Designing the space you call home by creating a seamless living experience

 
 
Architect Ben Parco of Parco Studios San Francisco CA

“The question I always ask myself is: “What will have every aspect of this home enhance this place, uplift this person, and bring joy to this family?”

Ben Parco, AIA, LEED AP
Founder + Lead Architect

My formative years were split between New England and Hawaii. Growing up on Cape Cod gave me an appreciation for the kinds of structures that the settlers began constructing over 400 years ago - sensible, beautifully proportioned buildings, made from quality materials, meticulously crafted.

My time on Maui gave me an appreciation for what true indoor/outdoor living makes possible. The best tropical architecture blurs the lines between inside and outside, creating a seamless living experience where the quality of a space and its relationship to land, water, and sky is what matters most. The combination of these experiences ultimately led me to pursue a degree in architecture at Cornell University.

At the beginning of my career, I designed custom lakefront homes in and around Ithaca, New York. This experience gave me a deep appreciation for how thoughtfully considered homes can help to connect clients and their families to the natural beauty around them.

Following a successful 30-year career leading talented design teams on a wide range of unique architecture projects throughout California and Asia, I’ve returned to my true love: The design of custom homes. These are the places where we connect with the people, landscapes, and sometimes animals that we love most.

I am here to create beauty and to craft places that help frame land, sea, and sky in uncommonly striking ways. I do this through the reverent consideration, harmonization, and thoughtful integration of architecture and the natural landscape in which it sits. Ultimately, attention and attunement to both my clients and the places they chose to make home, are my most treasured tools. I bring to every project an innate talent for making and decades of dedication to my craft.

The question I continually ask is, “What will have every aspect of this home enhance this place, uplift this person, and bring joy to this family?”

I would be honored to work with you on co-creating uncommon beauty and harmony for you and your family in the place you’ve chosen to call home.