Sacramento native Ron Vrilakas is the creative force behind some of Sacramento’s most significant mixed-use and adaptive-reuse structures and developments, including the Elliott Building, the Ice Blocks, Broadway Triangle and B Street Theatre. His work, which is influenced by his experiences studying and working in Copenhagen, Boston and San Francisco, has helped usher in a renewed vibrancy to neighborhoods throughout the central city. His designs display a respect for historic architecture and celebrate urban life through their embrace of mixed uses, pedestrian interaction, active public spaces and human-centered experiences. Vrilakas founded Vrilakas Groen Architects in 1995.