Founded in 2005 by its namesake principal — a California-registered architect since 2001 — Baker Architecture operates a four-person collaborative studio at 4080 Centre Street in Hillcrest. Primary scopes cover restaurant and retail tenant improvements plus ground-up commercial construction, with the build phase handed to SD Build Co on commercial TI projects where the studio's four-person collaborative team retains design authority through construction administration rather than throwing the drawings over the wall. A staff project manager holds Certified Access Specialist (CASp) credentials earned in December 2017, giving the firm in-house California accessibility-compliance expertise that most small studios outsource. Alongside the commercial portfolio, Baker runs a residential line covering additions, kitchen reworks, and full remodels — a dual commercial-residential program that shares working territory with Reyes Architects. Land-use and zoning research, space programming, schematic design, construction documents, and construction administration are all managed in-house by the core team. Ground-up restaurant construction — carried from preliminary site assessment through CASp-compliant construction documents and on-site administration — represents the firm's highest-complexity commercial project type.