ABOUT THE STUDIO 

Based between California’s Bay Area and Los Angeles,The Bureau (f. 2019) is a multi-award-winning architectural and interior design studio founded and led by Sarah Giesenhagen. 

The studio, composed of a small team of specialists, works across multiple practice areas of workplace, commercial environments, hospitality, wineries, residential, and site-specific art and design exhibitions. 

From concept to completion, The Bureau incorporates the context, history, and objectives of the client,  to transform their aspirations to multi-dimensional, tangible outcomes. The studio’s meticulous approach considers the protagonists of the environment from all angles. The Bureau’s design process wholly considers details and the experiential––spatial navigation and pacing, energy mapping, sensory inputs, color, materiality, form, and craft––to achieve a sweeping composition. 

With the client, The Bureau’s ideas are stitched and infused together to compound upward. Realized projects model expansive points of view to achieve larger intuitive resonance, reverberating on a spectrum, from the singular individual to the welcomed public. In addition to its architectural and interior design services, The Bureau offers consulting and curatorial services in furniture and art respectively, collaborating directly with fabricators and artists to create custom work.

The Bureau’s select clients include Reddit, Intuit, Caymus-Suisun Vineyards, Palisades Hospitality, and private residential clients across the West Coast. The Bureau’s breadth of work has been featured in select press such as AN Interior, Interior Design Magazine, Dezeen, Food + Wine, Yuzu Mag, Hospitality Design, THE PLAN, IDEAT, onOffice, and The San Francisco Chronicle.




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