abueg morris architects
Marites Abueg (mary-tess AH-bweg) and Keith Morris launched their namesake architectural firm in 2003. Independently, we have 20 years of architectural experience in restaurants, food service, food retail, residential remodeling and interiors.
We take your raw, conceptual ideas and bring them to three-dimensional fruition, with authentic style, substance, and grace, specific to you and your project. You won't see fixed museum compositions or cookie-cutter design in our work. Our designs focus on sensory experience and clear communication. We use the qualities of warmth, color, light, texture, clean lines, and human scale to form the foundation for a project's genuine voice and character.
We love all challenges, including budgetary and time challenges. We work in tandem with an experienced team of contractors, vendors and fabricators to keep projects on time and on budget.
Many of our current restaurant projects emphasize local, organic food sources and sustainable farming, whose philosophies infuse our own sustainably-focused design work.
Design Portfolio
Nopalito restaurant, named 2009 Best New SF restaurant by SF Weekly and Esquire Magazine, features zinc countertops, red wine soaked oak staves on the bar front, and a modern, atypical Mexican restaurant feel. The 1300 sf dining space features a custom high communal table. All tables and wood benches are from a single fallen oak from the Sierra foothills.
We achieved the glowing lantern effect during the day by the use of gradated paint color and a gradated color tile backsplash.
Repurposed #10 tomato cans were formed into pendant lights while coffee bags from ebay and blue bottle form new acoustic sound treatment panels.
Roam Artisan Burgers features organic and sustainable meat and produce, with house-made condiments and sodas, kombucha on tap, and Strauss organic shakes. Salvaged barn siding from Black's Farmwood, vintage steel beams and local Heath tile add substance and character to the rustic, yet clean, fast-casual ambiance.
Custom communal table from laminated strips of wood shop scraps by local furniture maker, Conor Mehan.
A custom seven Strauss milk bottle light by local shop Metro Lighting,
A careful composition of barnwood siding, steel, tile and charcoal mirrors create a backdrop and storage for the bar.
A San Francisco victorian's new modern kitchen features walnut cabinetry by Thomas Wold, and reclaimed barn siding flooring from Black's Farmwood.
A sliding walnut panel (left) hides a stacked washer and dryer, and glides past the Subzero glass front refrigerator.
Shaker simplicity meets asian styling and serene lines in this bathroom remodel.
Antique Chinese screens are from Nancy McKay, and custom pendant lights are by local lighting designer Michael McEwen. Custom vanity and custom sliding medicine cabinet panel are by Randall Wilson. In collaboration with Alhorn Hooven Design Build.
A shallow stainless steel pan set into the flooring holds river washed rocks. Tub by Wetstyle. An elm bath shelf matches the vanity.
