welcome.
Yes Duffy Architects is a new(ish) firm in town.
We passionately design and deliver visionary urban projects.
All day. Every Day.
our vision
We are Yes Duffy Architects.
We use design to elevate and activate compassionate, community-focused solutions to the housing crisis.
We believe housing is a human right.
And as design activists, we are here to strengthen, collaborate with, and celebrate communities that share these passions and perspectives.
We are experts in leveraging the diverse and ever-changing array of local and state laws promoting housing production in our region.
Our current projects effectively utilize SB330(Streamlining), Ab2011(Affordable Housing), AB1287(Density Bonus), SB4(Housing on Faith Lands), SB9(Lot Subdivisions) and many other state and local pro-housing laws aimed at rapidly addressing our housing crisis.
We also specialize in innovations rapidly providing housing such as modular, mass timber and off-site fabrication.
Current Projects in Progress in 2024:
North Berkeley BART (700+ homes)
Affordable Family Housing on Faith-Based Lands (70 homes)
Project Homekey Reonovation (40+homes)
Affordable Senior and Family Housing in Oakland (50-80 homes)
New Student Housing in Berkeley (24 homes)
New Modular Student Housing in Berkeley (210 homes)
Yes Duffy Architects is a BIPOC-owned firm registered as an Minority Business Enterprise with NMSDC.
From 2010-2018, Principal Yes Duffy designed a wide range of award-winning, affordable, sustainable, mixed-use modular developments at David Baker Architects in San Francisco. He led DBA’s expertise in modular housing, custom manufacturing, digital fabrication, and designing for a new generation of collaborative spaces and creative communities in areas that are historically under-resourced.
selected previous works at DBA
services
At Yes Duffy Architects we pride ourselves in reformulating complex design problems into simple solutions by synthesizing the transdisciplinary expertise of developers, builders, building scientists, technologists, engineers, product designers and others across industries.
Our work hybridizes contemporary design methods with traditional architectural wisdom to achieve collaborative, place-based innovations.
Our approach to sustainable, mixed-use, urban projects emerges from human-centered design-thinking, new innovations in construction technology, and deep collaboration and community.
Our services: Full Service Architectural Design-- Design Entitlements--Design Architect Services--Design Research--Feasibility Studies--Site Analysis--Programming--Model-building and CNC Prototyping.
