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About ADBC
At ADBC, we approach the architectural process in a different order, bringing design and structure together from the very beginning. Founded by Adriana Daringa, an architect, and Ben Corotis, an architect and structural engineer, we understand the power of bringing two disciplines together to create innovative, efficient and human-centered designs that delight.
We have discovered a myriad of benefits from approaching a project through an integrated design process. Allowing structure to inform the design results in architectural visions that create thoughtful large-scale forms and small-scale details. Our technical expertise produces designs that are beautiful as well as buildable and afford our clients efficiency and visibility central to successful implementation.
From our Oakland studio, ADBC applies this philosophy to a wide range of projects. Civic to commercial, parks to residences—our commitment to craft and attention to detail creates soulful settings that are deeply connected with their surroundings.
Our Values
Contextual Connection
The best designs feel like they belong—exemplifying the character and embracing the natural beauty of their environments, as well as adding new wonder and delight to their settings.
Supportive Collaboration
We are relentlessly focused on the small things, so you don’t have to be. From design to implementation, our holistic visioning of the project yields particularly seamless and efficient construction phases, as well as clear communication between the client and their teams.
We believe in the power of design to transform daily life. Our bespoke, thoughtful architectural and structural solutions are tailored around your objectives and values, and imbued with all the small gestures of craft that change the ordinary into the extraordinary.
Quality Design
Our Team
Adriana Daringa
Principal
Adriana is a licensed Architect and has also been practicing architecture in the bay area for 13 years. She has a Master's of Architecture from UC Berkeley. Adriana was born and raised in Romania, and is influenced in practice by her upbringing in socialist housing in a communist country. As a result, she is interested in dense and efficient urban living not only in form but also cost. She believes in design as form, where spaces are created in relationship to each other and the building as a whole. She has extensive experience with multi-unit public housing, high end residential , and large scale commercial projects. Like Ben she enjoys sketching while traveling and the foods of the world. She bikes everywhere and enjoys gardening.
Benjamin Corotis
Principal
Benjamin is a licensed Architect and Engineer and has been practicing architecture and structural engineering in the bay area for 13 years. He has a Master's of Architecture and Civil Engineering from UC Berkeley. He is interested in integrating structure and architecture as a single system into the design process to create a more meaningful integrated design. He is committed to creating spaces that are clean and modern and beautifully detailed. He has a broad experience in public and civic projects, parks and bridges, but also small scale residential projects. The last few years he has been teaching design studio and structures courses to architecture students at California College of the Arts in San Francisco. Ben has extensively traveled the last few years and has been inspired by the architecture of the world. He enjoys sketching architecture while traveling. His hobby is cooking which is also inspired by traveling and experiencing other cultures.
Collin Bampton
Designer
Collin has been a part of the adbc architecture team for 2 years since graduating from UC Berkeley with a Master's of Architecture in 2022. Before his career in architecture, Collin studied sculpture at the University of Washington in Seattle where he worked for several local artists as a studio assistant and fabricator. His background gives him an eye for detail and affinity for the construction process. When not designing, he enjoys working on carpentry projects and seeing live music.
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