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Our office is bustling with new faces and we are excited about opportunities to collaborate as we grow. We interviewed our newest freshman class and asked each of them to give us a brief introduction: Alexandria Gill Alexandria grew up in Maryland and attended the University of Maryland where she earned a Bachelor of Architecture. […]

New Mixed-Use Building Adds 92 Residential Units to the Palms Neighborhood (Santa Monica, CA – January 18, 2019) KFA is pleased to announce the Grand Opening of The Roy at Overland, a multifamily, mixed-use housing project by Anejo Development LLC and Griffin Opportunities LLC, occupying a half-acre site at 3644 Overland Avenue in the Palms […]

2018 brought another year of gift-giving joy for KFA and friends. With an early start before Thanksgiving, Black Friday sales were perused and holiday shopping was intensified. The sixth year KFA has participated in this gift drive brought one overflowing bag to each of 41 kids in the emergency shelter. The bags were delivered to […]

KFA Designed Jamison Properties’ 209 Residential Units Plus Neighborhood-Serving Retail   July saw the grand opening of Jamison Properties’ development Luna on Wilshire at 3640 Wilshire, an urban, seven-story, mixed-use residential project in Koreatown. Congratulations to Associate Jaime Olmos, AIA, and the rest of the Luna project team! Luna adds an impressive 72 market-rate apartments and […]

The Southern California Association for Non-Profit Housing celebrated its 30th Annual Conference in late September and KFA was proud to be an attendee for the 30th year. Always one of the most high-spirited and camaraderie-filled events in the housing industry calendar, the conference honors the movers and shakers in the affordable housing world, offers two […]

I remember the moment when I made the choice to pursue architecture as a career. I had completed my freshman year of college at the University of Michigan and was home for the summer, watching back-to-back episodes of Bob Vila’s This Old House and Hometime. When it came time to pick my major that fall, I […]

My first exposure to architecture was when I was in elementary school. My parents decided to build a new house and, unlike my brothers, I willingly went with them to the meetings with the Architect. I immediately took interest in the design process, and would go to open houses with my dad and take the […]

Transit-Oriented, Mixed-Use Development is Part of the Revitalization of Lincoln Boulevard (Santa Monica, CA – September 27, 2018) The project site is being prepared for the groundbreaking of two KFA-designed, four-story, mixed-use buildings located at 1625 Lincoln Blvd. and 1627 Lincoln Ct. The development consists of two of the four buildings of the Lincoln Collection, […]

Adaptive reuse of historic Spanish Baroque property will create unique retail and office spaces. (Santa Monica, CA – September 27, 2018) Construction is underway on the adaptive reuse of Chapman Court, located at 3501 West 6th Street in Koreatown. The City of L.A.’s Cultural Heritage Commission designated the historic concrete building, designed in the ornate, late […]