We have compiled a comprehensive set of information that may be helpful to you if you are looking to rebuild after losing your home in the Thomas Fire. See below for links to city resources, planning information, required documents, helpful websites, and more.

In collaboration with the AIA of Santa Barbra, Ellen Bildsten, Brian Cearnal, and Detty Peikert organized “Making State Street Work”, a design charrette and day of urban planning and architecture.

Last weekend, SBBIKE raised $43,125 at its Connecting Our Community Fundraiser. SBBIKE is a countywide advocacy and resource organization that has been working to make bicycling safe and accessible in Santa Barbara for more than 25 years.

On May 19th, Ellen Bildsten of Bildsten Architecture and Planning moderated a workshop on Evolving Transportation Trends in Vibrant Communities at the all-day conference hosted by the Coastal Housing Coalition. Formed in 2005 in response to the region’s critical housing shortage, the CHC works to promote affordable housing for the local workforce by communicating with communities and their decision-makers, shaping housing policy and endorsing well-designed and appropriate residential projects.

This week we had the exciting opportunity to use a drone to help make design decisions about one of our projects. Dan Upton and Matt Metcalfe of Dan Upton Construction brought out the drone to help us determine the height at which a roof deck would provide the best ocean and mountain views for a new guest cabana in the hills above Santa Barbara.

Mountain Drive Cabana has won the 2016 Santa Barbara Contractor’s Association award in the New Residential category. The project was designed by Bildsten Architecture and Planning and built by general contractor Dylan Davidson of Creative Structural Design.

The annual housing conference held on May 13, 2016 discussed our record-setting low vacancy rates along with continued escalating rental prices in Santa Barbara County. The keynote speaker Dan Parolek emphasized the importance of providing more affordable community-based living as well as efforts to create higher density housing of the local workforce.

On Saturday October 3rd, local architects and guest gathered together to tour nine homes and businesses, which featured an intriguing personal and construction story that profile many of the design challenges encountered during the building process.

On Friday, April 10, leaders and community members came together at the Coastal Housing Coalition’s Santa Barbara Housing Conference to discuss the significant issues affecting workers county-wide. The South Coast has become a difficult place for many citizens to both live and work in…

Join us this Saturday, April 18, 2015 for the LA Urban Bus Tour organized by AIA Santa Barbara. The bus leaves from Goleta at 8am and will return around 6pm. Registration is $35, click here to register.