Our Company

  • Our goal for more than 35 years has been to create productive working relationships with our clients. We are known in the industry — by our clients, local building and planning departments, and contractors — as responsible, timely, and thorough.

    We’re passionate about helping you realize your dreams. We would be proud to have the opportunity to show you how we can put our experience, hard work, and reputation to work for you.

    • Translate your needs and desires into a beautiful building

    • Suit your tastes, your lifestyle, and your budget

    • Provide design and remodeling—from minor updates to large estates.

  • Young and Borlik Architects is a full service firm. We are willing to do as much or as little as suits you.

    We can provide simple designs and feasibility drawings or we can handle the entire zoning approval and building permit process. We also have extensive experience in Use Permits, Variances, Architectural Reviews and Public Hearings if needed. During construction, we place the highest priority on getting answers to your construction crews when time is critical and costs are dramatically affected by delay.

    Our client list is extensive, and we’re happy to provide references from our many satisfied customers.

    • 9x Best of Houzz Design Award

    • 2022 Best of Houzz Service Award

    • 2022 Nextdoor Neighborhood Fav Award — The annual award for best local businesses voted by neighbors.

    • 2021 California Home+Design Award: Best Modern Update for transforming a 1927 Stanford property into a family home that blends classic Tudor design with modern updates

    • 2015 Canopy Award for exceptional measures taken to protect and enhance trees during the conception, design, and construction of a home.

    • 2009 Town of Atherton Green Building Award for outstanding environmental leadership and site planning, featuring solar heating, energy-efficient LED lighting, and natural resource preservation.

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QUICK FACTS

  • FOUNDED: 1988

  • LOCATION: Los Altos, CA

  • SPECIALTY: custom residential architecture across the Bay Area

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Meet the team

  • Andrew Young and Steve Borlik met while attending Cal Poly State University in San Luis Obispo, California, where they received their Bachelors of Architecture in 1986. They began their business together in 1988, providing design and drawing services to homeowners across the Peninsula.

    Thirty-eight years later, Young & Borlik Architects have built a team of outstanding designers, project managers and staff. Find out more about our team or apply for a position on our careers page

  • Our overriding architectural and business philosophy is that we work with you and for you. We view our responsibility as distilling your input and desires into a clear, practical, aesthetic and valuable architectural solution, customized to your individual project.

    You will not be overwhelmed by an egotistic desire to force our design ideals into your home or commercial building. Rather, we will provide you with a clear view of many alternatives. We will help you balance opportunities and constraints against advantages and disadvantages for each option, enabling you to make your own best final decision.