Work

Homes in San Francisco and the Bay Area

New construction, whole-house remodels and additions. Each one begins with the site and the people, and ends with a home filled with light.

Selected projects

Built | 2025
Noe Valley

In Light

A home organized around a single column of daylight that marks the passing of the day.

Permitted | 2024
Noe Valley

The Vault & Light

A new two-family home in Noe Valley where vaulted ceilings and skylights draw the sky inward.

Built | 2026
Noe Valley

Gathered

A warm, wood-lined family level in a historic Victorian, tied back to the original house.

Permitted | 2025
Outer Richmond

Outside In

A 1,000 sq ft ADU that opens to its courtyard and looks out to the Pacific.

Built | 2023
Outer Richmond

From Within

A fragmented, heavily altered house made whole again around a new open staircase.

Earlier work

Before AURAX

Before founding AURAX, Maryam was a credited member of the design team on these homes at Sutro Architects and Rossington Architecture. Each links to the firm's project page; more of Rossington's work is on rossingtonarchitecture.com.

Sutro Architects

Washington Street V

Presidio Heights, San Francisco

Renovation and expansion of a Colonial Revival home: a reworked layout, new kitchen and living space, an expanded lower level and custom millwork and stone throughout. Maryam and Melissa Kim made up the design team; Maryam developed the project model from schematic design onward, coordinated consultants and stayed involved through construction. Interiors by Lauren Nelson Design; built by The Toboni Group.

Featured in Architectural Digest, Sept 2023 · Cover, Homes & Gardens (UK), Jan 2024

Rossington Architecture