25 Best Architecture and Design Firms in Los Angeles

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Los Angeles is arguably regarded as the capital of the film and television industry. The sprawling city is the epicenter of theatricality and luxury of the Western world. The cinematic scenery, the countless studio setups as well as the historic movie palaces have all imbued the cultural identity of Los Angeles with the ‘cinematic flare’, and architecture is no exception.

Home to iconic landmarks such as Frank Gehry’s Walt Disney Concert Hall and Richard Meier’s Getty Center, Los Angeles’ architecture has become greatly influenced by the entertainment industry. Starting from its architectural schools, the city promotes alternative design practices. For instance, founded in 1972, SCI-Arch is one of the most notable, experimental architecture schools in the world. It combines state-of-the-art technologies with the reimagining of architecture as a design practice and world-building, not only in commercial buildings but also in intricately designed residences. A pole of attraction for many celebrities, Los Angeles homes can easily be considered settings from out of this world.

With so many architecture firms to choose from, it’s challenging for clients to identify the industry leaders that will be an ideal fit for their project needs. Fortunately, Architizer is able to provide guidance on the top design firms in Los Angeles based on more than a decade of data and industry knowledge.

How are these architecture firms ranked?

The following ranking has been created according to key statistics that demonstrate each firm’s level of architectural excellence. The following metrics have been accumulated to establish each architecture firm’s ranking, in order of priority:

• The number of A+Awards won (2013 to 2024)
• The number of A+Awards finalists (2013 to 2024)
• The number of projects selected as “Project of the Day” (2009 to 2024)
• The number of projects selected as “Featured Project” (2009 to 2024)
• The number of projects uploaded to Architizer (2009 to 2024)

Each of these metrics is explained in more detail at the foot of this article. This ranking list will be updated annually, taking into account new achievements of Los Angeles architecture firms throughout the year.

Without further ado, here are the 25 best architecture firms in Los Angeles:

25. Ball-Nogues Studio

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Ball-Nogues Studio is an integrated design and fabrication practice operating in a territory between architecture, art, and industrial design, that is led by Benjamin Ball and Gaston Nogues. Their work is informed by the exploration of craft. Essential to each project is the “design” of the production process itself, with the aim of creating environments that enhance sensation, generate spectacle and invite physical engagement.

The studio has exhibited at major institutions, including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Guggenheim Museum; PS1; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Venice Biennale; the Hong Kong | Shenzhen Biennale; and the Beijing Biennale.

Some of Ball-Nogues Studio’s most prominent projects include:

• Table Cloth, Los Angeles, California
• Unseen Current, Chicago, Illinois
• Feathered Edge, Los Angeles, California
• Veil – Stair Tower, San Francisco, California
• Not Whole Fence, El Paso, Texas

The following statistics helped Ball-Nogues Studio achieve 25th place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Los Angeles:

24. Griffin Enright Architects

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The Los Angeles-based firm of Griffin Enright Architects, established in 2000 by Margaret Griffin, FAIA and John Enright, FAIA, fuses interests in innovation and experimentation with a desire to explore cultural complexities relative to the built environment. Their versatile practice includes projects ranging from large-scale commercial and residential commissions to furniture design and gallery installations. Their work moves beyond the traditional scope of architectural practice, underscoring connections with the surrounding urban fabric and landscape by reinforcing existing conditions or creating new ones that allow architecture, urban context and landscape to be experienced in new ways. Griffin Enright’s comprehensive approach to design depends on the simultaneous blurring and exploitation of distinctions between inside/outside, built form/landscape, site/urban context and theory/practice.

Some of Griffin Enright Architects’s most prominent projects include:

• Santa Monica Canyon Residence, Los Angeles, California
• Point Dume Residence, Malibu, California
• Ur-Ban-Chan Farmers Market & Atrium, South Korea
• Hollywood Hills Residence, West Hollywood, California
• St. Thomas the Apostle School, Los Angeles, California

The following statistics helped Griffin Enright Architects achieve 24th place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Los Angeles:

23. Whipple Russell Architects

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Since 1985, we have enjoyed continued success creating architecture inspired by the people who work, live and play in our environments. During every phase of a project we ask ourselves these five questions:

>  Have we listened deeply to our clients?
>  Have we drawn from our breadth of experience?
>  Have we distilled the design to its most simple, appropriate form?
>  Have our plans and systems provided clarity and peace of mind for our clients?
>  Are we exceeding expectations?

We believe it is our commitment to achieving a resounding ‘yes’ to each of these questions which has generated Whipple Russell’s long list of diverse and satisfied clients.

Some of Whipple Russell Architects’s most prominent projects include:

• Laurel Way, Los Angeles, California
• Hopen Place, Los Angeles, California
• Mandeville Canyon, Brentwood, California
• 9342 Sierra Mar
• BigHorn, Palm Desert, California

The following statistics helped Whipple Russell Architects achieve 23rd place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Los Angeles:

22. Gehry Partners

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Gehry Partners, LLP is a full service firm with broad international experience in academic, commercial, museum, performance, and residential projects. Frank Gehry established his practice in Los Angeles, California in 1962. The Gehry partnership, Gehry Partners, LLP, was formed in 2001. Gehry Partners employs a large number of senior architects who have extensive experience in the technical development of building systems and construction documents, and who are highly qualified in the management of complex projects.

Every project undertaken by Gehry Partners is designed personally and directly by Frank Gehry. All of the resources of the firm and the extensive experience of the firm’s partners are available to assist in the design effort and to carry this effort forward through technical development and construction administration.

Some of Gehry Partners’s most prominent projects include:

• Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial, Washington, DC
• Second Century Project, Burbank, California
• Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Las Vegas, Nevada
• DZ Bank Berlin, Berlin, Germany
• New World Symphony Parking Garage, Miami, Florida

The following statistics helped Gehry Partners achieve 22nd place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Los Angeles:

21. David Hertz Architects, Studio of Environmental Architecture

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The work of David Hertz Architects Inc, Studio of Environmental Architecture (SEA), focuses on designing and constructing environmentally responsible residential and commercial buildings.

SEA engages in multiple facets of design, including product design, furniture design, public sculpture, environmental consulting, and the research and development of resource-efficient ecologic building products. In 1983 Hertz founded Syndesis Inc and invented the material manufacturing process of Syndecrete®, the innovative pre-cast lightweight concrete surfacing material. Hertz sold the technology in 2006. Evolving from a generalist nature of practice to a more specified studio has allowed for a comprehensive understanding of creative problem solving and an opportunity to view design challenges from multiple perspectives.

Some of David Hertz Architects, Studio of Environmental Architecture’s most prominent projects include:

• Sail House, Grenadines, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• 747 House, Malibu, California
• Navy House, Los Angeles, California
• Californication House, Los Angeles, California

The following statistics helped David Hertz Architects, Studio of Environmental Architecture achieve 21st place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Los Angeles:

20. Anonymous Architects

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We believe that the process of design, and the building that results from that process, must have purpose. With each new project we seek to identify this purpose and develop the design around it. This incremental process we use to develop a building must be simple and lucid and expressed in every element of the final product and we strive to maintain a clear design thread from beginning to end of a project. Expressing a building’s logic is a key part of our process and is achieved with an open collaborative approach with all building consultants.

Some of Anonymous Architects’s most prominent projects include:

• Eel’s Nest
• BIG & small HOUSE
• Car Park House, Los Angeles, California
• House in Trees, Los Angeles, California

The following statistics helped Anonymous Architects achieve 20th place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Los Angeles:

19. Assembledge+

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Since its inception, Assembledge+ has steadfastly pursued an architectural vision rooted in a dedication to collaborative efforts and craftsmanship. This commitment seeks to forge enduring spaces prioritizing user experience, fostering innovation, and upholding sustainability principles.

We believe in the art of collaboration.

Founded and spearheaded by David Thompson, AIA, the name Assembledge+ was purposefully chosen to encapsulate the firm’s zeal for “assembling” the often intricate components of the design process. This results in an architecture that is timeless, attuned to its environment uplifts the human spirit. The “+” symbolizes an approach that comprehends the comprehensive interplay of interconnected elements, recognizing that architecture transcends mere drawings and an assembly of building materials.

Some of Assembledge+’s most prominent projects include:

• Laurel Hills Residence, Los Angeles, California
• [in]tension, Los Angeles, California
• Sunset Plaza Residence, Los Angeles, California
• Stephenson House, Washington, DC
• Vernetti, Los Angeles, California

The following statistics helped Assembledge+ achieve 19th place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Los Angeles:

18. Yazdani Studio of CannonDesign

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The Yazdani Studio of Cannon Design integrates the best attributes of a design studio with the resources and reach of an international practice. The studio is comprised of a group of creative thinkers who share a commitment to pushing the boundaries of design from refining concepts of sustainability to the application of new technologies and urban initiatives. Established upon the reputation and leadership of award-winning designer Mehrdad Yazdani, the Yazdani Studio integrates the best attributes of a design studio with the resources and reach of an international practice.

Some of Yazdani Studio of CannonDesign’s most prominent projects include:

• California Institute of Technology Resnick Sustainability Center, Pasadena, California
• Kaiser Permanente, Kraemer Radiation Oncology Center, Anaheim, Californias
• Bangalore International Convention Centre, Bengaluru, India
• Jack Nicklaus Golf Club of Korea,  Incheon, South Korea
• University of California, San Diego Price Center East, San Diego, California

The following statistics helped Yazdani Studio of CannonDesign achieve 18th place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Los Angeles:

17. Patrick TIGHE Architecture

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Patrick T I G H E  Architecture is committed to creating an authentic, contemporary architecture informed by technology, sustainability and building innovation.

Some of Patrick TIGHE Architecture’s most prominent projects include:

• Montee Karp, Los Angeles, California
• Pacific Landing Affordable Housing, Santa Monica, California
• King K, Kukuihaele, Hawaii
• Stillness, Joshua Tree
• Sierra Bonita Affordable Housing

The following statistics helped Patrick TIGHE Architecture achieve 17th place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Los Angeles:

16. Aaron Neubert Architects

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Founded in 2006, Aaron Neubert Architects is a design practice committed to orchestrating poetic relationships between landscape, light,and materiality, resulting in beautifully crafted spaces that amplify the human experience and advance stewardship of the natural environment.

Led by Aaron Neubert, FAIA, the practice has produced a diverse portfolio of sustainable, site-specific work that spans museums and institutional facilities, hotels and restaurants, creative office, private residences, and multi-family housing. The practice’s inventive formal and site resiliency strategies preserve delicate and complex ecologies while improving the wellness of the community.

Some of Aaron Neubert Architects’s most prominent projects include:

• Glass House/Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, California
• Sycamore House, Los Angeles, California
• OZU, Los Angeles, California
• Garden House, Los Angeles, California
• Echo House, Los Angeles, California

The following statistics helped Aaron Neubert Architects achieve 16th place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Los Angeles:

15. Standard

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Our projects are guided by identity and culture, reflecting the narrative for which they’re designed.  Conscious of architecture’s potential to communicate, from a way of living to a company’s image, our work aspires to provide the setting that expresses the idea.  Settling in Los Angeles after living in Europe and traveling extensively, our experience gives us a distinct perspective on building and site.  It is a view that combines an elemental approach to architecture and an open relationship toward the environment.  As our practice evolves, this perspective increasingly defines our work. Our projects start with a dialogue about program and purpose, and progress toward their own identity.

Some of Standard’s most prominent projects include:

• Salford Meadows Competition, Salford, United Kingdom
• Helmut Lang Concept Store, West Hollywood, California
• Kayne Griffin Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles, California
• Hidden House, Los Angeles, California
• RE:VISION DALLAS COMPETITION – Co-op Canyon, Dallas, Texas

The following statistics helped Standard achieve 15th place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Los Angeles:

14. Steinberg Hart

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For 70 years, Steinberg Hart has shaped environments and created inspiring places through and idea-driven, results-oriented approach to design that spans education, arts, residential, urban mixed-use, hospitality, civic, and commercial sectors. The firm’s team of architects, designers, planners, and sustainability experts share the belief that design can create profound and unexpected connections between people and place.

Our full-service architecture firm creates environments that sculpt space to shape lives in subtle and empowering ways. From the foundation established in 1953 by Silicon Valley architecture pioneer Goodwin Steinberg, FAIA and in 1967 by New York design trailblazer Malcolm Holzman FAIA at Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates, and now under the leadership of David Hart, Steinberg Hart has built a progressive portfolio of award-winning projects spanning multiple continents and diverse sectors.

Some of Steinberg Hart’s most prominent projects include:

• UCLA, Hitch Student Residences, Los Angeles, California
• Crafton Hills College, Public Safety & Allied Health Building, Yucaipa, California
• Suffolk Office Interiors, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
• Harvey Mudd College, McGregor Computer Science Center, Claremont, California
• University of Wisconsin-Madison, Hamel Music Center, Madison, Wisconsin

The following statistics helped Steinberg Hart achieve 14th place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Los Angeles:

13. KOVAC

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What began as a team of four has evolved into a world-renowned architecture practice centered on humanistic and sustainable design principles. Founded by Michael Kovac in 1988, our Los Angeles-based studio prides itself on a design approach that puts people first. Our highly personalized projects have received awards from such organizations as the AIA, Architizer, and Luxe and our work has been featured in Elle Decor, Architectural Digest, Wallpaper*, Galerie and Est Living amongst others.

Our services include residential, hospitality, and commercial architecture. We also offer interior design and sustainable design services.

We firmly believe each space has its own sensibility — one shaped by people, place, and material.

Some of KOVAC’s most prominent projects include:

• Pye’s Landing, Maine
• Madison Desert Club, La Quinta, California
• Bonsall, Malibu, California
• Casa per Amici, Santa Monica, California
• Carbon Beach House, Malibu, California

The following statistics helped KOVAC achieve 13th place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Los Angeles:

12. Synthesis Design + Architecture

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Synthesis Design + Architecture is a forward thinking and multi-award winning design firm based in Los Angeles, California with architectural licenses in California, Arizona and Colorado and experience with international projects (Thailand, China, Italy and the UK). We specialize in producing innovative design work that not only challenges convention through technological, material and computational innovation, but also work that purposefully enlivens the public imagination and makes a case for the role of innovated architecture in our contemporary creative design culture.

Our office engages the discipline of architecture through the dual lenses of design and research at the intersection of technology, performance and craft – a territory that we explore through the design of architectural projects of all scales that experiment with computational design processes as a means of investigating the synthetic relationships between form, structure and skin.

Some of Synthesis Design + Architecture’s most prominent projects include:

• Data Moire, San Francisco, California
• Chelsea Workspace, London, United Kingdom
• Pure Tension Pavilion, Milano, Italy
• [C]space DRL10 Pavilion
• Central Plaza Lampang

The following statistics helped Synthesis Design + Architecture achieve 12th place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Los Angeles:

11. Perkins Eastman | Pfeiffer

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Pfeiffer, a Perkins Eastman Studio, is a design firm of architects, interior designers and planners, with offices in downtown Los Angeles and New York City. The firm, which works nationally and internationally — with an emphasis on cultural and educational projects for both public and private clients. Its projects marry smart planning with unusually effective client and team engagement for imaginative architectural solutions.

Some of Perkins Eastman | Pfeiffer’s most prominent projects include:

• Chapman University Musco Center for the Arts, Orange, California
• Colorado College Tutt Library Expansion & Transformation, Colorado Springs, Colorado
• Gonzaga University Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center, Spokane, Washington
• UCLA Northwest Campus Housing Infill, Los Angeles, California
• University of California, Santa Barbara Library, Santa Barbara, California

The following statistics helped Perkins Eastman | Pfeiffer achieve 11th place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Los Angeles:

10. Martin Fenlon Architecture

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MFA, an architecture firm based in Los Angeles, is committed to seeking a sustainable architecture of innovative space; a space that is shaped by the specific needs of the client, the unique qualities of the site and region, and the logic and efficiency of construction.

Some of Martin Fenlon Architecture’s most prominent projects include:

• Lopez House, Los Angeles, California
• Brucato House, Los Angeles, California
• The Annex, Los Angeles, California
• Rodgers ADU, Los Angeles, California
• Morris House, Los Angeles, California

The following statistics helped Martin Fenlon Architecture achieve 10th place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Los Angeles:

9. asap/ adam sokol architecture practice

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asap/ is a collaborative design practice founded in 2011 and based in Los Angeles, with a second office in New York, USA. We seek to identify and advance design opportunities to develop the art and craft of design at all scales — from tableware to entire cities, while also reinterpreting and re-energizing programmatic imperatives. Our work is devoted to understanding and contributing to existing cultural and architectural contexts while deploying advanced design and construction technology in ways appropriate to contemporary life.

Some of asap/ adam sokol architecture practice’s most prominent projects include:

• Zhen Fund, Beijing, China
• X-House, Beijing, China
• Venus Lounge, Beijing, China
• The Emperor Hotel, Beijing, China
• Skid Grow

The following statistics helped asap/ adam sokol architecture practice achieve 9th place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Los Angeles:

8. Atelier Scale

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Atelier Scale is a landscape studio that focuses on people’s livelihood with the power of design. It aims to explore the relationship within different scales in landscape, that is, to find creative solutions and expressions from the relationships between the whole and parts, groups and individuals. We focus on public space and hope to bring more meaningful experience through our thinking. At the meantime, we don’t mind participating in commercial projects, but we look forward to collaborating clients with similar values to create win-win works that benefit public interest.

Some of Atelier Scale’s most prominent projects include:

• The Wave, Shenzhen, China
• Restroom in the Mountains, Yantai, China
• The Vortex, Shenzhen, China
• The Fire Tower, Yantai, China
• The Folds, Changzhou, China

The following statistics helped Atelier Scale achieve 8th place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Los Angeles:

7. RIOS

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RIOS is an international design collective. We are actively in pursuit of wonder within the design of built environment. We believe design is an act of optimism through which invention and ideas change the world. We practice interconnected design architecture, placemaking, and landscape architecture to harness the positive impacts of wellness and define design as a continuum. RIOS was founded in 1985 as a multi-disciplinary design firm. Today the firm has offices in Los Angeles, Singapore, Shanghai, London, Austin and Boulder with over 250 team members contributing to transformative projects globally.

We follow a process that begins with attunement, where program and context shape strong conceptual thinking to establish a holistically informed big idea.

Some of RIOS’s most prominent projects include:

• Spotify At Mateo Campus Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
• GoodRx Headquarters, Santa Monica, California
• Ellison Institute of Technology, Los Angeles, California
• Equipment Room, Austin, Texas
• Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2023, Seoul, South Korea

The following statistics helped RIOS achieve 7th place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Los Angeles:

6. CO Architects

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CO Architects is nationally recognized for architectural planning, programming and design in the higher education, science and technology, civic and healthcare sectors, and works with leading institutions from coast to coast. In over 35 years of practice, CO Architects has led innovative and successful projects in 30 states, Canada and the UK. The firm’s specialized expertise includes transformative projects for schools of medicine and the health professions, advanced research and teaching laboratories, leading-edge museums and civic landmarks, and innovative clinical facilities on higher education, healthcare and urban campuses.

Some of CO Architects’s most prominent projects include:

• University of Arizona Health Sciences Innovation Building, Tucson, Arizona
• Biomedical Sciences Partnership Building, University of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona
• California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Administration Replacement Building, Pomona, California
• Arizona State University Health Futures Center, Phoenix, Arizona
• OHSU Collaborative Life Sciences Building & Skourtes Tower, Oregon

The following statistics helped CO Architects achieve 6th place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Los Angeles:

5. FreelandBuck

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FreelandBuck is a full service architecture design practice formed in 2009 and based in Los Angeles. Partners David and Brennan have over 15 years of experience in architecture and landscape architecture. The firm has exhibited widely and received the 2011 ArchIs Prize for emerging architects from the Los Angeles AIA. California Home + Design magazine recognized FreelandBuck as one of the “10 to Watch” new architecture offices in 2011. Our work has been featured in Architectural Record, Detail, Frame, Azure, Surface and LOG as well as several recent books on architecture and technology.

Some of FreelandBuck’s most prominent projects include:

• Stack House, Los Angeles, California
• Second House, Los Angeles, California
• Stack, Los Angeles, California
• Over View, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• MINI Living Urban Cabin, Los Angeles, California

The following statistics helped FreelandBuck achieve 5th place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Los Angeles:

4. Kevin Daly Architects

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“Kevin Daly Ar­chi­tects is a prac­tice rooted in the be­lief that ar­chi­tec­ture has the power to trans­form the every­day built en­vi­ron­ment. Since es­tab­lish­ing the firm in 1991 as Daly Genik Ar­chi­tects and now as Kevin Daly Ar­chi­tects, Kevin Daly has guided a de­sign process that up­holds the prac­ti­cal magic of ar­chi­tec­ture — an alchemy of craft, ma­te­ri­als, and form. But­tressed by pro­ject-di­rected re­search, the work of Kevin Daly Ar­chi­tects in­ter­weaves in­no­va­tion in tech­nol­ogy and fab­ri­ca­tion, sus­tain­abil­ity and ur­ban­ism, liv­abil­ity and econ­omy. The firm’s award-win­ning port­fo­lio in­cludes en­vi­ron­men­tally and so­cially re­spon­sive ed­u­ca­tional, res­i­den­tial and in­sti­tu­tional pro­jects rang­ing in scale from sin­gle-room artist work­spaces to cam­pus mas­ter plan­ning.

Kevin Daly Ar­chi­tects is par­tic­u­larly rec­og­nized for re­claim­ing and trans­form­ing sites char­ac­ter­is­tic of the ur­ban fab­ric, turn­ing generic back­ground build­ings into mod­els of com­mu­nity iden­tity.

Some of kevin daly Architects’s most prominent projects include:

• Broadway Affordable Housing, Santa Monica, California
• Bi(h)OME, Los Angeles, California
• Ostin Basketball Center at UCLA, Los Angeles, California
• Robertson Recreation Center, Los Angeles, California
• Berkeley Global Campus, Berkeley, California

The following statistics helped kevin daly Architects achieve 4th place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Los Angeles:

3. WOODS + DANGARAN

Best Medium Firm 2023 (Architizer’s 11th Annual A+ Awards)

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Many firms describe their work as “transformative”— architecture as an accomplished fact. At Woods + Dangaran, we create modern homes through dialogue and exploration. By collaborating closely with our clients throughout the design process, we are better able to inspire them with the finished product. By working closely with trusted tradespersons, we can deliver work that is uncompromising in craftsmanship.

Working across the country, we design holistically and at every scale: from integrating architecture and interiors to creating custom furnishings. The result are projects that are subtle and disciplined, pure in form, and focused on realizing sublime experiences of space and light.

Some of WOODS + DANGARAN’s most prominent projects include:

• Desert Palisades, Palm Springs, California
• Mar Vista, Los Angeles, California
• Moore House, Los Angeles, California
• Twentieth, Santa Monica, California
• Case Study, Culver City, California

The following statistics helped WOODS + DANGARAN achieve 3rd place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Los Angeles:

2. Morphosis Architects

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Founded in 1972, Morphosis is an interdisciplinary practice involved in rigorous design and research that yields innovative, iconic buildings and urban environments. With founder Thom Mayne serving as design director, the firm today consists of a group of more than 60 professionals, who remain committed to the practice of architecture as a collaborative enterprise. With projects worldwide, the firm’s work ranges in scale from residential, institutional, and civic buildings to large urban planning projects. Named after the Greek term for ‘to form or be in formation’, Morphosis is a dynamic and evolving practice that responds to the shifting and advancing social, cultural, political and technological conditions of modern life.

Some of Morphosis Architects’s most prominent projects include:

• 8850 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California
• Orange County Museum of Art, Costa Mesa, California
• Orange County Museum of Art, Costa Mesa, California
• Genesis Electric Vehicle Charging Stations, Seoul, South Korea
• Bloomberg Center, New York City, New York

The following statistics helped Morphosis Architects achieve 2nd place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Los Angeles:

1. Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects [LOHA]

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Founded in 1994 by Lorcan O’Herlihy, FAIA, LOHA is an award-winning architecture and urban design firm of twenty-five talented designers, with offices in Los Angeles and Detroit. Collectively and collaboratively, driven by O’Herlihy, passion and creative vision, we have built a robust portfolio of work that is rooted in embracing architecture’s role as a catalyst for change. With a conscious understanding that architecture operates within a layered context of political, developmental, environmental, and social structures, LOHA seeks to elevate the human condition via the built environment. We work with a diverse group of stakeholders to deliver work ranging from art galleries, bus shelters and large-scale neighborhood plans, to large mixed-use developments, supportive housing and university residential complexes.

Some of Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects [LOHA]’s most prominent projects include:

• Granville1500, Los Angeles, California
• Jeanette301, Santa Ana, California
• Featured image: MLK1101 Supportive Housing, Los Angeles, California
• Cloverdale749, Los Angeles, California
• Dillon617, Los Angeles, California

Other Architecture firms to Consider

Several other renowned architecture firms can be found just outside the Top 25, each of which is worth considering for their experience in delivering high quality, large-scale projects across typologies. They include: John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects (JFAK), Oyler Wu Collaborative, David Reddy AIA / R&D Architects, Walker Workshop, AUX Architecture, Spatial Affairs Bureau, HCRA, Tim Durfee Studio, CallisonRTKL, Cliff Garten Studio, OWIU, STUDIO COLLIN COBIA, PUNCH, ROBERT KERR architecture design, Guild, Nous Engineering, Inc., Form Found Design, Design, Bitches, Marmol Radziner, AOS works : architecture & design, SABZ Studios, Kurt Krueger Architect, doho constructivo + Iván Marín Arquitectura, SWA GROUP / Los Angeles, Studio+, Clifford Beers Housing, WATG and Wimberly Interiors, CARGO Architecture, dk designhouse, Relativity Architects, Vertebrae, Byben, Verse Design LA, MSA (Maxi Spina Architects), Jeremy Levine Design, HIS Foundation, ABCDCollaborative,InSituProject,VideTerra, HabibiInternational,HISFoundation,MedEast,CatalyticAction, WE-DESIGNS, Selbert Perkins Design, GGLO, GLAVOVIC STUDIO, domaen LTD, Robert Nebolon Architects, LEHRER ARCHITECTS LA, WET, Jones, Partners: Architecture, Atelier Vianney Boutry, Lovair, Appel Architects, Studio Murnane, Paul Vu: Photographer, CHA:COL, The Los Angeles Design Group, SUBU Design Architecture Incorporated, Hundred Mile House, A-Industrial Design/Build, WORD, Neil M. Denari Architects, Inc. (NMDA), MSP Design Inc., MAWD, kiduck.kim, J. Byron-H, Genesis Design Studio, FAR Frohn&Rojas, Darin Johnstone Architects, Bilyana Dimitrova Photography, Design Opera Architects, EDGEland Studio

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Architizer also powers firm directories for a number of AIA (American Institute of Architects) Chapters nationwide, including the official directory of architecture firms for AIA New York.

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• Project completed within the last 3 years
• A well written, concise project description of at least 3 paragraphs
• Architectural design with a high level of both functional and aesthetic value
• High quality, in focus photographs
• At least 8 photographs of both the interior and exterior of the building
• Inclusion of architectural drawings and renderings
• Inclusion of construction photographs

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