From this seminal experience Cecil Baker evolved his practical aesthetic, best summarized as “spending your money on the sunny side of the drywall.”Ĭecil Baker’s real estate holdings allowed him the equilibrium to return to his original architectural yearnings: thus was born Cecil Baker & Associates in 1982. Nevertheless, BRHB Developers’ projects were widely published in Europe, Japan and South America. The work was crafted at a time when the architect’s professional organization frowned on entrepreneurial work undertaken by architects. Markets ranged from HUD housing to high end homes and condominiums. The firm’s projects included new construction and repurposed industrial structures. Over the next 10 years BRHB Developers built more than 270 residential units in a variety of projects across Philadelphia’s troubled neighborhoods. The four architects pooled their resources and became real estate developers. 1972 was the year of the energy crisis, the year Time magazine asked on it’s cover: “Is the U.S. The architectural firm’s first project, Queen Village Mews, was awarded a Progressive Architecture Design Award. Cecil Baker helped form Baker Rothschild Horn and Blyth in 1972.
