2025 Petaluma Argus-Courier – People’s Choice Best Architect – MAD Architecture

AIA California Residential Design Award of Merit, 2023
Owl House, Petaluma

2022 Petaluma Argus-Courier – People’s Choice
Best Architect – MAD Architecture

AIA Redwood Empire, 2022 Honor Award
Residential Design – Built
Owl House, Petaluma

2021 PCBC Gold Nugget Award of Merit Honors
Residential Projects – Best Renovated or Restored Single House
Zen House, Santa Rosa

2020 Heritage Homes & Landmarks Preservation Awards
Renovation of an Existing Residence
Award of Great Merit: 520 Kent Street
Homeowners: Alan Good & Karen Brown
“Immense thought and care went into the rehabilitation and creative re-imagination of this previously distressed and overlooked property. What impresses us the most about this project is the owner’s restraint. The exterior design of the home was kept very minimal, from the simple exterior details to the white paint without accents. The project respected the original building footprints: locating the addition on the site of a long-gone outbuilding. The addition was clearly delineated with different materials that reference the area’s agricultural heritage. One can clearly see how this property must have appeared when it was originally built, yet it exemplifies a modern aesthetic.”

2020 Heritage Homes & Landmarks Preservation Awards
Outstanding Talent in the Construction Business
Award of Great Merit: MAD Architecture
“Mary Dooley and Chris Lynch have been working to produce excellent architecture in Petaluma for over 20 years. They have produced exemplary projects in residential development, modest remodels, historic rehabilitation, and commercial and civic projects. For a small office, they produce an abundance of high-quality work.”

North Bay Business Journal, 2020 Honoree
Top Real Estate Project in North Bay
SOMO Village Sky Lounge, Rohnert Park

2020 PCBC Gold Nugget Award of Merit Honors
Commercial Projects – Best Interior Renovation
SOMO – Traditional Medicinals, Rohnert Park

Metal Construction Association Chairman’s Awards 2020
Winner in the Residential Category
Keller Court Commons, Petaluma

AIA Redwood Empire, 2019 Merit Award for PSr1
“Forthcoming” is a partially enclosed human respite from urban surroundings,
temporary installation, Santa Rosa

2019 PCBC Gold Nugget Award of Merit Honors
Best Commercial Project – under 20,000 sq. ft.
Brewsters Beer Garden, Petaluma

North Bay Business Journal, 2019 Honoree
Top Real Estate Project in North Bay
Keller Court Commons, Petaluma

AIA Redwood Empire, 2018 Honor Award
Residential Design – Built
Red Hill Studio, Petaluma

AIA Redwood Empire, 2018 Citation Award
Architecture – Built
Brewsters Beer Garden, Petaluma

2018 PCBC Gold Nugget Award
Best Residential Detached Housing, Cluster Housing, 8-15 du/acre
Keller Court Commons, Petaluma

Sunset.com, Jun, 2025 “Inside Two Brewers’ Peaceful, Eco-Friendly Retreat in Sonoma County”

Press Democrat, Mar, 2025
Argus-Courier, Feb, 2025
“What Petaluma can learn from Japan’s architectural evolution”

Sonoma Magazine, Sep/ Oct 2023
Ultimate Guide To Tasting Rooms
Rodney Strong – Music
“Sebastiani – History/ Classic Destination”

Metal Architecture
“Market Feature: Butterfly Roof (Owl House)”, April 2023

Speaker Feature: 2023 on Design Process and Place
Mary Dooley with Christine Walker, Place Matters, Barber Cellars

The Press Democrat, November 2022
“Eye Catching Design – Sonoma County Homes Win Top Awards (Owl House)”

Metal Architecture
“MAD Architecture Listens to the Land”, January 2022

Sonoma Magazine
“Downsized by Design”, March / April 2021

Speaker Feature: 2021 Poetry Collection
Mary Dooley, Solo Reading at Petaluma Arts Center

The Press Democrat
Kent Street ADU wins Petaluma’s top renovation award, October 2020

San Francisco Architects and Contractors
The Best Residential Architects and Designers in Sonoma, California

Metal Construction News
Compact Dwelling Space, April 20

Metal Sales
Case Study – Keller Court Commons

Metal Architecture
Keller Court Commons, A Sustainable Community, September 19

North Bay Business Journal
Keller Court Commons, Top Real Estate Project in the North Bay for 2018, December 2018

The Press Democrat
Red Hill Studio, Award-Winning Tiny House in Petaluma Full of Surprises, November 2018

The Press Democrat
Keller Court Commons, Something Old and Something New in Petaluma Pocket Neighborhood, February 2018

San Francisco Magazine
Brewsters, Best Eats North of the City, 2017

Speaker Feature: 2017 on Bending the Rules
Mary Dooley with Michael McNeil, Idea Lounge, Della Fattoria

Petaluma Argus-Courier
Brewsters, 2017 Petaluma People’s Choice Awards, Best New Restaurant