QA in the News
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.
Read MoreMay 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.”
Read MoreMay 18, 2021
Los Angeles Business Times
Woman-owned Quezada Architecture Opens Los Angeles Office Amid Pandemic
Quezada Architecture (QA), a woman- and minority-owned architectural firm based in San Francisco, is pleased to announce the opening of a second office location this week, adjacent to downtown Los Angeles. The architecture firm’s new location enables accelerated momentum to support a growing roster of clients.
Read MoreMay 7, 2021
Ness Magazine
UGG Flagship Store by Florencia Pita & Co + Quezada Architecture
The store’s warmth, flexibility, and future-forward attention to craft summon the brand’s newly expansive direction.
Read MoreApril 28, 2021
Frame
UGG IS USING ITS FIFTH AVENUE FLAGSHIP TO POSITION ITSELF AS A LIFESTYLE BRAND
By emphasizing craftsmanship through the use of custom materials and bespoke furniture, Florencia Pita & Co and Quezada Architecture successfully established a spatial language for Ugg that indeed may prove more appealing to a wider audience.
Read MoreMarch 26, 2021
San Francisco Chronicle
Take a tour through S.F.'s new, $77 million animal shelter, complete with a dog toilet
The new shelter, six years in the planning, includes roomier cages, a modern veterinary suite and a comfy lounge for off-duty animal control officers... No detail was overlooked.
Read MoreMarch 8, 2021
Office of the Mayor of San Francisco
San Francisco Opens New Animal Shelter
“The imaginative and thoughtful reuse of this historic building has been an exciting project for our team to partner on,” said Acting San Francisco Public Works Director Alaric Degrafinried. “We were able to preserve an important part of the City’s past and deliver a safe, modern and user-friendly facility that will serve the needs of San Francisco for years to come.”
Read MoreDecember 10, 2020
New York Times
The Highly Unlikely Yet Totally Predictable Return of Uggs
"...And last month a new flagship store concept, which leans heavily into sensual curves and terrazzo floors, was unveiled on Fifth Avenue. So, like it or not, Uggs are cool again. Or maybe they were always cool. Or, keeping in mind the strange and fickle ways that trends ebb and flow in the social media era, maybe they were never cool, which is what makes them, well, cool."
Read MoreDecember 1, 2020
Retail Dive
SKU'd: From Crocs to Uggs, ugly shoes have won
Last week, the company launched its first flagship in New York City, with plans to open additional flagship stores around the globe in 2021. The brand also is introducing a seasonal ready-to-wear collection featuring 30 unisex, comfortable styles that will be sold at Nordstrom and at Ugg retail locations as a way to further expand into apparel, according to WWD.
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San Francisco Animal Care & Control Facility,
2021 Preservation Design Award, California
Preservation Foundation
Top 10% on BuildZoom, 2021
Best Architects
American Institute of Architects, SF
Interior Architecture Design Award
American Institute of Architects, SF
Special Achievement Design Award
American Institute of Architects
California Council Design Merit Award
American Institute of Architects
California Council Design Merit Award
American Institute of Architects, SF
Design Excellence Honor Award
The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland
Irish Architecture Award
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Best of Houzz - Service Award
Houzz.com
Best of Houzz - Design Award
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