Aluminum is the third most common element on earth – after oxygen and silicon. But it wasn’t until 1889, when Charles Martin Hall patented an inexpensive method for the production of aluminum, that the metal came into wide commercial use. Hall had just graduated from Oberlin College, Ohio when he invented his method of manufacturing […]
The Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition (SB Bike) is a countywide advocacy and resource organization that promotes bicycling for safe transportation and recreation. Bici Centro, a project of SB Bike, is a community DIY bicycle repair shop and education center, with the goal of facilitating skill share and increasing reliability and safety for Santa Barbara bicycle riders. […]
Many of HofArc’s flooring and countertops are bamboo. Most of our bamboo is sourced from a relatively young company in the construction materials industry — Cali Bamboo of San Diego. Founded in 2004 with a single delivery van and a garage full of bamboo fencing, Cali Bamboo has grown as fast as the bamboo we […]
Architect Dylan Chappell and HofArc CEO Matthew Hofmann both graduated from California Polytechnic State University with a Bachelor of Science in Architecture, which is where they first met. Since meeting, they have collaborated on numerous projects, traveled the world together, and have remained close friends and trusted associates within the Santa Barbara Architectural community. It’s […]
As many small startup companies we produced our own web page in the beginning. Eventually, we knew we’d need to hire someone, or a company, to expand on what we’d started. Carl Parker is where we go for all of our web design work. We found him about a year — and we could not be […]
