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Green architect in So. California. Client-centered design.
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California-based firm with projects ranging from planning and commercial district facade programs to the design of houses.
www.aceland.com
Specialize in facility design & community college architecture in California, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.
www.adington.com
One of the largest domestic architectural firms specializing in commercial retail and mixed-use projects.
www.altoonporter.com
Based in Los Angeles, an international firm offering a range of Architectural-Engineering services from development of initial project concepts and budgets to engineering, construction management, and turnover of completed facilities.
www.anilverma.com
Provides architecture, planning, and interior design services throughout the US and overseas through offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Baltimore, and London.
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Based in Oakland, Ca. firm offers engineering and architecture services in planning and design development.
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A full service architectural design and construction production firm located on California’s central coast in the city of San Luis Obispo.
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Providing distinctive, attractive, and cost effective environments in which people work, shop, play, and reside in enhanced comfort.
www.archandplan.com
Architectural firm specializing in the design of 1920's Spanish and Mediterranean revival homes.
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Specialize in Medical, Commercial, Residential, Restaurant and Retail architecture and design. Located in Orange County, CA.
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Architecture and interior design firm offering a broad range of services and expertise to the retail, restaurant, and entertainment industries.
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Architecture & design firm focused on the rural areas of California and building schools, health care facilities, and wilderness camps.
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Northern California based firm devoted to the socially, environmentally, aesthetically, and ethically responsible practice of architecture within a professional framework.
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A San Francisco based architectural design firm specializing in commercial tenant improvement, custom home design, shopping center remodeling, commercial buildings, religious projects, office design including dental-medical office design, space ...
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Offering architectual services for retail, industrial, asssisted living, and storage facilities.
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California firm offering architecture planning and design for commercial and community complexes. Based in Pasadena.
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Benson & Bohl projects are designed with the conviction that architectural quality is determined more by an understanding of context, usage and client aspirations than by an architect's preconceived design style.
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A Santa Cruz, Ca. based firm providing services in the design and planning of residential and commercial developments. In addition, the firm, founded in 1983, performs interior design and project management.
www.bestline.com
focus includes governmental, institutional and private sector projects
www.bgharch.com
Creating buildings and spaces that evoke a positive emotional response from those who build, occupy and experience them.
www.bickelunderwood.com
a San Fransisco based firm working in educational, commercial, and residential architecture.
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Located in Santa Ana, the firm focuses on architecture, planning, and interiors.
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A diversified firm of 70 architects, designers, and planners serving the Midwest and the West Coast with offices located in Nebraska and California.
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Caldwell Architects is located in Marina del Rey & provides a broad scope of architectural services including those for new buildings, renovations, remodels, additions, tenant improvements & interiors.
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A Northern California-based firm specializing in residential, commerical, and public facilities.
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Established in 1977, Carrier Johnson prides itself on design excellence, technical expertise and project management strength.
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Programming, design and construction of corporate headquarters, office and manufacturing space, research and development facilities for biotechnology and high technology, restaurants, cafeterias, training and demonstration facilities, and retail...
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Architectural design studio, fulfilling the needs of the hospitality industry.
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Crane Architectural Group is a team of dedicated professionals providing architectural and planning services to a broad spectrum of the building industry, including governmental agencies and private developers.
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Creative Structures provides architectural and construction services in California and Arizona.
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Design, preparation of construction documents, and administrating contracts for commercial projects from Tustin, California offices.
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An architecture and land planning firm with over 30 years experience, Danielian Associates specializes in residential projects.
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ESDA is the largest architectural firm in the San Joaquin Valley with 44 staff, including 24 licensed architects and 3 interior designers.
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San Fransisco-based firm offering reidential and commercial architecture services.
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Dougherty + Dougherty provides: preconstruction research; studies and evaluations; programming; regional, neighborhood and localized site planning
www.ddaia.com
Provides architecture, engineering, construction services.
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Architect and planner for residential, commercial and industrial properties.
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Offering a wide variety of services including landscape architecture, CADD, design and project architects, and interior design -with offices in California, Utah, and Washington.
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Family of professional companies providing architectural, construction management, engineering and design services for commercial facilities.
www.durrant.com
International design and planning firm based in Los Angeles, Ca.
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EHDD is an architecture, interior design firm with offices in San Francisco, Monterey, and Chicago. EHDD is a leading designer of aquariums, academic buildings, libraries, schools, museums, civic buildings, offices, and residences.
www.ehdd.com
involved in numerous restaurant, commercial and custom residential projects.
www.ehmarch.com
built projects and remodeled residential and commercial properties in Los Angeles, Brentwood, Pasadena, Carpinteria, Seattle, Las Vegas and the Bay Area
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Ergo Architecture is a small, design-committed firm offering complete architectural services to businesses and individuals.
www.ergoarchitecture.com
A small firm based in Truckee, Ca. offering services in commercial, residential and retail design.
www.faulknerarchitects.net
Architecture, master planning, programming, interior design, and related disciplines in scope and building type for both the private and public sectors
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The firm is known for its skill with urban infill in both retail and mixed-use planning. Field Paoli Architects designs economically viable places that consistently become the social and commercial heart of their communities.
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Fisher-Friedman Associates has designed over 10 million square feet of office space and exectued additional urban desing and land planning projects.
www.fisherfriedman.com
Architectural, engineering, planning and interiors firm founded in 1927.
www.flad.com
Visalia-based architectural firm providing comprehensive design service. Primary focus on office & commercial projects, medical projects, local public works projects, churches, swimming pools and schools.
www.fscottassoc.com
An architecture, planning and consulting firm with offices in Pasadena and Seoul.
www.gdsarchitects.com
Architects of commercial properties. Located in Malibu.
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HDR is a leading architecture and engineering consulting firm. Headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, HDR, Inc. employs more than 2,500 staff members in 50 offices worldwide. HDR has experience working in every state in the nation and in 40 countries...
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Heller • Manus Architects is a San Francisco based architectural and planning firm established in 1984. The firm has a diverse portfolio of projects ranging from luxury condominiums, hotels and residential projects of all sizes, to high-rise off...
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Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates (HHPA) is one of the country's leading planning, architectural and interior design firms, recognized internationally for its innovative design approach. Established in 1967, HHPA specializes in a wide range of c...
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A Los Angeles based firm offering services in historic preservation planning and development.
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HLW International LLP is a comprehensive architecture and engineering firm with projects in the United States and throughout the world. Offer on-site management, strategic planning, and design/build services.
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provide technically advanced, functional and aesthetically sensitive planning and design services.
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Leading architecture engineering and planning firm specializing in highway, rail, aviation, transportation, bridge design, urban sports facilities, environmental construction, design/build services, high-tech new media communications.
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Hornberger + Worstell is a 40-person general architectural practice that has served a broad range of clients since its inception in 1980. The firm's completed designs for private sector developers, office and corporate users, hotel and resort pr...
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Commercial, residential, and institutional architecture.
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Integrated Designs is a full-service Architectural/Engineering firm providing Architecture, Interior Design, Structural, Civil and Electrical Engineering services as well as Planning and Project Management Services. Located in Central California...
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Interior Architecture is a San Diego-based design firm employing creative talents who design by combining technology and innovation to create aesthetic concepts
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Interactive Resources is an architecture, engineering, and planning firm based in the San Francisco Bay Area providing professional services for all building types, as well as special problem solving services such as the investigation and repair...
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Design multi-family housing for private and public clients, commercial buildings, office interiors, child care centers,
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Contemporary/Modern design of custom residentail projects using exposed structural materials and glass
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James Leary Architecture and Planning is a full service architecture and design studio based in San Diego, CA specializing in creative solutions for health care and retail projects.
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Firm offering architecture, engineering and construction services for critical facilities used in the telecommunications industry. Also offers wireless, broadband and Internet systems consulting services.
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Johnson Architecture is an architectural and interior design firm located in Fresno, California. The firm specializes in rehabilitation, adaptive reuse, renovation, historic preservation and neighborhood revitalization.
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J.R. Miller & Associates Inc. , Architects & Engineers, is a design firm offering comprehensive services to industrial, commercial and institutional clients.
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Design firm specializing in custom residences, retail and studio space, museums and galleries.
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Architectural, Planning and Interior Design firm, Kunio Inoue & Associates has practiced in Los Angeles since 1986
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Sacramento's oldest and largest architectural, planning, engineering and interior design firm
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Lee, Burkhart, Liu, Inc., established in 1986, provides planning, architectural and interior design services, primarily for health care, academic, institutional and corporate clients.
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Full service architectural firm working in both the private and public sector. Founded in 1974.
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design all facets of a project including: architecture, landscape, planning, interiors, graphic design
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A mid-size architectural planning and design firm located in Los Angeles, CA.
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Small-size full service architectural firm with extensive experience in custom homes, as well as remodeling and renovations of residentials and light commercials.
www.lupinsky.com
An architectural practice in the San Francisco Bay Area centered on the design of private residences and smaller scale, commerical and institutional work
www.lymarch.com
Offices in Pasadena, Irvine, Berverly Hills, San Francsico, Las Vegas, New York, Cleveland.
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Architectural firm serving the entertainment and hospitality markets. Offices in Houston, Orlando and Los Angeles.
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Provide customized analysis of working, learning, and living environments for governments, nonprofit organizations, and business clients in Northern California.
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Practicing architecture for more than 75 years in Northern California, NLA has focused on the design of both private and public buildings, with an emphasis on government facilities.
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A California based firm offering consulting services that address planning, real estate consulting, design, facility management, and conversion since 1982.
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Design & architecture of residential and commercial facilities. Located in Southern California.
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Architect specializing in design and remodeling of residential property in Northern California.
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Full-service firm in Glendale, California providing planning, design, and construction services.
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A private construction company, incorporated in California in 1986, specializing in commercial and industrial construction and tenant improvement.
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Design Healthcare Facilities. Located in Santa Barbara.
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A full-service interior architectural firm specializing in the record-entertainment industry, located in Santa Monica, California, and founded in 1986.
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Providing Design and Construction services to Napa and Sonoma Counties, as well as to the greater San Francisco Bay Area.
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An architecture, engineering, interior design and planning firm founded in Santa Monica in 1984.
www.pugh-scarpa.com
Provides architecture, design, and space planning in United States and Internationally.
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Specialize in the innovative design of laboratories and provide planning, programming, and design services for laboratory related facilities.
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Produce design and construction documents for shopping centers, supermarkets, big box retailers, financial institutions, restaurants, office buildings, auto dealerships and multi family residential complexes.
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Architectural illustrator based in Walnut Creek, California who works in collaboration with architects, developers, interior designers and urban planners.
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Founded in 1946, this design practice offers architecture, planning, urban design, graphic design and engineering services through 8 US and 3 international offices.
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Nationally recognized architectural practice operating in the center of the Southern California design community.
www.s-ehrlich.com
Master planning and design of distinctive residential, hotel, resort, recreational and mixed-use projects. Located in Florida and California.
www.sandybabcock.com
Quality Architectural Services in Northern California, primarily focused in commercial projects.
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Architects in San Diego, California and Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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One of the largest women-owned firms in the nation, SMWM offers a full range of design services in architecture, interior design, and planning as well as "green" building consulting and graphic design.
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Engaged in architecture, engineering, urban design and planning, interior design, and graphics. SOM has offices in four US cities (Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Washington DC), London and Hong Kong.
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Custom design for retail complexes, offices, performing arts, entertainment, housing and private residences.
www.spfa.com
Located in Sacramento, California, Spink is a multidisciplinary engineering, architecture and land planning firm serving public and private clients since 1926.
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San francisco based design studio specializing in design and residential remodeling for modern urban dwellers.
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Leader in master planning, strategic planning, architecture and interior design.
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A design firm in Santa Monica, Ca. which manufactures, fabricates, and installs custom architectural products and surfaces using Syndecrete® as a primary medium.
www.syndesisinc.com
An association of 15 architecture and design professionals, the firm is renowned for designing houses, as well as other significant places including wineries, churches, schools, and civic complexes.
www.tgharchs.com
TLCD Architecture offers comprehensive architectural services throughout Northern California.
www.tlcd.com
Trittipo and Associates serves California school districts from San Luis Obispo to Ramona.
www.trittipo.com
Designers and builders of commercial projects since 1990 with projects throughout the Western U.S.
www.twmn.com
General architectural practice specializing in programming, planning, designing research and development laboratories and advanced technology facilities. Based in San Fransisco.
www.vdk.com
Architectural firm specializing in Commercial, Industrial, Educational and Residential Building Design and Drawings, Engineering, Planning, custom 3D graphics, Renderings, Web Site Design and CAD/computer consulting.
www.vernalgroup.com
An architectural and planning firm serving California, Oregon and Nevada for more than 20 years with over $700,000,000 in completed projects.
www.vigen.com
Architecture firm specializing in hospitality, leisure and entertainment design.
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Provide the complete scope of diversified architectural services ranging from major land planning projects to small renovation and rehabilitation projects.
www.wernersullivan.com
A Santa Barbara based firm offering a full range of architectural and engineering services to the medical field - from preliminary design to construction administration.
www.west.net
Provides complete architectural and planning services for projects in electronics, aerospace, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and other technically related industries.
www.whlarchitects.com
Residential and commercial architecture and interior design. Located in Los Angeles.
www.williamhefner.com
An architectural organization dedicated to creating enduring quality in the built environment.
www.williamspluspaddon.com
Residential, Commercial, Institutional & Industrial Architecture. Located in Los Angeles.
www.wmba.com
Woodford/Sloan’s work ranges from single-family housing to large, multi-phase commercial, institutional and governmental projects and includes both new design and renovation and rehabilitation of existing facilities.
www.woodfordsloan.com
Full service architectural and interior design firm providing professional services to a wide range of clients, including commercial, institutional, educational, hospitality, health care, and governmental organizations. Located in Santa Monica,...
www.wwcot.com
design-oriented architectural firm located in Santa Monica, California. Firm offers full architectural services in addition to master planning, interior design, lighting design and landscape architecture, as well as collaborative design services...
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Work with certified architects in CA prior to the construction of any structure in the state of California. Architects in California are experts in building codes and construction materials, and their expertise is critical to a successful project. The state of California has some of the most stringent regulations in the United States, and architecture firms based in California are the most qualified to design and manage construction projects in their state.
To confirm the status of commercial architects in California or residential architects in California, contact the California Architects Board. California architects must pass a rigorous series of examinations to become licensed, and the board maintains the master list of both California architecture firms and individual California architects. This step will save a great deal of money and prevent trouble down the line.
1. Work with a certified California architect on any extensive construction project. Architects in California not only design buildings, but also oversee construction projects and work closely with construction companies and subcontractors.
2. Interview several commercial architects in California for the project.
3. Begin any large-scale California construction project, commercial or residential, by hiring California architects from an established architectural firm.
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Select prestigious architects in California for a Los Angeles construction project
The city of Los Angeles has an abundance of famous California architects. The city has some of the most innovative buildings in America, and many have been designed by firms based in LA.
I recommend: The firm of Richard Meier & Partners designed the famous Getty Center. The design skills of SPF:architects have been nationally recognized, and their technical documentation work is world renowned.
Use California architects that specialize in green projects
Energy efficiency and low-impact design are the hallmarks of contemporary architecture, and California architects are leading the way. As energy costs rise around the world, business is looking for ways to use resources more efficiently; green buildings are a wise choice.
I recommend: The California architects at Todd Jersey specializes in green architecture. They design earth- and people-friendly buildings. Paragon Design specializes in green architecture and earth-friendly restoration of residential properties.
Work with commercial architects familiar with California's strict regulations
Architects in CA based in Sacramento develop special relationships with the state's political establishment, and can expedite the process of design and construction. A well-connected commercial architect in CA can oversee a project more efficiently. California has very strict architectural regulations, and Sacramento architects know the ins and outs of California's construction regulations.
I recommend: The Sacramento-based commercial architects at Kuchman Architects design everything from multi-family dwellings and commercial spaces to mixed urban projects. HMR Architects is one of the oldest architectural firms in Sacramento. They've designed educational facilities, government offices, and commercial, retail and healthcare facilities.
Tips & Tactics
Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide
- • Never build commercial structures in California without the guidance of certified, licensed California architects. Ask to see an up-to-date architect's seal, in addition to a license.
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