-profit on a mission to end the cycle of generational poverty in Orange County.
AO Principal Bruce Greenfield and other thought leaders in Hospitality gave their assessments of 2019 and expectations of 2020 in the Hotel Business 2020 Green Book's Architects & Designers Report.
By Nellie Day | California Centers
Featured in California Centers, AO Partner Rob Budetti speaks towards the trend of many shopping center tenants finding that they can do far more with less square footage.
AO Principal, Henry Wong, and Westlake Urban collaborated on the event to commence the first modular stacking of the San Jose Hilton Garden Inn. The hotel is set for completion in Spring of 2020.
2019 OC 500 Directory of Influence | Orange County Business Journal (OCBJ)
Mr. Selman has helped lead AO to becoming the largest local architecture firm. On the heels of our 45th anniversary and new brand image, Jack is featured in the OCBJ 2019 OC 500 Directory of Influence.
By Dan MacDavid, AO | The Mann Report
Over the past several decades, development trends have shifted to give more importance to placemaking and user experience. Now industrial development is following suit...
Drones play a role in everything from planning views to assessing crops. AO's Bruce Greenfield discusses how he uses drones to design with a view in mind.ppp
By Nellie Day | Shopping Center Business
California's leading retail experts weigh in on what's holding the state down, and what's lifting the state up...