Even though they weren't able to help us with our project, Becca responded promptly and went above…read moreand beyond by giving us referrals to other local companies. I appreciate it Noah Young Law Group

Thrive renovated our 1975 contractor's spec house, taking advantage of all the property's pluses…read moreand eliminating the minuses. After living here 18 months, I still marvel at the high level of comfort, functionality, and beauty that Thrive achieved. Quality subcontractors, piles of practical knowledge, and genuine human beings.

We worked with Mark Parry/Idea Studios as the architect for the build-out of our fitness studio F45…read moreTraining San Rafael. Mark has a keen eye for detail, listens intently, thinks outside the box, and brings years of expertise and insights to the table. He always made it clear that his primary objective was to make sure that we ended up with a space that we were thrilled with. Despite having to work within the confines of design elements dictated by the fitness franchise, Mark was able to elevate the design of our studio. Indeed we were thrilled with the ultimate result. Mark brought expert knowledge of ADA regulations and was helpful in navigating the county approval processes. We were particularly happy with the design of the bathrooms and showers, spaces in which we were more free to add personal design elements and let Mark work his magic. We take great pride in showing our fitness studio to potential members, especially the bathrooms. Mark really understood our concept and worked passionately to crystallize and realize our vision!

My very favorite architect and I've worked with many. Extremely experienced, talented, and a…read moremarvelous addition to any project team.

When the Tubbs fire destroyed our Fountaingrove home in October 2017, our decision to rebuild…read morenecessitated finding an architect who could help us define the vision for our new home, design within our budget and work collaboratively with us and with our contractor. After researching and interviewing several local architects, we met with Joel Baumgardner of Sebastopol on a friend's recommendation. We feel fortunate to have found such a consummate professional. Joel gave us everything we could have hoped for from an architect and more, especially during that very stressful time. Extremely responsive, budget and quality conscious, he worked closely with us over several months to translate our dream into detailed plans that complied with all of the new city, county and state regulations. He also helped us qualify for energy efficiency rebates that defrayed our rebuild costs and forged an excellent working relationship with our contractor. When issues arose, Joel outlined our design options and played devil's advocate as we considered them, always having an opinion but never forcing his choices on us. We are sad to hear about the problems with their architects that other folks rebuilding their homes have had to cope with in addition to the stress brought on by the fires and their aftermath. Joel earned our trust, designed us a beautiful home and was a pleasure to work with. He has earned our gratitude and our highest recommendation.

We had Jim do a complete renovation of the Redwood City home we purchased, and we are absolutely…read moredelighted with his design. This is the second home he has designed for our family and in both cases we were 150% satisfied with the entire experience. The first house was ultra modern and I was not sure how he would feel about a traditional home. To say that the design exceeds our expectations is an understatement. He listened very carefully to understand my style and then came up with a very unique design. I have not seen anything like the kitchen he designed anywhere. He is very practical and has been involved in managing the contractor even though we are doing this long distance. He also helped in the selection of finishes eliminating the need for an interior designer in our case. This saved us a lot of money. There were no change orders related to his design. That is huge. His plans are very detailed and he got them through our local planning dept. very swiftly. He is very honest, ethical and has great inter-personal skills. Finally I think his rates are pretty reasonable by Bay Area standards. Whenever I encounter someone this good, I always yelp about it!

Jessie designed our second, detached unit on our property and we couldn't be happier with how it…read moreturned out. The unit posed its unique challenges with how it was able to be designed and she worked through it in such a creative manner. The design was sound, aesthetically pleasing and of course, up to code. Jessie is a dream to work with as she is so professional, knowledgeable and she listens. She was transparent with us along every step of the way, communicating all aspects of the job. We will absolutely be using her again for any other architectural needs and highly recommend her.

Price gouging fire victims!…read more This review is about Jessie Whitesides, one of the partners at Asquared studios. We are fire victims and we made a huge mistake choosing her services for our home rebuild. We signed a contract with her in early January 2018. The contract clearly stated: the budget, maximum price per square foot, the desired size for the house and the desired features. At the time of signing the contract Jessie Whitesides had no issues with the budget or the features of the house. 10 months and $30,000.00 later she calls a meeting with us and the builder. The builder informs us that the house she designed was 100% over our budget. The builder suggested that we start removing some features of the house in order to get us closer to the original budget. We sit with them for 3 hours to remove the features, and by the end of the 3 hour meeting there was nothing left from the house which Jessie Whitesides designed. We were back to Square One, drawing rectangles on paper to revise the schematic design plans. In her revised plans the garage somehow ends up being the largest room in the house, the house has only a fraction of the features from the signed contract, and the estimate from the builder still comes at $600,000.00 over budget. When we confront her she blames: the economy, Trump tariffs on China, shortage of labor, throws the builder under the bus, and...she blames us for not "absorbing" her "organic design process". She follows up by sending an invoice for the painful 3 hour meeting. Needless to say, we fired her and we are starting from scratch a year later, which is devastating to us. We have already been through enough with losing our home, and she had ZERO accountability or remorse for wasting 10 months of our lives, $30,000.00 of our money and adding a tremendous amount of stress on our family. We recently found a new architect and reached out to the third-party firm to get a digital copy of our geo and septic reports. Turns out, the septic report that Jessie Whitesides requested was never fully completed! What an epic oversight for someone who blames her clients for not "absorbing" the architectural process. I would never recommend her to anyone not only because she couldn't deliver on the contract, but also because she is not a good person. NotGoodSquared.

Tony handled our project with care, his work was meticulous and he listened to all of our needs…read more We knew we would need plans for our renovation and Tony was our guy. His services were reasonably priced and he was attentive to our requests, giving his expect opinion as well. We had minimal permit issues with Tony's plans. We would happily work with him again and highly recommend his services.

So far Tony has been very easy to work with. Not arrogant or pushy but laid back and agreeable…read moreeven when the site conditions and code constraints pose challenges. Tony is very good at thinking outside the box and troubleshooting said issues. He also has a good network of consulting engineers to help advise and offer solutions.

Excellent Design of a rebuild after the Tubbs fire in Fountain Grove. Reasonable prices and…read morepersonal attention. Excellent.

We had a great experience with Kadello & Larsen. Rick gave us a couple of options for our home…read moreexpansion and granny unit. He helped us through the permit process on the city and county levels, even when they got difficult. He even helped us find a replacement construction company when our first pick backed out. He was always available for changes during construction and worked incredibly well with all. Highly recommend.

Plans were so good for a bathroom addition at my daughter's house they were approved with no…read morealterations within 10 minutes by Santa Rosa's planning department. We're going to have Ivan come up with a bathroom addition for our house next.

Ivan has been our architect on two major projects now and we feel so fortunate to have been…read moreintroduced to him!! He is first of all a man of integrity, talent and intelligence and second of all has a way of listening, probing and really 'getting' what you're looking for..and sometimes he anticipated or offered ideas that really furthered our thinking! He also brings years and years of all kinds of experiences, styles and a full range of budgetary understanding to his work. We had a fairly complex structural job done on completely remodeling our kitchen/family room and bath and within a couple of rounds of drafts he nailed it and then moved on to the final drawings. Ivan also worked beautifully with the contractor and structural engineer and made the whole thing work so well that we returned for a second project of remodeling our master bedroom. Ivan is the consummate professional and man of integrity and masterful ideas and follow-through!! He is an A+++ architect in our book and YES, we're now thinking of yet another project...!!