KFA Architecture Information

KFA reshapes Los Angeles by designing great places where people flourish. KFA is a Los Angeles-based architecture firm with 50 years of experience designing housing, campuses, and civic projects throughout Southern California. The firm is recognized for its leadership in affordable and supportive housing, adaptive reuse, and complex urban infill projects, with a portfolio that also includes mixed-use, educational, cultural, community-focused work, and landscape architecture. With a collaborative studio culture and deep experience navigating entitlement and approval processes, the firm has delivered hundreds of housing and reuse projects that support long-term livability and neighborhood vitality. Guided by the mission to design great places where people flourish, KFA is committed to creating environments that are inclusive, durable, and rooted in the communities they serve. AREAS OF EXPERTISE Adaptive Reuse • Affordable Housing • Mixed Use Housing • Market-Rate / Multi-Family Housing • Campus Master Plans • Hospitality / Commercial • Creative Office • Libraries • Education • Recreation • Community & Youth Centers FIRM FACTS • Founded in 1975 • 80+ employees • 42% of eligible architectural staff are licensed • Over 15% of employees have been at KFA for more than 10 years • Architectural staff: 57% female, and 70% female senior management PROJECTS COMPLETED 300 Housing Projects • 20,000 Residential Units • 1,282 Hotel Rooms • 8,000 Affordable Housing Units • 1,000 Units on LA’s Skid Row • 5,000 Adaptive Reuse Units • 18 School Projects • 12 Recreation Projects • 11 Libraries • 4 Fire Stations • 11 Project Buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places AWARDS The firm has received numerous awards and recognition for its diverse, forward-thinking architecture. Since 2007, KFA has won 100+ design awards from AIA design committees and business and civic organizations. KFA was honored with the AIA California Council Firm Award in 2016.