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Affordable apartment complex for foster youth opens in downtown San Jose

ABC News / January 2025

New Transit-Oriented Supportive Housing Opens in San Jose

California Department of Housing and Community Development / May 2024

Groundbreaking For Affordable Housing at 525 East Charleston Road in Palo Alto

SF Yimby / March 2024

Santa Clara County deal brings teacher housing to Cupertino

San Jose Spotlight / February 2024

How to Build and Lead a Successful Remote Design Firm" with Architects FORA

AFSF Interview Series / February 2023

Mitchell Park Place, Palo Alto’s next affordable-housing project, gets $25M boost

Palo Alto Online / July 2023

Kate Conley, principal at Architects FORA, gives testimony at California State Assembly — ‘It’s not tenable’: California bill aims to erase permits delays that hold up housing projects

San Francisco Chronicle / Dustin Gardiner / April 2022

Orchard Gardens Rendering — Santa Clara County leaders approve $75.5M to build six new affordable housing projects

KRON / Omar Perez / Feb. 2022

Leigh Avenue Senior Apartments Street View Night — Leigh Avenue Becomes First TECH Fund-Backed Affordable Housing to Open its Doors

Housing Trust Silicon Valley / Nov. 2021

Leigh Avenue Senior Apartments Elevation View Evening — Structures Awards: Leigh Avenue

Silicon Valley Business Journal / Lynn Peithman Stock / Sept. 2021

Leigh Avenue Courtyard — San Jose Development Serves Vulnerable Seniors

Affordable Housing Finance / Donna Kimura / July 2021

Woman with arms crossed in yellow sweater, architectural backdrop is white with wavy floor plates — A year of challenge, and opportunity, driving change for women architects

American Institute of Architects / Jane Blake / April 2021

conceptual drawing of two people conversating - trees as the silhouette of their heads to represent neurological network of brain, one is thinking, one is speaking. — The 5 People You Should Know When Buying an Architecture Firm

Women in Architecture / AIA Silicon Valley / Kate Conley / March 2021

Preliminary Application for Freeway-Adjacent Housing in Cupertino

SF Yimby / January 2025

Changing the profession from the inside out

AIA / December 2024

Planning Commission Approves 847 Woodside Road in Redwood City

SF Yimby / September 2024

Senior Living Proposed for 824 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto

SF Yimby / August 2023

What architects want GCs to know

Construction Dive / July 2023

Leigh Avenue Senior Apartments
Receives LEED Platinum Certification + MFE Award!

First Community Housing / October 2022

Front rendering of Mitchell Park — This new housing project in Palo Alto is aimed at people with developmental and intellectual disabilities

Mercury News / Aldo Toledo / March 2022

Plans to develop more than 300 affordable South Bay homes advance

Mercury News / George Avalos / Feb. 2022

Auzerais Street Perspective — Eden Housing’s Auzerais Apartments – aided by TECH Fund – Celebrates Groundbreaking in San Jose

Housing Trust Silicon Valley / Dec. 2021

Affordable homes near downtown San Jose’s Google village push ahead with loan

Silicon Valley / George Avolos / Oct. 2021

Mitchell Park Place Palo Alto Sketchy Rendering for City Council — City Council lauds affordable housing plan next to Mitchell Park

Palo Alto Weekly / Gennedy Sheyner / Sept. 2021

Leigh Ave garden beds in construction — New Deeply Affordable Homes Coming to Santa Clara County

Destination: Home / May 2021

North-San Pedro Studios Iamesi Village rendering — First Community Housing Is Developing Housing For Homeless And Veterans At 201 Bassett Street, San Jose

SF Yimby / Palak Japlot / March 2021

Sarah Vaccaro, Leah Bayer, Kate Conley headshots - new owners of OJK Architecture + Planning — OJK Architecture + Planning Announces New Ownership

BizJournals / Leah Bayer / Feb. 2021

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Join us for a fun and meaningful afternoon on March 24th from 3:30-5:00pm at Mitchell Park Place! 🎨🌟 Help us select artwork to be featured in the grand opening of FORA-designed Mitchell Park Place, a 50-unit affordable development designed for peop

FORA Principal Sarah Vaccaro and President Leah Bayer have been having a fantastic time at the #HousingCA2025 Conference!

From the incredibly informative sessions to connecting with our brilliant clients and partners, it’s been an invigoratin

Taking a walk through Roosevelt Park Apartments during our annual retreat! 🏡✨️ This newly completed affordable housing project, developed with First Community Housing and built by James E. Roberts-Obayashi Corporation (JERO), provides 80 homes for f

Bringing art to life at Roosevelt Park Apartments! 🎨⭐️ Architects FORA partnered with First Community Housing and muralist Shayne M. “Quetsmo” Oseguera to curate a stunning mural that celebrates the beauty and resilience of the South Bay

Nothing beats seeing our hard work come to life! ✨️During our annual FORA Retreat, we had the incredible opportunity to walk through the Mitchell Park project under construction with our clients, Eden Housing, and our construction team, L&D Const

Get ready for an inside look at our annual FORA retreat! ✈️ This year, our entire team is flying in to connect, explore, and experience our projects and meet clients in person.

From hands-on visits to construction sites to strengthening relationshi

At FORA, everything we do is rooted in our mission, process, and team. 🌟⁠
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Our Mission: We’re committed to creating vibrant, resilient, and equitable housing at all scales, building spaces that uplift communities and create lasting impact. 🏡

💡 DEI MATTERS. REPRESENTATION MATTERS.⁠
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The architecture profession still doesn’t reflect the diversity of our communities—and that won’t change without action. At Architects FORA, we believe that creating an equitable practice m

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