We’re an award-winning architecture and design practice dedicated to creating innovative experiences through the built environment.

Insurgente Brewery

#perforatedfacades

A “Low-Tech Cathedral”

Riverside Senior Residences

#adaptivereuse

Sage & Fire

East Bay Mixed Use

#3dprint #hillsidehouse

#metalfacade #brewery #interstitialspace

With offices in San Diego and Los Angeles, we specialize in commercial, retail, adaptive re-use and residential markets. Our mission is to challenge the status quo and improve our surroundings with pragmatic solutions that reflect their context and the people who inhabit them.

Recognition

  • 2024

    Exchange Pavilion
    World Design Capital Winner
    San Diego Tijuana

    2023

    Insurgente Brewery
    AIA San Diego Honor Award
    Tijuana Projects

    Sage & Fire Dispensary
    AIA San Diego Merit Award
    Small Projects

  • 2025

    San Diego Magazine
    High-End Dining at Sessions by the Bay

    San Diego Business Journal
    40 Next Top Business Leaders Under 40 2025 Finalists

    2024

    Dezeen
    Heleo and Daniel Ruanova create "low-tech cathedral" for San Diego pavilion

    Arch Daily
    Tijuana-San Diego as a Creative Beacon: Exploring the World Design Capital's Growing Influence

    Times of San Diego
    CityScape: Exchange Pavilion in Balboa Park Bonds San Diego and Tijuana Through Design

    SD Business Journal
    Balboa Park Pavilion Celebrates Cross-Border Ties

    Forbes
    San Diego And Tijuana: World Design Capital 2024

    World Design Organization
    WDC 2024 unveils EXCHANGE Pavilion in San Diego

    2023

    The San Diego Union Tribune
    Heleo Architecture & Design making an impact in San Diego and Tijuana

    The San Diego Union Tribune
    San Diego’s top award-winning building designs for 2023

    AIA San Diego
    Congratulations to the 2023 Design Award Honorees

    San Diego Magazine
    Incoming: Izola Bakery Builds a Bread City of Glass in City Heights

    NBC 7 San Diego
    Sycuan Tribe Backing Cannabis Cafe Planned for National City

    2022

    The San Diego Union Tribune
    Heleo Architecture & Design making an impact in San Diego and Tijuana

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