About

 

Armando Ramos

Armando Ramos is a California-based architect, hotelier, and musician with over 30 years of experience leading complex, cross-cultural projects across the Americas and Europe. His work spans deserts, cities, and sound studios — blending raw materiality, cultural memory, and bold storytelling into each space he touches.

As founding principal of Diverse Architecture DPC, Armando has shaped projects from the ground up in Mexico, the U.S., Canada, and South America. His career includes leadership roles at firms like Gehry Technologies, where he spearheaded business development and global expansion, and deep collaborations with forward-thinking offices like Gehl Architects, helping rethink the future of cities. In New York City, he co-led the design of multiple high-rise developments; in Mexico, he’s left a lasting imprint on civic and cultural centers through architecture that resonates with place and identity.

Armando’s work moves fluidly between design, real estate, and storytelling — from net-zero communities in Baja to branding for hospitality projects and recording albums with his internationally dispersed band, Toque de Queda. He approaches architecture as a tool for transformation — of spaces, communities, and the narratives we build around them.

He lives and works in California and Baja, often with his ADV bike and Gaudí, his loyal Pomeranian, chasing meaning across the grid and off the map.