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Matt Baran

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Matt Baran

@mattbaran

Architect, Developer, Professor & Principal @baranstudioarch Award Winning!🏅 Concepts ✍️ Codes 🏘️ & Construction 🏗️ I make dad jokes about architecture.

OAK, LAX, DTW, LAS

baranstudio.com

Born July 15

Joined December 2008

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Matt Baran
@mattbaran
May 25
It’s my belief that YOU should decide what’s beautiful. Not politicians🚫 Not planners 🚫 And certainly not your neighbors 🚫 I also believe you should accept your neighbor’s idea of what’s beautiful. And that, of course, is a
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Matt Baran
@mattbaran
Nov 8, 2025
Fixed it!
Katerina Dimitratos
@KDimitratos
Nov 7, 2025
I hate this building so much.
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Matt Baran
@mattbaran
May 19, 2024
Things that keep me up at night #504. Steel and brick
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Matt Baran
@mattbaran
Aug 5, 2025
Say it with me. Developers are not the problem, they are the solution.
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Matt Baran
@mattbaran
May 27, 2025
Neighbors often tell you that if you had just notified them, they would have been nicer. In my experience that’s never the case. They’re almost always angry about change. (Photo of our Chapman project in Jingletown. Ask me about the neighbors!)
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Matt Baran
@mattbaran
Oct 15, 2025
Yes. I said 8 units on a R1 lot. 60 day approval. No public hearing. I’m coming for your single family zoning
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Matt Baran
@mattbaran
Oct 14, 2025
Coming soon to the OC! 8 units on a single family / R1 lot using SB-1123. This project also includes a remainder lot that allowed us to stay under the 10 unit threshold. Remainder lot will contain one additional unit. Ministerial approval. 60 day shot clock. Let’s goooo!
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Matt Baran
@mattbaran
Apr 21, 2024
When I was 7, I was kidnapped by my mom. She put me in a car and drove off without telling anyone, leaving Detroit in the rear view. Back in 1978 there was no Amber Alert, so for months my dad had no idea where she had taken me. At some point she called to ask for money and he
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Matt Baran
@mattbaran
Feb 22, 2025
Do something every day that scares you! Today I took public transit from LAX to Culver City. It took me approximately 2 hours to go 9 miles.
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Matt Baran
@mattbaran
Jul 21, 2024
Replying to @Camp4 and @maxdubler
Portman also did some awesome stuff here in SF and LA. From my last visits…
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Matt Baran
@mattbaran
Oct 19, 2025
These houses we designed sat for over a year waiting for PG&E connections. In year two there was a lawsuit, because the delay led to the permit being cancelled. All fees would need to be paid again to renew it. This has finally been resolved and should be finishing up soon.
Alex Weiss
@AlTayWeiss
Oct 18, 2025
9 months and counting. Owner is still waiting on LADWP so he can get his C of O. Absolutely ridiculous. We are ready to lease this up!
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Matt Baran
@mattbaran
Feb 6, 2025
Only $8,362 per unit? Welcome to Sunnyvale, where park fees are $107,811 for each new home.
John Gregorchuk
@JMGregorchuk
Feb 5, 2025
Ever wonder why housing is so expensive? Every new unit pays an additional $8,362 per unit to fund our public parks. We'll never have affordable housing when we force new residents to pay for all of our city services.
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Matt Baran
@mattbaran
May 15, 2025
Replying to @BGatesIsaPyscho
Meanwhile, over toast
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Matt Baran
@mattbaran
Oct 14, 2025
Coming soon to the OC! 8 units on a single family / R1 lot using SB-1123. This project also includes a remainder lot that allowed us to stay under the 10 unit threshold. Remainder lot will contain one additional unit. Ministerial approval. 60 day shot clock. Let’s goooo!
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Matt Baran
@mattbaran
May 28, 2025
Replying to @RoyDelfino
I know I hate that blue house. It’s obnoxious.
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