Backen, Gillam, Kroeger Architects

backen, gillam & kroeger architects is an award winning architectural design firm formed in 1996. the firm has two offices, one located in sausalito near the san francisco bay waterfront and our newly designed office in st. helena adjacent to the restaurant, archetype. principals howard j. backen, jim gillam, loren kroeger, elizabeth mitchell, and john taft along with the firm’s 70 employees, bring a wide range of experience to backen, gillam & kroeger projects. this experience enables the firm to provide clients with the very best in design and project management in a number of specialty building types, including private residences, resorts, restaurants and wineries. in the nineteen years since its opening, the firm has designed over 50 upscale homes, 40 wineries, seven major resorts, 20 restaurants, a new line of retail stores for rh (restoration hardware) and williams sonoma home, an equestrian center, the napa valley reserve (a private members-only vineyard and winery which has app