In 2025, the Custom Residential Architects Network (CRAN) recognized Artisan at Ruiz as the winner of the 2025 AIA-SA CRAN Award for a Multi-Family Structure. “Receiving the CRAN Award for an affordable housing project is a clear win for social justice through equitable housing,” notes Jim Bailey, AIA, Senior Principal. “It means that peers see our belief in public-spirited architecture as important and relevant to current socio-economic conditions.” The Artisan at Ruiz showcases our multi-dimensional understanding of what makes an urban core neighborhood tick – strong cultural roots, aspirational pride, and livability.

“When an infill development involves a neighborhood you love, and literally grew up in, conversation with neighbors is Job One,” explains Jim Bailey, Alamo partner and project architect. “To start the conversation on the project at Cedar & Pereida, our firm engaged in a two-year public process approaching fifty meetings of varying scale — sometimes as informal as breakfast tacos or coffee on front porches.”