January Speaker:Sidell Pakravan Architects

Sidell Pakravan | Bay Area Architect

Kristen Sidell and Rudabeh Pakravan are principals of Sidell Pakravan Architects, an award-winning architecture practice based in Berkeley. They believe in the power of architecture to influence context, culture, community and individual experience. Sidell Pakravan approaches architectural design as both a physical exploration of space, form, scale, and volume, as well as a vital practice of civic and social
engagement. Their critically informed, idea-driven designs physically materialize as distinctive, bold, and contextually resonant constructions. The firm has been named one of the top 50 architecture firms in
North America by AN Interior Magazine in 2025 and has been recognized as a Design Vanguard by Architectural Record. 

Rudabeh Pakravan is registered architect and educator. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from University of California, Berkeley and a Master of Architecture from University of Pennsylvania.  She is on the design faculty of the University of California, Berkeley.  
Kristen Sidell is a LEED-accredited registered architect.  She holds a Bachelor of Art in Art History from Stanford University and a Master of Architecture from University of Pennsylvania. Kristen and Rudabeh met while pursuing their Master of Architecture degrees at the University of Pennsylvania. Following over a decade of working for other firms in both Europe and North America, they
founded Sidell Pakravan Architects as a practice designed to explore critical questions through the process of building.

Recording of the presentation:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Os-Quo85dN1oRlzxEycrp4hiKOUBE-UM/view?usp=drive_link