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Bugs Studio provides full service architecture for residential and commercial projects, as well as custom design, fabrication, and spatial problem solving.

       + Architecture / Design
       + Custom Furniture
       + Site / Space Planning
       + Master Planning
       + Feasibility Studies
       + Branding / Staging
       + Permitting
       + Consulting

Marta Elliott is a designer, educator, and putterer based in the Bay Area. Grounded in resourcefulness and material reuse, her design work ranges from building scale to furniture. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Design from NYU and a Master of Architecture from UC Berkeley, and teaches studios at San Jose State University and California College of the Arts.

ELENA BOUTON IS A LICENSED ARCHITECT LIVING IN OAKLAND, CA. ELENA IS A GRADUATE OF U.C. BERKELEY MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE PROGRAM. SHE NOW TEACHES STUDIOS AT SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY AND THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE (FKA TALIESIN WEST). ELENA IS EXPERIENCED IN INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE FOR RESTAURANTS, CAFES, AND FOOD HALLS, AS WELL AS GROUND UP RESIDENTIAL AND SMALLER SCALE, TACTICAL ADDITIONS.

Z. WAITE IS A fabricator, writer, and FOUNDING MEMBER OF BUGS STUDIO WHO IS NOW FOCUsed ON BEing A JOURNALIST.

LOLA sounigo IS AN URBAN RESEARCHER AND LOVER OF L.A. LOLA WAS A COLLABORATOR ON THE LADBS COMPETITION ENTRY FOR SMALL LOTS.

ELLIOT WILSON IS An architectural reseacher, DESIGNER AND CARPENTER WHO WAS A COLLABORATOR ON THE PORTAL. HE LIKES STRAW BALES.