About
WRNS Studio works with today’s most transformative organizations to advance their missions through exceptional architecture, planning, and interior design. Our diverse portfolio—spanning education, workplace, science, health, housing, community, and transportation—brings fresh insight to each project. We approach design as a process of discovery, fostering curiosity and exploration to bring our clients’ aspirations to life. The result is timeless, inspiring places where people want to be. With offices in San Francisco, Seattle, Honolulu, and New York, we serve an international clientele.
- 2024 Fast Company, Most Innovative Company, #6 in Architecture
- 2024 Gold Nugget Awards, Grand Award for Best Infill Brickline
- 2024 DBIA Western Pacific Region Design-Build Award Mayo Hall at Cal Maritime
- 2024 NYCxDesign Awards, Tech Office Finalist Amazon Hank
- 2024 SARA New York, Design Awards, Merit Amazon Hank
- 2024 Architect’s Newspaper, Best of Practice for Architect (XL Firm) in the West, Editors’ Pick Amazon Hank
- 2023 Sustainable San Mateo County and AIA San Mateo County, Green Building Honorable Mention Atherton Library
- 2023 WoodWorks, Wood Design Awards, Commercial Wood Design – Low Rise Microsoft Silicon Valley
- 2023 AIA/ALA Library Building Awards Atherton Library
- 2023, AIA Honolulu Design Awards, Honorable Mention, Institutional Category Waikoloa Elementary and Middle School
- 2023 IIDA Hawai’I Pacific Chapter Ho’ohuli Awards, Dine Category Honorable Mention Senia Restaurant
- 2023 Architect’s Newspaper, Best of Practice Award for Architect (XL Firm) in the West
- 2022 AIA SF Awards, Environmental Campus Design Special Commendation Microsoft Silicon Valley
- 2022 Healthiest Employers of the Bay Area
- 2022 Healthiest Employers of New York City
- 2022 National Institute of Building Sciences Innovator Award Microsoft Silicon Valley
- 2022 Metropolis Planet Positive Award, Workplace Honoree Okland HQ
- 2022 AIA California Design Awards, Climate Action Award Atherton Library
- 2022 Utah Construction & Design Most Outstanding Project, Private over $10M category Zions Bancorporation Tech Center
- 2021 AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE) Top Ten Award Microsoft Silicon Valley
- 2021 AIA Honolulu Annual Design Awards Competition, Interior Architecture Category, Honorable Mention Podmore Restaurant
- Peninsula Clean Energy All-Electric Leadership Award, “All-Electric Commercial Leader” category Sacred Heart Schools Campus Plan, Modernizations, and New Construction
- 2021 AIA San Mateo County Chapter (AIASMC) Green Building Award Sacred Heart Schools Campus Plan, Modernizations, and New Construction
- 2021 Architect’s Newspaper, Best of Practice Award for Architect (XL Firm) in the West
- 2021 Structures Awards, Silicon Valley Business Journal Microsoft Silicon Valley
- 2020 Fast Company, Most Innovative Company, #5 in Architecture
- 2020 Acterra Award for Sustainability
- 2020 Silicon Valley Structures Award Taube Pavilion at El Camino Health
- 2020 Finalist P3 Awards Best Operational Project – Social Infrastructure Arts and Computational Sciences at UC Merced
- Fast Company 2020 Innovation by Design Awards, Sustainability Honorable Mention Janet Durgin Guild and Commons at Sonoma Academy
- 2020 AIA SF Honor Award Mashouf Wellness Center at SF State
- 2020 AIA East Bay Design Awards Excellence in Design for Well-Being Janet Durgin Guild and Commons at Sonoma Academy
- 2020 AIA Redwood Empire – Merit Award, Architecture – Built Janet Durgin Guild and Commons at Sonoma Academy
- 2019 Acterra Sustainable Built Environment Intuit Marine Way
- 2019 Acterra Sustainable Built Environment Janet Durgin Guild and Commons at Sonoma Academy
- 2019 Pacific Business News, 40 Under 40 Jason DeMarco
- 2019 San Francisco Design Week Honorable Mention Boeddeker Park
- 2019 CMACN Awards, Merit Award for Education Design Mashouf Wellness Center at SF State
- 2019 Architizer A+Awards Special Mention, Sport & Recreation — Recreation Centers Mashouf Wellness Center at SF State
- 2019 American Architecture Awards Winner Mashouf Wellness Center at SF State
- 2019 Regional Excellence Wood Design Award Janet Durgin Guild and Commons at Sonoma Academy
- 2019 IIDA Northern California Honor Awards, Long View Award Janet Durgin Guild and Commons at Sonoma Academy
- 2019 Architizer A+Awards Finalist, Concepts — Plus Architecture + Collaboration Janet Durgin Guild and Commons at Sonoma Academy
- 2019 CMACN Awards, Merit Award for Education Design Moore Hall at UC Davis Med Center
- 2019 AIA San Francisco Community Alliance Awards Program — Social Impact Award Recipient 826 Valencia
- 2019 USGBC Building Health Leadership Award Janet Durgin Guild and Commons at Sonoma Academy
- 2019 ASHRAE Golden Gate Chapter Technology Award — 1st Place Educational Facilities Janet Durgin Guild and Commons at Sonoma Academy
- 2019 Architect magazine Architect 50 – #8 Overall Firm
- 2018 ENR Top 500
- 2018 ASHRAE Technology Award, New Commercial Buildings Intuit Marine Way
- 2018 NIRSA Outstanding Sports Facilities Award Mashouf Wellness Center at SF State
- 2018 AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE) Top Ten Green Projects Award Janet Durgin Guild and Commons at Sonoma Academy
- 2018 AIA San Francisco Design Citation Award Janet Durgin Guild and Commons at Sonoma Academy
- 2018 Architizer A+Awards Winner, Architecture + Collaboration, Offices Intuit Marine Way
- 2018 Architizer A+Awards Finalist, Concepts — Plus Architecture + Workspace 999 Brannan Street
- 2018 Architizer A+Awards Finalist, Concepts — Plus Architecture + Sustainability Intuit Marine Way
- 2018 Contract Magazine, Interiors Award: Sustainable Intuit Marine Way
- 2018 NCSEA, Excellence in Structural Engineering Awards Intuit Marine Way
- 2018 AIA CC “Leading Edge” Award for Design and Sustainability Janet Durgin Guild and Commons at Sonoma Academy
- 2018 World Architecture News Awards Sustainable Building Finalist Janet Durgin Guild and Commons at Sonoma Academy
- 2018 BD+C Team Awards – Honorable Mention Janet Durgin Guild and Commons at Sonoma Academy
- 2018 National Institute of Building Sciences Beyond Green Honor Award, First Place in the High-Performance Buildings Category Janet Durgin Guild and Commons at Sonoma Academy
- 2018 WoodWorks Regional Excellence Wood Design Award Janet Durgin Guild and Commons at Sonoma Academy
- 2018 IIDA Northern California Long View Award for Sustainable Design Janet Durgin Guild and Commons at Sonoma Academy
- 2018 Building Design + Construction magazine’s Building Team Awards, Honorable Mention Janet Durgin Guild and Commons at Sonoma Academy
- 2018 Architect magazine Architect 50 – #1 Overall Firm
- 2017 Office Project of the Year Intuit Marine Way
- 2017 AIA California Council Merit Award Arts and Humanities at Chico State
- 2017 AIA California Council Merit Award Boeddeker Park
- 2017 AIA San Francisco Merit Award Arts and Humanities at Chico State
- 2017 DBIA Award of Distinction, Western Pacific Region Willie L. Brown Jr. Middle School
- 2017 Interior Design Best of Year Award Intuit Marine Way
- 2017 Acterra Sustainable Built Environment Stevens Net Zero Library
- 2017 California ZNE Team Leadership School Award Janet Durgin Guild and Commons at Sonoma Academy
- 2017 Architect magazine Architect 50 – #7 Overall Firm
- 2016 Excellence in Structural Engineering Award Merit in “New Construction” Boeddeker Park
- 2016 Greenest Apple Award Pauline Souza
- 2016 Architect’s Newspaper Awards – Honorable Mention, Urban Design Boeddeker Park
- 2016 Structural Engineers Association of Northern California, Excellence in Structural Engineering Awards Boeddeker Park
- 2016 New Buildings Institute, California ZNE Watchlist Stevens Net Zero Library
- 2016 PCI Design Awards Mission Hall at UCSF
- 2016 Architect magazine Architect 50 – #7 Overall Firm
- 2015 AIA SF Honor Award Boeddeker Park
- 2015 ENR Award of Merit Mission Hall at UCSF
- 2015 Design Build Institute of America National Award of Merit: Commercial/Office Buildings Category Mission Hall at UCSF
- 2015 San Francisco Department of the Environment, Green Business Award
- 2015 California Park & Recreation Society Award of Excellence Boeddeker Park
- 2015 ENR Best Sports / Entertainment Project Recreation and Aquatic Center at Cal Maritime
- 2015 Architect magazine Architect 50 – #8 Overall Firm
- 2014 American Society of Landscape Architects, Northern California Chapter Honor Award – Historic Preservation Foothill College Campus Plan
- 2014 ENR magazine Best Green Project of Southern California – South Lawn Project Visitor Center at Orange County Great Park
- 2014 Architizer A+Awards Special Mention, Offices Adobe Utah Campus
- 2014 Architizer A+Awards Finalist, Bus & Train Stations Tahoe Transit Center
- 2014 Architizer A+Awards Special Mention, Parking Structures UCSF Parking Structure
- 2014 Learning by Design Citation of Excellence White Hill Middle School
- 2014 AIA San Francisco Energy + Sustainability Citation Award
- 2014 AIA San Francisco Excellence in Architecture Merit Award Adobe Utah Campus
- 2014 AIA San Francisco Energy + Sustainability Citation Award Stevens Net Zero Library
- 2014 ENR Top 500
- 2013 AIA Small Project Award Tahoe Transit Center
- 2013 Architect magazine Annual Design Award – Work Adobe Utah Campus
- 2013 AIA California Council Merit Award Adobe Utah Campus
- 2013 AIA San Francisco Design Citation Award UCSF Parking Structure
- 2013 AIA San Francisco Design Citation Award Hayes Valley Playground
- 2013 Sustainable San Mateo Green Building Award Sacred Heart Schools Campus Plan, Modernizations, and New Construction
- 2013 Caltrans Excellence in Transportation Award Tahoe Transit Center
- 2013 American Public Works Association – Public Works Project of the Year Tahoe Transit Center
- 2013 Interior Design Best of Year Award Adobe Utah Campus
- 2013 American Public Works Association Project of the Year – South Lawn Stormwater Reuse Project Visitor Center at Orange County Great Park
- 2013 California Park and Recreation Society Award of Excellence – South Lawn & Timeline West Western Sector Park Development Plan, Phase I Visitor Center at Orange County Great Park
- 2013 ACI, Intermountain Chapter Excellence in Concrete Award Adobe Utah Campus
- 2013 Associated General Contractors of Utah – Building Project of the Year Adobe Utah Campus
- 2013 Structural Engineers of Northern California Award Adobe Utah Campus
- 2013 Utah Construction & Design Outstanding Project Adobe Utah Campus
- 2013 Structural Engineers Association of California Specialty Structure Award Tahoe Transit Center
- 2013 The King City Chamber of Commerce Most Beautiful Business Award Los Padres National Forest Ranger Station–Monterey District
- 2013 Architect magazine Architect 50 – #1 Overall Firm
- 2012 Western Red Cedar Award Tahoe Transit Center
- 2012 ASHRAE Technology Award Student Health and Wellness Center
- 2012 City Parks Alliance Frontline Park Award Visitor Center at Orange County Great Park
- 2011 AIA California Council Merit Award Belles Street Townhomes
- 2011 Building Design + Construction Building Team Gold Award Watsonville Water Resources Center
- 2011 ASHRAE Technology Award Watsonville Water Resources Center
- 2011 AIA California Council / Concrete Masonry Association of California & Nevada Design Honor Award, Education Category Student Health and Wellness Center
- 2011 AIA California Council / Concrete Masonry Association of California & Nevada Design Honor Award, Sustainable Category Student Health and Wellness Center
- 2011 Illuminating Engineering Society Award of Merit Student Health and Wellness Center
- 2011 AIA California Council Merit Award Watsonville Water Resources Center
- 2011 Building of America Award Contemporary Jewish Museum
- 2010 AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE) Top Ten Green Projects Award Watsonville Water Resources Center
- 2010 AIA San Francisco Energy + Sustainability Honor Award Watsonville Water Resources Center
- 2010 City of Palo Alto Architectural Review Board Award 310 University
- 2010 AIA San Francisco Excellence in Architecture Award Mission Bay Parking Structure
- 2010 Savings by Design Award Watsonville Water Resources Center
- 2010 California Green Building Wood Design Award Watsonville Water Resources Center
- 2010 Learning by Design Outstanding Project Award Hillsborough SD Multi-Purpose Building
- 2010 California Construction “Best of Year” Merit Award Student Health and Wellness Center
- 2010 American Institute of Steel Construction IDEAS2 Award Contemporary Jewish Museum
- 2008 Sacramento Business Journal Real Estate Projects of the Year, Best Mixed-Use Project The Cosmopolitan
- 2007 AIA San Francisco Energy + Sustainability Merit Award 501 Second Street
- 2006 Sacramento Business Journal Real Estate Projects of the Year – Best Community Impact Project Yolo County Health and Mental Health Services Building
- 2005 AIA San Francisco Excellence in Architecture Citation Award Ryan Ranch Outpatient Campus
- 2005 AIA San Francisco Energy + Sustainability Citation Award 405 Howard Street
- 2005 Affordable Housing Finance Reader’s Choice Awards – Best Senior’s Project International Hotel Senior Housing & St. Mary's Catholic School and Center
- 2004 AIA Central Valley Design Merit Award Capitol Area East End Parking Structure
- 2004 AIA Central Valley Design Citation Award Fairfield Multi-Modal Transportation Center
- 2004 Modern Healthcare Award of Excellence Yocha Dehe Tribal Community Center and School
- 2004 AIA Central Valley Chapter Design Honor Award Yocha Dehe Tribal Community Center and School
- 2003 Schools Construction News Honor Award Yocha Dehe Tribal Community Center and School
- World Architecture News, January 2022
- Architect’s Newspaper, February 2022
- Fast Company, March 2022
- San Francisco Chronicle, October 2022
- Archinect, October 2022
- Utah Construction and Design, August/September 2022
- Fast Company, December 2022
- Metropolis Magazine, January 2023
- San Francisco Chronicle, January 2023
- Wall Street Journal, September 2023
- Bloomberg, September 2023
- Honolulu Star Advertiser February 2024
- Silicon Valley Business Journal January 2021
- The New York Times January 2021
- Honolulu Star Advertiser February 2021
- AN Interiors Feb/Mar 2021: Healthcare Issue
- Architectural Record, April 2021
- The Architect’s Newspaper, April 2021
- Archinect, April 2021
- Architect Magazine, April 2021
- Fast Company May 2021
- STIRWorld June 2021
- Designboom June 2021
- gb&d June 2021
- World Architecture News, July 2021
- Architect Magazine, September 2021
- AN Interior magazine, April 2020
- Utah Style and Design, March 2020
- School Construction NEWS, April 2020
- Architectural Record, March 2020
- The Architect’s Newspaper, February 2020
- ArchDaily, May 2020
- Microsoft, March 2020
- Microsoft Sustainability Microsite
- Metropolis, June 2020
- Inhabitat, April 2020
- School Construction NEWS, May 2020
- American School & University, April 2020
- Education Snapshots 2020
- Learning by Design 2020
- Architectural Record, July 2020
- Building Design & Construction, August 2020
- Medical Construction & Design
- 2020 AN Best of Design Awards Editors’ Pick Commercial – Office category
- Interior Design, March 2019
- Silicon Valley Voice, April 2019
- GlobeSt, April 2019
- Pacific Business News, February 2019
- Pacific Edge Magazine, February 2019
- Metropolis, February 2019
- The Registry, May 2019
- Dexigner, February 2019
- School Construction News, Sustainable Schools Article, February 2019
- Curbed Austin, September 2019
- Quartz at Work, September 2019
- ArchDaily, December 2019
- Microsoft, April 2019
- The Registry, October 2018
- Inhabitat, March 2018
- Dexigner, April 2018
- The Registry online, August 2018
- The Registry, November 2018
- Architectural Record, April 2018
- The Registry, April 2018
- The Architect’s Newspaper, April 2018
- Sonoma Home Newspaper, August 2018
- Dexigner, May 2018
- Dexigner, August 2018
- San Jose Business Journal, September 2018
- Utah Construction & Design, November 2018
- ArchDaily, December 2018
- Dexigner, December 2018
- SF Chronicle, December 2018
- Architectural Record, April 2017
- Silicon Valley Business Journal, May 2017
- The Registry, May 2017
- Dezeen, October 2017
- Dexigner, December 2017
- Architizer, May 2017
- Dexigner, April 2017
- Metropolis, June 2017
- Silicon Valley Business Journal, August 2016
- San Francisco Business Times, October 2016
- Silicon Valley Business Journal, January 2016
- The Architect’s Newspaper, January 2016
- KHON 2, May 2015
- New Buildings Institute California ZNE Watchlist, May 2015
- Bay Area Real Estate The Registry Online, March 2015
- San Jose Mercury News online, March 2015
- San Jose Business Journal, February 2015
- Inhabitat, July 2015
- Inhabitat, September 2015
- New Buildings Institute California ZNE Watchlist, May 2015 W
- Silicon Valley Business Journal, June 2014
- Silicon Valley Business Journal, October 2014
- San Francisco Business Times online, October 2014
- Interior Design online, April 2014
- Timber + Design International magazine online, April 2014
- Vallejo Times Herald online, January 2014
- San Francisco Business Time, April 2014
- Architectural Record, January 2014
- Architectural Record online, June 2014
- Healthcare Design online, July 2014
- Architect magazine, December 2013
- ArcCA, October 2013
- AIA San Francisco’s “Unbuilt San Francisco” exhibition, September 2013
- Architectural Record, August 2013
- Interior Design, June 2013
- Forbes online, January 2013
- The Registry, April 2013
- Utah Construction & Design, February/March 2013
- Inhabitat, February 2013
- The Economist online, August 2013
- Green Building & Design, September/October 2013
- World Architects “Building of the Week,” November 2013
- Architect magazine, April 2013
- Metropolis, June 2013
- Inhabitat, August 2013
- El Mercurio (Chile), October 2013
- Healthcare Design, March 2013
- New York Times, September 2013
- SFGate, August 2013
- SFGate, September 2013
- KQED’s “Forum,” September 2013
- The Registry online, September 2013
- Curbed SF, July 2013
- The Registry, September 2013
- AIACC online, October 2013
- Architect, August 2013
- Utah Construction + Design “2013 Outstanding Projects, December 2013
- Architectural Record online, September 2013
- Salt Lake magazine, December 2012
- Provo Daily Herald, December 2012
- The Almanac online (Atherton, CA), December 2012
- Cityhome Collective, November 2012
- SFGate, November 2012
- The Public Dialogue: New Pro Bono Case Studies, October 2012
- World Interior Design Network, October 2012
- World Interior Design Network, August 2012
- The San Jose Mercury News, August 2012
- ArcCA, May 2012
- Sacramento Business Journal, September 2011
- Water Environment & Technology, September 2011
- American City & County, August 2011
- Building Design + Construction, June 2011
- SFGate, June 2011
- Construction Today, May 2011
- The Almanac online (Atherton, CA), April 2011
- SFGate, March 2011
- Inhabitat, March 2011
- Urban Land, March 2011
- Design it Greener, January 2011
- Los Angeles Times, February 2011
- The Power of Pro Bono: 40 Stories about Design for the Public Good by Architects and Their Clients, 2010, Metropolis Books, 2010
- Eco-Structure, May/June 2010
- ArcCA, July 2010
- Architect magazine, October 2010
- Eco-Structure, August 2010
- GreenSource, July 2010
- American Builders Quarterly, December 2010
- The Architect’s Newspaper, October 2010
- California Construction, December 2010
- Urban Land, August 2008
- SFGate, July 2008
- Sacramento Business Journal, June 2008
- The Independent, January 2008
- Los Angeles Times, June 2008
- The New York Times, June 2008
- The Plan Italy, November 2008
- San Ramon Valley Times, August 2006
- Healthcare Design, August 2005
- Interior Design, December 2004
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