Archaeology: BRICK + GOLD

Catherine Wagner’s “Archaeology: BRICK + GOLD” explores our studio, a historic San Francisco firehouse, through what she calls “archaeology in reverse,” treating construction as both process and metaphor for change. The installation reimagines an exposed brick wall with gold leaf, carved recesses, and light to make meaning of the building’s layered past alongside its present architectural use.

Learn more about this week's staff spotlight, Nelson Hansen.

We spoke with Jeff Wheeler, Senior Technical Architect, Ivan Leon Ramirez, and Nate Ingebritson, Designers, about our studio's workshop - lovingly referred to as "the shop" - tracing its origins, its role in the firm’s design process today, and how it may continue to evolve in the future.

Learn more about this week's staff spotlight, Leila Bijan Kuehr.

We had the pleasure of welcoming Seema Krish to our office, where she shared her journey into textile design and the inspiration behind her beautiful work. Based in San Francisco, Seema is a designer and craftsperson making handmade interior textiles and wall coverings that draw deeply from her Indian heritage. Her work is heavily informed by the many cities she has lived in across the world, from Bombay to Boston. Sustainability is a central value at her studio, where they use natural fiber cloths and non-toxic, organic dyes. Her work has been featured in Interior Design Magazine, San Francisco Magazine, House Beautiful, Veranda, and more. Seema holds a BFA in Textile/Surface Design from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York.

Since the launch of our Carbon Budget initiative, we’ve implemented the dashboard on over a dozen projects. In this blog series, we'll deep dive into specific projects, outlining how we're tracking both the predicted operational and embodied carbon emissions as the project progresses, which in turn, will result in more sensitive and resilient designs that emit less carbon.

After the devastating fires that displaced thousands in Altadena and the Pacific Palisades in January of 2025, the team at Feldman Architecture felt moved to craft a design solution that directly responded to the place and the need.

Learn more about this week's staff spotlight, Stella Coble.