Richard Beard Architects
Our studio’s work is significantly informed by how architecture can integrate with interior and landscape design to achieve a unified design that is more than the sum of its constituent parts.
Portfolio - Richard Beard Architects
Santa Lucia Preserve One. Big Sur. Pacific Heights
Westridge - Richard Beard Architects
WESTRIDGE Portola Valley, CA. Attuned to the rhythms of nature—notably the fog that spills nightly over Windy Hill along the Coast Range—this elegant yet understated house is the result of site-specific design for a growing, young family.
Big Sur - Richard Beard Architects
BIG SUR Big Sur, CA. Invisible from the nearby Pacific Coast Highway, but open to views of ocean and landscape, this house is an exercise in restraint in its dramatic setting.
Dolores Heights - Richard Beard Architects
DOLORES HEIGHTS San Francisco, CA. This Andalusia-inspired home was designed for a former antiques dealer and connoisseur of the arts—an aerie retreat featuring lush terraces and gracious rooms.
Santa Lucia Preserve Six — Richard Beard Architects
SANTA LUCIA PRESERVE SIX. This Estancia inspired home is located deep in the Santa Lucia Preserve, a pristine piece of California wilderness. The dwelling nestles into the landscape and opens out to the southward views down the valley.
Studio — Richard Beard Architects
Connection to setting, reverence for materials, and devotion to functional beauty are the hallmarks of Richard Beard’s namesake firm, a practice dedicated to site-specific architecture that integrates the built and natural environments—urban or wild—in ways both graceful and sustainable.
McIntyre House - Richard Beard Architects
MCINTYRE HOUSE. Located near San Francisco, this distinguished, previously acclaimed mid-century home-- the product of noted Bay Area architect Joseph Esherick and landscape architect Lawrence Halprin—was acquired by our client with the goal of making it relevant for a new family in the 21st century.
Kobe Tower - Richard Beard Architects
KOBE TOWER Kobe, Japan. Kobe was the first city and port in Japan to open to the Western world, in the late 18th century. As a result, you find a vibrant mix of venerable Japanese traditions intersecting with American jazz, and ancient temples juxtaposed with …
Santa Lucia Preserve One — Richard Beard Architects
SANTA LUCIA PRESERVE ONE Carmel Valley, CA. Located at the point where rolling hills meet meadows of native grassland, this house was designed to sit sensitively in its terrain.