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Whether you're a developer searching for mission-aligned designers to help you create innovative housing projects, another architecture firm looking for a housing partner, or an association seeking support for housing advocacy, we are here for you - reach out and say hello!

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Mountain View, CA 94041-2068

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Primarily serving San Jose and the greater San Francisco Bay Area, Central California, Sacramento, Oregon, Washington, and Colorado.

/ Licensed in California, Washington, Colorado, Oregon, and New York.

/ Open to opportunities to make a positive impact anywhere.

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Rendering ➡️ vs ➡️ Reality ✨⁠
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Seeing this lobby come to life so close to what we imagined is one of the most rewarding parts of the design process. Thoughtful materials, warm lighting, and intentional details all came together to create a welcoming

We’ve grown, y’all! 🎉💜⁠
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We’re excited to officially welcome Serene Montgomery to the FORA team!⁠
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Joining us from Ohio just after completing her Master's degree, Serene brings a unique blend of experience in architecture, inter

We're celebrating the end of Affordable Housing Month by looking back on our not-too-long-ago completed office project for Destination Home, an organization doing meaningful work to address California’s housing crisis through community-centered

Some people join a team and quietly make everything better almost immediately. That’s been Hafsa. 💜

We’re a little late on this introduction, but very excited to officially welcome Hafsa Siap, Assoc. AIA, to FORA! Originally from Istanb

We’re excited to officially congratulate our 2026–2027 FORA Scholars, Aaron Quincy Spann and “Chris” Long Yin Chiu! 🎉✨

Aaron, a Howard University student from Houston, brings an energetic, people-first approach to design roo

Please join us in congratulating Selayni Toribio on being selected for the 2026–2027 FORA Fellowship and welcoming her to the team! ✨🚀

Selayni is currently pursuing her B.S. in Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis and brings a d

What does it mean to build an architecture practice designed for change? 👀

This Friday, FORA’s Leah Bayer and Gabriella Vaz de Freitas will be speaking at AI.26 — AIA Silicon Valley’s Architectural Intelligence conference —

Architecture shouldn’t stop at move-in day. 🏡

We spend years designing affordable housing… but the industry rarely comes back to ask residents how those buildings are actually working once people are living in them.

That’s the p

Mitchell Park Place is officially open! 💛

This one means a lot to us. It was the very first project FORA won under our new leadership team — before there was really a roadmap, before we fully knew what this next chapter of the firm would beco

Affordable Housing Month is here! 💛🏡

At Engage FORA, we work with communities to turn lived experience into real design decisions with real influence.

We’re hosting a virtual event sharing just how engagement can lead to meaningful, lasting

🐝 We built a new experience… and you all showed up! 💛

FORA's booth was buzzzzzing all conference long - thank you to the hundreds of you who made a bee-line over to Build a Hive with us at Housing CA! We've got so many fun photos - it's har

🌼✨ We’re headed to Housing California! ✨🌼

Buzz on over to Booth 404,
right by the entry door. 🚪

Come pollinate 🐝
and co-create
a hive where we all belong. 💛

There’s plenty of room
for you to bloom 🌻
with FORA.

👋 See you soon!

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