The AIA is releasing a lecture series about disaster preparedness, including a talk on Preparing for Cascading and Compounding Disasters. BLR's Kate Rhein was invited to present a case study on the Rebuild Santa Cruz Design Team's award winning response to the CZU lightning fire during the pandemic
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All of us here at BLR Architects would like to wish you all a very happy holiday and a wonderful new year! We are grateful for all the amazing people we have worked with over the past year—from clients to contractors to consultants, and many more. It has been a busy and rewarding year for our pra
read moreWe were proud to headline a mixer event at the fabulous RREVV Gallery on Pacific Avenue. Women from design and build disciplines throughout our community came together to discuss collective works and projects. It was a privilege meeting so many talented women across the spectrum of the design world
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Two years since the CZU Lightning Fire hit our community, more and more resilient homes are springing back up. Check out this Boulder Creek fire rebuild- a beautiful 4-bedroom home that nestles into the site where the original home was lost. The structure climbs the hillside, with decks on th
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I staked the house today. I cleaned the pool today. I reserved the mini excavator for foundation footings. I begged the plumber to be here for pipe trenching. YOU made all of this happen. Thank you sooo much.B. White It's been two years since our community was hit by the CZU Lightning Fi
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In the 2020 CZU Lightning Complex Fires, our community lost over 911 homes. In 2021, we came together to build back better. It was our privilege to work with several local families to design some beautiful, custom houses that would allow them to return home. Six of these homes are already fully per
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After 25 years in the church on Van Ness, Boone Low Ratliff Architects is moving! We have a great new space in the old Wrigley building on the Westside. The repurposed Wrigley gum factory is now a thriving community of creators, artists, designers and makers. The uniquely large factory spaces are i
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To all local design professionals and building contractors: Our community has been devastated by the CZU Lightning Complex Fire. Hundreds of people, many of them friends, have lost their homes. We have set up a FaceBook group for Santa Cruz building design professionals to come together,
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The CZU Lightning Complex Fire has hit our community hard. Our hearts go out to everyone who has been affected by this disaster. Too many of our friends and neighbors have seen their homes destroyed and damaged, or are currently under evacuation. We would like to help in any way we can and
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All of us at Boone Low Ratliff Architects would like to send you our best wishes at this difficult time. We are all spending lots of time indoors for the foreseeable future, and we hope you are comfortable, warm and safe in your homes. Take care and we will see you soon, when this is all over. Ima
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