principals

Newell Arnerich, AIA, Architect, President

Since co-founding ad in 1978, he has been responsible for its record of securing challenging and diverse commissions, and the receipt of several awards for excellence. With consistently high standards of design, Mr. Arnerich has directed AD in a variety of domestic and international commissions.  This work took him to London, England for two and half years to direct the firm's joint-venture housing and commercial work in the Middle East. His expertise includes concept creation and development, scheduling and budget management, project and construction management. This experience is drawn from his association with a construction firm as a purchasing agent and estimator with extensive work in project control and cost estimating.  Additionally, he worked with consulting mechanical and structural engineering firms.  His educational background was completed in architecture at U.C. Berkeley where he received both his Bachelors and Masters degrees and taught undergraduate classes in design and illustration. He is a licensed architect in seven states along with national certification from NCARB.

He has served on boards of numerous organizations and has served as Mayor of Danville twice while being elected to the City Council three times. His passion for creative environments is founded on several years as a member of the Architectural Design Review Board, a Planning Commissioner and Chair of the Tri-Valley Affordable Housing Commission and many other civic boards. He is a leading expert in land entitlement processing and related planning and transportation issues. Mr. Arnerich's passion for travel to embrace new ideas and cultures has taken him throughout Europe and the Middle East over the past twenty five years and over three million miles of airline travel.

Jack Sagen, Architect, Sr. Vice President

Jack Sagen is the Senior Associate for the firm with 35 years experience in design, planning, specification writing, and construction support and project management for numerous major works. Jack earned his B.A. in architecture at the University of Oregon. He began his architectural career working for Pfluger Architects, in San Francisco.  He joined ad in 1983 as Senior Associate.

Representative projects include design and project management of large scale, international projects such as the $200 million construction package for a civic center and shopping mall in Jubail, Saudi Arabia; the design and supervision of production and construction on institutional projects such as the new San Jose State University Library, University of San Francisco Business School and Conference Center, Batinole Hall, Laboratory and Office Complex, City College of San Francisco; as well as the design of many banking, financial and commercial facilities including restoration and renovation work. His experience includes work with major firms in the San Francisco Area, his own firm, and as a consultant for international projects. His in-depth computer-aided design skills have created the progressive and high office standards for all construction documentation.  Mr. Sagen finds times between projects to harness his enthusiasm for fly fishing skills and at the same time competing in regional bocce ball tournaments.

Barbara Maggio, Director of Interior Design

Ms. Maggio is responsible for overseeing Interior Design including furnishings and finishes. This experience is drawn from domestic work in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Her previous modeling career gave her great experience in creative color and texture design. Her design abilities have helped establish corporate standards for many of our clients such as Morgan Stanley, USC, Kingsford Capital Management, Mercury Insurance and many others. Her combined discipline in both interior design and color/texture design has provided a greater insight and a more cohesive merging of the two disciplines. Ms. Maggio's use of color, texture and light has produced outstanding design innovations. Her work was broadly based in residential and commercial areas, while leading to a focus on commercial office environments. At the same time, Ms. Maggio's intimate knowledge of furniture systems has provided exceptional coordination ability with outside vendors for ordering, installation and quality control. She heads up our organization in providing comprehensive interior design and furnishing services. Her passion for color and texture design keeps her busy experimenting in flower gardens and textile illustration.

staff

ad architects professional design team encompasses architects, interior designers and support staff with expertise in all aspects of design and construction innovation. Their unique range of skills blends architecture and interior design, and project management, along with furniture, design. Our dedicated professionals guide our clients through the entire design and construction process with well coordinated drawings, specifications, budget controls and schedules.