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
-
2025
Exchange Pavilion
AIA Los Angeles Citation Award
Installations / CityscapesExchange Pavilion
Orchid Award, San Diego Architectural Foundation
Public Art2024
Exchange Pavilion
World Design Capital - Selected Team
San Diego Tijuana2023
Insurgente Brewery
AIA San Diego Honor Award
Tijuana ProjectsSage & Fire Dispensary
AIA San Diego Merit Award
Small Projects -
2025
The San Diego Union Tribune
2025 Orchids & Onions competition recognizes 17 projects for exceptional workThe Times of San Diego
CityScape: Tijuana, Mission Valley, shine as Orchids & Onions honor region’s best urban designSan Diego Magazine
High-End Dining at Sessions by the BaySan Diego Business Journal
40 Next Top Business Leaders Under 40 2025 Finalists2024
Dezeen
Heleo and Daniel Ruanova create "low-tech cathedral" for San Diego pavilionArch Daily
Tijuana-San Diego as a Creative Beacon: Exploring the World Design Capital's Growing InfluenceTimes of San Diego
CityScape: Exchange Pavilion in Balboa Park Bonds San Diego and Tijuana Through DesignSD Business Journal
Balboa Park Pavilion Celebrates Cross-Border TiesForbes
San Diego And Tijuana: World Design Capital 2024World Design Organization
WDC 2024 unveils EXCHANGE Pavilion in San Diego2023
The San Diego Union Tribune
Heleo Architecture & Design making an impact in San Diego and TijuanaThe San Diego Union Tribune
San Diego’s top award-winning building designs for 2023AIA San Diego
Congratulations to the 2023 Design Award HonoreesSan Diego Magazine
Incoming: Izola Bakery Builds a Bread City of Glass in City HeightsNBC 7 San Diego
Sycuan Tribe Backing Cannabis Cafe Planned for National City2022
The San Diego Union Tribune
Heleo Architecture & Design making an impact in San Diego and Tijuana
