urban design

Jonathan Segal, FAIA

Jonathan Segal FAIA & Development Company has been awarded six national AIA Honor Awards for their housing work.

They have been responsible for the design and development of over 300 medium to high-density urban residential, mixed use, and live/work units totaling over 300,000 square feet of construction.

Segal is considered one of San Diego, California's most successful and pioneering residential architectural/development companies and has a reputation for providing superior housing at a lower cost than comparable properties. Their focus is exclusively on urban projects, ranging from 80 to 160 dwelling units per acre.

Segal has been the recipient of numerous accolades including 40 local, state and national AIA awards for residential and Urban Design and at 59 years old was the youngest Architect ever to be awarded the Distinguishment of Master Architect for the City of San Diego. .

Image: The Continental, AIASD Design Honor Award winner 2019

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We specialize in engineering, architecture, environmental and construction services. While we are most well-known for adding beauty and structure to communities through high-performance buildings and smart infrastructure, we provide much more than that. We create an unshakable foundation for progress because our multidisciplinary teams also include scientists, economists, builders, analysts and artists.

Safdie Rabines Architects

Safdie Rabines Architects

Established by the husband-and-wife team of Taal Safdie and Ricardo Rabines, Safdie Rabines Architects strives for design solutions that are sensitive to the natural and built context of each project while responding to the specific needs of its clients. The firm’s wide range of experience includes the design of residential and institutional buildings, bridge and infrastructure projects, and large urban master plans.

M.W Steele Group

M.W Steele Group

As an award-winning architecture & planning firm, M.W. Steele Group’s portfolio reflects a vision built upon our clients’ needs and our extensive experience. With projects based around the world, we are best known for the contextual quality of our work and the level of sensitivity to site evident in each completed project. We are also recognized for design and planning that is simultaneously innovative and based in reality. Our staff of professionals includes architects, certified planners, and urban designers.

Studio E Architecture

Studio E Architecture

Based in San Diego, California, the firm works throughout the Southwestern United States and has built a varied body of work ranging from private residences to affordable housing, mixed-use, civic, and urban planning projects. The firm has received numerous design awards, including three National American Institute of Architects Honor Awards. The California Council of the American Institute of Architects named Studio E one of California's Emerging Talents in 1999. Studio E's collaborative approach extends to its successful use of client and community workshops in the design process. The work of the office is noted for its understanding of place, its authenticity and its inventive optimism.

Cuningham Group Architecture

Cuningham Group Architecture

When John Cuningham founded Cuningham Group in 1968, he developed a model of architecture that is highly inclusive and incorporates extensive client, consultant, engineer, and contractor participation. Nurtured by John and a committed team of leaders, we have expanded locations, services, and markets over the decades to meet a growing demand from respected local, regional, national, and international clients.

RNT Architects

RNT Architects

Established in 1980, the beliefs of Roesling Nakamura Terada Architects, Inc. (RNT) are firmly rooted in creating meaningful and sustainable environments that elegantly meet or exceed our clients’ objectives. With a team of 34 design professionals and support staff in our San Diego and Ventura offices, we provide a rational approach to problem solving with artistic vision and grace. Through our collaborative approach toward architectural design and programming, urban design, community planning and industrial and graphic design, RNT creates places that transform communities and enrich lives.

Smith Group

Smith Group

We are an award-winning, multinational integrated design firm with a team of 1,300 experts across 15 offices in the U.S. and China. We employ research, data, advanced technologies and design thinking to help clients solve their greatest challenges. Our specialists—from artists and engineers, to nurses, workplace strategists and beyond—develop beautiful, sustainable, future-focused solutions for healthcare providers, science and technology organizations, higher education and cultural institutions, urban environments, diverse workplaces, mixed-use and waterfront developments, and parks and open spaces.

STANTEC

STANTEC

The Stantec community unites approximately 22,000 employees working in over 400 locations across 6 continents. Our work—engineering, architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, surveying, environmental sciences, construction services, project management, and project economics, from initial project concept and planning through to design, construction, commissioning, maintenance, decommissioning, and remediation—begins at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships. With a long-term commitment to the people and places we serve, Stantec has the unique ability to connect to projects on a personal level and advance the quality of life in communities across the globe.

Steinberg Hart

Steinberg Hart

For 65 years, Steinberg Hart has been shaping environments and creating inspiring places through an idea driven, results-oriented approach to design.

Our team of architects, designers, planners and sustainability experts share the belief that design can create profound and unexpected connections between people and place. With a focus in education, residential, arts, urban mixed-use, hospitality, civic, and commercial office projects, our full-service architecture firm creates environments that sculpt space to shape lives in subtle and empowering ways.

DAHLIN Group Architecture

DAHLIN Group Architecture

DAHLIN is a global, diverse architecture and planning practice of 150+ multicultural professionals working with developers, municipalities and private clients.

With 6 offices worldwide, DAHLIN is committed to collaborating to craft sustainable communities and urban environments. Our design solutions are innovative, real and achievable. Our people are passionate about creating places that promote human fulfillment and well-being.

The Miller Hull Partnership

The Miller Hull Partnership

Miller Hull Partnership is an international, award-winning firm specializing in performance-based designs for public and private buildings.

Miller Hull has received over 350 local, regional and national awards for design excellence, including six AIA Honor Awards, seven AIA COTE Top Ten Design Awards and the notable AIA National Firm Award.

AVRP Skyport Studios

AVRP Skyport Studios

AVRP Skyport is widely known across the region for its decades of design excellence, creativity, and planning some of the most prominent, visionary, and vibrant projects in Southern California. The firm is led by four principals: Douglas H. Austin, FAIA, LEED AP, MAIBC; Christopher T. Veum, AAIA, IIDA; Randy Robbins, AIA, LEED AP; and Frank Wolden.