Robi4 Architecture and Planning

Robi4 is a minority-owned and operated architectural firm that specializes in design, planning, and project management.

For two decades, Robi4 has provided an ever-expanding suite of architecture and design services to public, private, and corporate clients in the Mid-South.

During all construction phases, the firm has prioritized using a detail-oriented approach that ensures accountability, transparency, and efficiency in providing professional architecture services.

It has also provided Program and Project Management to clients that help them maintain better project control, enhance project performance, and increase project profitability.

With operations expanding to Southern California, Robi4’s capacity and scale for creating sustainable architecture and enduring designs do too. Yet its core services remain the same: architecture and design, contract administration, and post-occupancy evaluation.

Simbiotek Design Lab

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Simbiotek Design Lab, Inc. was founded in 2014 as a design and fabrication laboratory for exploring creative ideas in all facets of design with capabilities for multiple project types including residential (ground-up and remodels), commercial development, tenant improvements, installations, and more. We enjoy working on projects that push the conceptions of what is possible and satisfy our clients’ desires in an affordable and practical manner. We believe in forming symbiotek relationships with our clients to create the best outcome possible.

Clark Architects

Clark Architects, Inc. (CAI) is a woman-owned, small business, architectural firm, founded in 2014 and located in San Diego's vibrant North Park neighborhood. 

CAI specializes in Architectural and Interior design and construction administration services for higher education multi-unit residential, single-family private residential, commercial tenant improvement, institutional lab renovations, and whole building modernizations. In addition to architectural design, CAI's repertoire of services also includes Facility Assessments, Feasibility Studies & Project Planning, Owner's Representative Project Management, AutoCAD Drafting & Revit Modeling, and Third-Party Quality Control documents review. 

KDA Architects

KdA is a boutique-sized firm with an established reputation of applying artfully conceived and research-based solutions to our clients’ projects, combining technical expertise with inspired and enduring design.

The firm’s portfolio ranges in scale from civic institutions to detailed custom homes and furniture. In every project, emphasizing a meaningful connection to place, the optimal selection of materials, common-sense sustainability, and a strong visual presence.

Kevin deFreitas, FAIA | Principal

Michele Grace Hottel

Michele Grace Hottel, Architect is a firm practicing Architecture, Interiors, and Visual Arts, specializing in Custom and multi-family Residential and smaller Commercial and Institutional projects since 1994.

Prior to her current practice, Michele was a consultant with other Architecture and Engineering firms in the Los Angeles and San Diego areas for twelve years before and after attending Cal Poly, Pomona for Architecture. One can read her blog, "I've never met a woman architect before..." a blog about my life... , the trials and tribulations, as one could say, of being a woman, a mother, a wife, a volunteer, a public servant, and last but not least, an architect.

Michele is also a Commissioner and Subject Matter Expert for the California Architects Board, a City of La Mesa Planning Commissioner in her third term, the Chair of the American Institute of Architecture (AIA) Custom Residential Architecture Network (CRAN) for the AIA San Diego and Palomar Chapters. She also served as the Chair of the Committee for AIA California's Inaugural Housing Forum for attainable housing. In addition, Michele served on the Board and Past President of the La Mesa Arts Alliance, served as a La Mesa Parks and Recreation Board Member, a La Mesa Centennial Planning Committee member and lead the Centennial Legacy Project Subcommittee.

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

obrARCHITECTURE

At obrARCHITECTURE Inc, fostering meaningful relationships with our clients, our projects, and the environment is the defining characteristic that has made us who we are. We are located in the heart of the historic Boulevard Corridor at 2419 El Cajon Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92104 and actively immerse ourselves with the local community.  

Founded in 2008 by partners Garrick Oliver, Christopher Bittner, and Anney Rosenthal-Hall, we are a firm that prioritizes culture and character as the touchpoints for our employees, decision making, and design. We believe that each individual’s unique talents make for a dynamic whole that can not only meet but exceed our client’s expectations. 

 With our eclectic approach to architecture, our firm has the ability to take on a wide variety of project sizes and types and can adjust quickly to changes in programs, budgets, or designs. We bring an exceptional collaborative and artistic approach to every project and feel we have an obligation to assist, inspire and lead our clients in reaching their project goals. 

Image: Adams Elementary / San Diego Global Visions Academy 2020

T7 Architecture

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T7 Architecture is a San Diego based architecture and design firm that focuses on client specific work with a modern touch. We look for our inspiration from the values of our clients, their dreams and the sites at which we work. We meld those opportunities with the zoning, constructability, and budget constraints unique to each project to generate a specific solution.

Bryn Young Design

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Welcome to San Diego's full service award-winning architecture firm! BYoung Design is a woman-owned studio specializing in residential architecture with an emphasis on environmental sustainability and human connection. Bryn’s designs strive to create beautiful yet comfortable spaces for people to spend time in. We believe design can enhance landscapes, and this is the inspiration behind every single project BYoung Design takes on.

ARK Architecture

A full service architectural firm specializing in design, programming, planning, interior design, LEED® design and construction administration for both public and private clients in various market sectors including educational, mixed-use/multi-family residential, municipal/government, healthcare, and corporate.

Founded in 1987 by Faramarz Jabbari as “ARK Architects & Planning”, ARK Architects Inc. has provided professional services in the preparation of design and construction documents as well as master planning. We have been involved with many projects over the years in California as well as the states of Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, and Oregon. For more details about these projects, please refer to the Projects section of the site.

McFarlane Architects

McFarlane Architects, Inc. is a dynamic architectural, planning, and interior design firm that provides innovative design solutions and superior customer service in order to meet the growth and facility needs of our clients. We specialize in designing corporate offices, research and development, advanced technology, and manufacturing facilities for the public and private sectors. 

We provide full architectural design, programming, master planning, and interior design services to support our clients at every stage of the real estate process and facility cycle, from initial strategies to implementation and management. Our portfolio includes small tenant improvement projects to fully developed sites of multiple buildings and parking structures. Our experience, capabilities, and R&D industry knowledge have helped us emerge as a leader in the San Diego region.

Marengo Morton Architects

Marengo Morton Architects has over 20 years of experience assisting clients in making their beautiful houses into a living paradise. Specialists in coastal development, multi-family and a variety of projects, we strive to bring a unique signature statement of your property. Focusing on function, form, shape, style and creativity, we are a team of young and innovative architects based in San Diego.

Treating each property as a sculpture composed by the client’s needs, our mission is to see our clients satisfied, enjoying and loving the house we built for them. With commitment, dedicated efforts, professionalism and the highest level of creativity, the vision of our firm is to make solutions available for each project. Doing so has allowed us to become the most successful architecture company in the area, turning our client’s ideas into reality.

PALO

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At PALO, we bring diverse architecture and development projects to life. In each design, we see an opportunity to engage local conditions with a globally-informed perspective. Our fresh approach stems from our creative and comprehensive understanding of the relationship between form, construction and culture.

FPBA Architects

Located in San Diego, CA, FPBA is a full-service award-winning architectural, programming, planning and interior design firm.

We're an engaged group of design professionals. We believe that purposeful client interaction translates to a positive experience for every member of the project team.

Over the years, along with our many diverse and gratifying architectural and design projects nationwide, we have helped put San Diego on the map as a major force in biotechnology and have contributed to its world-renowned zoo and academic institutions. The constant? We love a challenge and working with smart, talented people whose visions inspire the global community. Whether it’s designing a netzero energy building, navigating strict regulatory requirements, or satisfying a wide range of user groups, FPBA excels at connecting with clients and bringing to life design solutions that reflect their essence, meet their needs and exceed their expectations.

Benson & Bohl

Founded in 1994, Benson & Bohl Architects has continually expanded its capacity, expertise, and reputation while maintaining and organizational structure that allows the principals, Richard Benson and Randall Bohl, to be personally engaged with every project and every client.

Through enduring associations with clients who share our commitment to design and enhancing the communities in which we work, we have developed a substantial portfolio of major commercial, entertainment, institutional and residential building types throughout California and the West.

HDR

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.

JCJ Architecture

JCJ Architecture is a diverse planning, architecture and interior design practice that offers comprehensive services to clients in the public and private sector. Our engaged design process brings together our experience as professionals with a methodology of active and alert advocacy. Balancing owner/client goals, functional objectives and physical context alongside project scope, constraints and opportunities, we strive to resolve and manifest project qualities into built form.

he firm's portfolio of experience, comprehensive services and collective knowledge are captured in two overall categories – commercial (gaming, entertainment, hospitality, hotel, retail, workplace) and institutional (K12 education, higher education, civic, community, arts & culture, public safety/justice). 

Entente Design

Entente Design was formed in 2010.  We are a small woman-owned business focused on the goal of “Improving Healthcare Through Architecture.”  Our mission and vision for the company is one and the same:  Care Collaborate Create.  We aim to have every client clearly see that we truly Care about their project, that we only achieve success with their Collaboration and that the final design can only be Created after the first two directives are achieved.

Sandy and Carrie Arbuckle, the owners of the firm, have focused on healthcare design in California for more than 25 years.  They have extensive knowledge of Federal, State, local building code and Licensing requirements and have developed trusting relationships with these jurisdictions.