The Island Life, Since 1989
MBH Architects was founded in Alameda, California, an 1 mile from Oakland and 9 miles from San Francisco, in 1989 on the notion of creating a better architectural practice. Armed with a clear vision and with backgrounds strongly influenced by solid business ideals, three ambitious architects decided to open their own firm, introducing MBH. MBH's first large clients were retail companies that provided the young firm with a steady flow of work. Empowered by this early success, MBH expanded the practice into the commercial, hospitality, restaurant, and multi-family housing fields. The firm quickly began to develop long term relationships with numerous clients, and during the following years completed a wide range of projects in nearly every state - as well as in Canada, Puerto Rico, Europe, Asia, South America and Australia.
Today, the firm has grown from the three founding Principals and a handful of employees to a staff of over 180 professionals in the Alameda headquarters. The firm's stability is reflected in the firm consistently ranking among the largest East Bay architectural firms and one of the top ten firms in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Office Leadership
Founding Principal, Architect
John McNulty
Principal, Design Director
Andres Grechi
Founding Principal, Architect
Dennis Heath
Principal, Architect, LEED AP
Ryan McNulty
Principal, Architect, LEED AP
Dimple Manghani
Principal, Architect, LEED AP
Reena Nadkarni
The Office
Alameda Careers
View open positions below or head on over to the Alameda Jobs page for more information. For information regarding firm culture and/or benefits, proceed to the Careers page.
Job Captain
We are seeking a highly organized, versatile person to join our team in Alameda as a Job Captain. This role focuses on the timely and accurate production of project deliverables from design development thru construction.
Retail, Restaurant, Urban, Housing
Project Manager
We are seeking a highly organized and technically proficient person to join our teams in Alameda as a Project Architect/Manager. This role focuses on guiding project teams through an entire architecture project, inclusive of the development and adherence to project scope, budget, schedule and work plan.
Fixture Designer
We are seeking a highly organized, versatile person to join our team in Alameda as a Designer. This position takes responsibility for design engineering tasks for high-end retail fixtures, including adherence to client product, industry, and process standards; and the development of technical drawings that meet our client’s scope while enabling profitable manufacturing and installing of the product. The incumbent ensures that designs are supported by accurate product data, shop drawings and supporting documentation to allow for on time and complete fabrication and installation.
BIM/VDC Coordinator
We are seeking a highly organized, versatile person to join our team in Alameda as a BIM Coordinator. This is a mid-level position to provide coordination in 2D and 3D Building Information Modeling throughout the design and documentation process. The position will take ownership of BIM schedules, while motivating and following-up with appropriate consultant personnel to ensure timely model completion. A key skill is to develop and maintain positive long-term relationships with the Project Management team, outside consultants, contractors and sub-contractors. This position will lead the effort to redefine digital design and documentation processes, while analyzing and developing the virtual construction process.
Human Resources Benefits Specialist
MBH Architects is currently seeking a talented Human Resources Generalist who is a team player with the sensibility to get the job done! If you are a self-starter, detail-oriented and put your all into your work, then this is a great opportunity to join a team of like-minded professionals.
