David Baker (architect)

David Baker, FAIA LEED AP (born December 20, 1949), is an American architect based in San Francisco, California.

He and his firm, David Baker Architects (with principals Daniel Simons and Amanda Loper), are known primarily for designing affordable housing projects, hotels, and condominium lofts, often in converted old industrial buildings.

[1] The 62-employee firm,[1] formerly known as David Baker & Associates, was formed in 1982 and is based in San Francisco's Clocktower Building, a condominium conversion Baker designed in the former factory of the Schmidt Lithography Co., at one time the largest printing company on the West Coast.

[3] He grew up in Michigan and in Tucson, Arizona, in a house designed by his self-educated father, Bernard Baker.

In 2008, Baker was one of three architects selected for induction in the Builder Magazine's "Hall of Fame".