Designing Modern Spaces with Warmth and Purpose

We are a versatile multidisciplinary architecture and design firm with a strong focus on innovation and attention to detail. We have a clean aesthetic, and we strive to design spaces that are modern, warm, inviting, and tailored to clients'​ personalities and needs. Partnership with talented consultants, builders and artisans, and passion for good design are keys to success!

Meet the Team

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    Adele Salierno

    PRINCIPAL & CO-FOUNDER

    With over 20 years of experience, Adele brings to the firm her international background and the ability to comprehend the nuanced relationship between light, materials, volumes and functions, as well as a sensibility to weave modern architecture into a historic environment.

    Adele received her Architecture degree from University of Rome “La Sapienza”, obtained her Italian architectural license and started her career in Italy, moving to the United States in 2006. After building experience in high-end commercial projects, she pivoted to custom residential architecture and design.

    While her skills include the organization of all aspects of design and a deep understanding of scale and proportions, her passion lies in the dialogue between materials and textures, with an emphasis in designing cabinetry that is thoughtfully integrated into the building's architecture.

    Adele is also a color consultant, she's passionate about choosing materials, keeping up with industry trends, and working out details that are custom to each client's needs and goals. In her free time, she enjoys baking and hunting for inspiration - which she usually finds in unpredictable ways.

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    Brendan Beazley, Architect, SE

    CEO & CO-FOUNDER

    Brendan brings over thirty years of experience working on building projects at a multitude of scales. He began his relationship with architecture towards the end of high school in the summer of 1987 at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. He studied architecture in college at Washington University in St. Louis, and upon graduation, worked at Payette Associates in Boston. He pursued graduate studies at UC Berkeley, where he earned a double master's degree in both architecture and structural engineering. In 2004, he fled the Bay Area and landed in Italy, where he discovered Adele, and they founded Studio Ku together in 2005.

    Along with Studio Ku, Brendan teaches in the Architecture Program at California College of the Arts, and he owns JBSE, Inc. an award-winning structural engineering firm based in San Francisco. Brendan is double-licensed in California, and he is also licensed as an engineer in New Hampshire.