Baumgartner Architecture

Baumgartner Architecture HBA’s mission is to consistently push the boundaries of architecture and urban design.

Headquartered in Los Angeles, California and established in 2000 by architects Herwig Baumgartner and Scott Uriu, B+U are an internationally recognized design duo operating at the forefront of contemporary design. Their design process can be described as driven by digital techniques and advanced computation that utilizes new technologies and material resources. B+U’s work consistently pushes the b

oundaries of architecture and urban design by experimenting with new spatial concepts, intensifying existing urban landscapes in pursuit of a visionary aesthetic that encompasses all fields of design. The architects’ work has comprised cultural, educational, office, mixed use development and transportation facilities as well as residential work. B+U’s work was recently exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles, California; the FRAC center in Orleans, France; the Centre Pompidou in Paris, France; the 12th Architecture Biennale in Venice, Italy; the Architecture and Design Museum (A+D) in Los Angeles; the SCI-Arc gallery in Los Angeles, California ;
B+U recently has been named the world’s top 50 innovators in the field of architecture and design by the publication 50 under 50; was awarded the “Best innovation design project” by Blueprint magazine; Two monographs have been published on B+U’s work. The most recent one, B+U- Designpeak 12, was published by Equalbooks and part of its monograph series. Their work has also been widely published and discussed in books magazines and newspapers such as Architectural Record, Architectural Digest, The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Magazine, Azure, FORM, Mark magazine; as well as on television and radio. B+U is an award winning firm and has received the Maxine Frankel Award for design research, the AIA national award for emerging professionals, the A+Award for sustainability, the Graham Grant for advanced studies in the fine arts, the COLA fellowship from the City of Los Angeles- Department of Cultural Affairs.

This coffee table is part of a larger ceramic furniture project that explores fabrication methods that hybridize contemp...
05/17/2022

This coffee table is part of a larger ceramic furniture project that explores fabrication methods that hybridize contemporary technologies with ceramic craft.

The design is based on a part to whole concept utilizing a family of self-similar parts and aggregating them into a larger whole. The top part of these tapered cylindrical components are flat and keyed into one another to form a flat tabletop while the table legs can be varied in size and length and don’t always need to touch the ground. The project combines ceramic slip casting – a method of making clay forms from plaster molds – with mixed reality techniques to assemble these customized ceramic parts into this table.

The concept for the ceramic glazing was to use a saturated metallic glaze to create a reflective metallic appearance and sheen while the inside of the cylinders is glazed with a reactive deep blue glaze that runs during the firing process and produces these deep blue textured interiors that are partially covered with non-reflective glass discs to complete the table top surface.

Dimensions: 45" w x 32" d x 15" h
Material: Stoneware

Team: Garrett Sutherlin Santo , Kait Cartmell , Camille Thai .arc , Charlie Allen

Full-scale aluminum envelope mockups for the immersive sculptural space designed in collaboration with / Inc. More de...
05/10/2022

Full-scale aluminum envelope mockups for the immersive sculptural space designed in collaboration with / Inc. More details coming soon.

Mockup fabrication: CIG Architecture

Project Team: Garrett Sutherlin Santo , Ke Li , Nourah AlBanaw , Bashayer Bamohsen , Stella Buckmann , Aditya Jagdale , Di Liang .liang_orisecs , Zane Ellis-Rector, Christy Luong, Mitsuki Ikeda, Kathryn (Katie) Hayes, Aiden Ko, Erin Light

We are pleased to share imagery of an immersive sculptural space designed in collaboration with / Inc. More details c...
03/14/2022

We are pleased to share imagery of an immersive sculptural space designed in collaboration with / Inc. More details coming soon.

Project Team: Garrett Sutherlin Santo , Ke Li , Nourah AlBanaw , Bashayer Bamohsen , Stella Buckmann , Aditya Jagdale , Di Liang .liang_orisecs , Zane Ellis-Rector, Christy Luong, Mitsuki Ikeda, Kathryn (Katie) Hayes, Aiden Ko, Erin Light

JAZZ - Large Dwelling Unit (ADU)The last of our three new Accessory Dwelling Unit designs in the process of being approv...
11/09/2021

JAZZ - Large Dwelling Unit (ADU)

The last of our three new Accessory Dwelling Unit designs in the process of being approved by the City of Los Angeles!

JAZZ is our largest unit with a spacious 3bedroom/ 3 bath, 1200 sqft layout. The unit has tall ceilings and includes a generous loft space that expands the space vertical and gives you a bonus room.

The three designs allude to musical genres – Jazz, Funk and e-POP that reflect the spirit of each design and have a nice ring to it. All three designs share a simple concept of distinct parts that are joined together by large glass elements that allow light and air to wash into the spaces and offer unique views to the outside however they differ in their formal presence, verticality, and spatial experience.

Team: Garrett Sutherlin Santo , Nourah AlBanaw , Charles Allen, Stella Buckmann , Lilith Swan .lilith


Funk - Medium Dwelling Unit (ADU)The second of our three new Accessory Dwelling Unit designs in the process of being app...
10/26/2021

Funk - Medium Dwelling Unit (ADU)

The second of our three new Accessory Dwelling Unit designs in the process of being approved by the City of Los Angeles!

Funk is our mid-size unit, it is an 800 sqft one bed room/ one bathroom unit with a spacious layout. The unit has tall ceilings and includes a generous loft space that expands the space vertical and gives you a bonus room.

The three designs allude to musical genres – Jazz, Funk and e-POP that reflect the spirit of each design. All three designs share a simple concept of distinct parts that are joined together by large glass elements that allow light and air to wash into the spaces and offer unique views to the outside however they differ in their formal presence, verticality, and spatial experience.

Team: Garrett Sutherlin Santo , Nourah AlBanaw , Charles Allen, Stella Buckmann , Lilith Swan .lilith


E-Pop - Small Dwelling Unit (ADU)One of our three new Accessory Dwelling Unit designs in the process of being approved b...
10/19/2021

E-Pop - Small Dwelling Unit (ADU)

One of our three new Accessory Dwelling Unit designs in the process of being approved by the City of Los Angeles! Each of our new ADU's is a kit of parts that you can choose from and customize the SIZE, STYLE, MATERIAL and COLOR. You can mix and match them as you wish so each unit is unique and personalized to reflect your personal tastes.

The three designs allude to musical genres – Jazz, Funk and e-POP that reflect the spirit of each design. All three designs share a simple concept of distinct parts that are joined together by large glass elements that allow light and air to wash into the spaces and offer unique views to the outside however they differ in their formal presence, verticality, and spatial experience.

E-Pop is our smallest unit with 400 sqft in size a one bedroom unit that’s ultra compact. The plan layout is kept simple and straight forward with an open floorplan that takes advantage of every square inch of space. The unit has tall ceilings and includes a loft space that expands the space vertical and gives you a bonus room.

Detail shots of our ceramic tile facade prototype on display at the in-person pop-up exhibition "Low Rise, Mid Rise, Hig...
06/23/2021

Detail shots of our ceramic tile facade prototype on display at the in-person pop-up exhibition "Low Rise, Mid Rise, High Rise: Housing in L.A. Today," at the .

The exhibition is open daily from 12-4pm through June 27th, then by appointment until July 1st. You can find links with more information in the bio of

Thank you to exhibition organizers Frances Anderton and Stephen Phillips for displaying our work among the 30+ other architects and designers.

The exhibition will display Low Rise dwellings from ADUs to four-story multifamily dwellings; Mid Rise affordable and market rate housing on transit corridors; High Rise towers for downtown, Hollywood and the Miracle Mile.

Join us tomorrow for the public opening of "Low Rise, Mid Rise, High Rise: Housing in L.A. Today," an in-person pop-up e...
06/18/2021

Join us tomorrow for the public opening of "Low Rise, Mid Rise, High Rise: Housing in L.A. Today," an in-person pop-up exhibition + conversation at the from 1-5pm.

Thank you to exhibition organizers Frances Anderton and Stephen Phillips for displaying our work among the 30+ other architects and designers.

The exhibition will display Low Rise dwellings from ADUs to four-story multifamily dwellings; Mid Rise affordable and market rate housing on transit corridors; High Rise towers for downtown, Hollywood and the Miracle Mile.

Tickets are FREE and open to the public (registration here: https://helmsbakerydistrict.com/event/low-rise-mid-rise-high-rise-housing-in-l-a-today-an-exhibition-conversations-helms/)

B+U is pleased to be featured in the new book, 'The California Style: Architecture on the Edge in Paradise,' by Francesc...
02/05/2021

B+U is pleased to be featured in the new book, 'The California Style: Architecture on the Edge in Paradise,' by Francesc Zamora Mola.

"California is an incubator for technological, multi-cultural, ecological thought, and a love for the outdoors. It should be no surprise then to see that California architecture embodies these influences in home design. The homes presented in this book demonstrate the rich cultural synthesis found in California and that the influence of the North American continent upon American architecture continues." - Robert Nebolon, Architect AIA

To purchase a copy, email us at [email protected]

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