Studio Peek Ancona

Studio Peek Ancona provides innovative architecture and interiors that draw on global resources to address aesthetic, functional, and financial considerations. The studio's internationally recognized work includes residential, commercial, institutional, and LEED design. Honors include a Fulbright in Architecture, AIA CA and NJ Design Awards, and a FEMA Best Practice. The "Flood-Proof House" at Stinson Beach was recognized as one of the fifteen most beautiful houses in America by leading French magazine Avivre, best houses of the year by Baanlaesuan, published in Dwell Magazine as "Prince of Tides," and nominated to become part of Smithsonian collection. The most recent "LEED Hurricane House" received a 2018 AIA Award. Both houses are cutting edge investigations of resilience for the 21st Century and draw on twenty years of hazard-resistant design, including flood, hurricane, earthquake, and fire-resistant work as professors and architects. Matthew Peek AIA, licensed architect in CA and NJ, studied architecture at Berkeley, Columbia, and Yale, with a Fulbright at the University of Venice. Matt has also taught at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of San Francisco. A native San Franciscan, his experience includes projects in various U.S. states and abroad, and has served as a trustee of various institutions committed to improving education, the arts, and the architecture of neighborhoods and the city. Renata Ancona studied architecture and engineering at Berkeley, Pescara, and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Florence. Her work is characterized by a contemporary aesthetic focusing on the refinement of sustainable design. Renata’s innovations in high performance interior and exterior materials is projected into new lightweight architectural forms, blurring inside and out. She combines almost thirty years of experience of American and Italian design sensibilities, creating spaces balancing elegance and comfort.