San Francisco-based practice David Baker Architects has been recognized with the 2020 AIA California Firm Award.

The award is presented to an architecture firm each year, according to the American Institute of Architects, California Council (AIA CA), that has "consistently produced distinguished architecture for a period of at least 10 years." The award, AIA CA adds, recognizes "the firm not only for the quality of its work, but also for its impact-driven design philosophy dedicated to helping solve the housing crisis." 

Regarding where he thinks the firm is headed over the next five to ten years, David Baker told Archinect last year: "We are transitioning to our third generation of leadership. Architectural practice continues to evolve, and we will continue to adapt. Our practice has decentralized to three offices in the past few years, and I think that trend, enabled by new technology, will continue. The diversity of leadership will broaden our practice areas, from custom fabrication to interiors to research to larger-scale planning. But the only thing certain about the future is that your predictions won’t be quite right."