QA News Mentions

January 5, 2022
Metropolis

Designing Workplaces for the Human Experience

“Uber was interested in disrupting office design in the same way they disrupted the nation’s transportation system,” Lubell began. “And that’s a good thing.”

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November 3, 2021
Interior Design Magazine

Huntsman, Pfau Long, RMW, and SHoP [+QA] Deliver a Five-Star Campus for Uber Headquarters in San Francisco

It’s been 12 years since Uber disrupted the transportation system with its ride-hailing technology that’s now ubiquitous. Today, the company proves itself another disruptor, this time in workplace architecture and design.

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October 29, 2021
Fast Company

The ultimate office amenity in 2021? Fresh air

...the flat curtain of the facade begins to move. In tall folds like the side of an accordion, the exteriors of the buildings gradually crack open, revealing that their walls are actually massive glass windows. Pulling air in and regulating the building’s temperature, these automated vents rebel against the model of the air-conditioned box. With a pandemic floating in the air and the fact that indoor environments of office buildings are often more polluted than the outdoors, access to fresh air is more important than ever.

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October 20, 2021
Madame Architect

A Hybrid Model: Cousins Florencia Pita and Cecilia Quezada on Physical Impact and Collective Success

FP: We truly speak a similar language, besides our native Spanish [laughs]. CQ: The fact we are cousins, helps. We share a history and set of values, and when we see the results we are able to provide our clients, we know we're doing something right.==

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August 10, 2021
General Contractors Magazine

5 Best Commercial Architects in Redwood City

An award-winning, full-service architecture, interiors, and planning firm, Quezada Architecture (QA) has been serving high-end clients since 1994.

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May 20, 2021
San Francisco Business Times

Building a new path for women in real estate and construction

“As a woman business owner, I want to build in that flexibility so that women can continue on in their careers after having children and still continue to have that work-life balance,” Quezada said, “because I feel like the more licensed architects we have that are women, the better.”

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Awards + Publications

Awards

California Preservation Society
Rehabilitation Category Award 2024
Amy's Kitchen

AIA California Council
Merit Award 2024
Uber Headquarters 

AIA San Francisco
Design Honor Award 2023
Uber Headquarters

IIDA Northern California Chapter
Craft Award 2023 
Affiliated Engineers, Inc. SF Office

Chicago Athenaeum 
American Architecture Awards 2023
Uber Headquarters

AIA New York
Design Honor Award 2023
Uber Headquarters

American Public Works Association (APWA)
2022 Public Works Projects of the Year
San Francisco Animal Care & Control Facility

AIA San Francisco Design Award
Historic Preservation 2022
San Francisco Animal Care & Control Facility

California Preservation Foundation
Preservation Design Award 2022
San Francisco Animal Care & Control Facility

San Francisco Business Times
10 Coolest Office Designs 2018
New Relic Headquarters

AIA San Francisco 
Interior Architecture Design Award
Live Nation / Bill Graham Presents

AIA San Francisco
Special Achievement Design Award
AIASF Headquarters

AIA California Council Design Merit Award
Industrial Light & Magic


Publications

Forbes

Architectural Record

Architect Magazine

Interior Design

San Francisco Business Times

Luxe

Marin Living Magazine

Tech Crunch

The San Francisco Chronicle

City by Design

Signature Homes

Homes of the 21st Century

California Home & Design

Dream Homes of Northern California

Arc CA

A&D Small Firms, Great Projects

SF MOMA Design Series 4, Xefirotarch

Offices of the Digital Age

Dwell

Newsweek

Wired Magazine

ArchTech

Fast Company

Cover of Architectural Record Magazine 05/2022