Adrianne Steichen

As Principal at PYATOK architecture + urban design in Oakland, California, Adrianne brings expertise in permanent supportive housing, sustainability, walkable urban design, resiliency, and affordability, and works with faith-based and community-based organizations to design multifamily developments throughout the Bay Area. She has served on affordable and urban design award juries for the AIA, AIA/HUD Secretary Affordable Housing Design Awards, Bank of America/Merrill Lynch Low Income Housing Challenge, AIA Minnesota, AIA Billings, and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA). She has spoken widely on affordable housing and walkable design at national, regional, and local conferences and seminars for the AIA, the American Planning Association (APA), San Francisco Planning and Urban Research (SPUR), the Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California (NPH), and the Local Initiatives Support Coalition (LISC). Adrianne is the Immediate Past Chair for the AIA's Housing & Community Development Knowledge Community, served seven years on the AIA San Francisco Board of Directors, including as Chapter President in 2020, served two years on the AIA’s Communities by Design committee, and is the 2015 recipient of AIA Young Architect of the Year for her work in affordable housing. She holds a Master of Architecture from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, with a minor in Film Studies. She is a LEED BD&C and LEED Homes AP, and is a registered architect in California and Oregon.