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Baru connects architectural design with manufacturing

Thursday, February 12, 2026
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM (PST)
Category: Industry Partner Showcase - Onsite
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Baru connects architectural design with manufacturing—giving architects direct control over cost, constructability, and project risk for the first time in modern construction

This session challenges the assumption that architects must surrender cost and delivery control once drawings are issued.

Baru’s disruptive design-to-manufacturing technology directly links architects’ cabinet designs to local fabrication—turning design intent into executable production in real time. Attendees will see how this leap collapses pricing uncertainty, eliminates redesign cycles, and radically reduces project risk, while giving architects unprecedented authority over cost, constructability, and carbon. This is not an incremental improvement—it is a fundamental shift in how buildings get delivered.

Every redesign cycle, surprise cost increase, and fabrication error exposes firms to risk they do not control. This session shows how Baru’s disruptive design-to-manufacturing technology fundamentally changes that equation by directly linking architects’ cabinet designs to local fabrication. Principals will learn how real-time pricing, executable digital specifications, and localized production collapse uncertainty, reduce downstream coordination failures, and materially lower project risk—while preserving design authority and improving fee predictability. Baru created a new operating model for architectural practice, not another procurement tool. 

See real projects, live cost scenarios, and practical ZNCD-ready workflows architects can use immediately.

Tino Go is the Founder and CEO of Baru. He leads the development of a technology-enabled custom cabinetry platform that replaces long-distance distribution with local, on-demand manufacturing. His background spans finance, operations, and digital manufacturing, with a focus on cost transparency, risk reduction, and measurable carbon outcomes.


Zach Olczak, AIA is the Founder and CEO of Olczak Group, a full-service design and architecture practice, and OGC, an architecturally driven build team. Focused on design-build project delivery systems, Olczak Group balances creativity and curiosity with high performance to deliver bespoke homes, buildings, interiors, and landscapes.

Doors open at 8:00am

Program starts at 8:30am

Program ends at 10:30am
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