Studio KDA Information

Studio KDA is a Berkeley, California architecture and interior design practice dedicated to the creation of buildings that bring people together, are affordably built, operationally efficient, and that are welcome additions to their communities. We work closely with developers, business owners and mission-driven clients to bring complex projects from pre-design and entitlements through construction. By carefully managing costs, leveraging technology, and innovating new approaches we have developed a body of work that includes student housing, market-rate housing, restaurants, bars, workplaces, and large retail centers. We are highly service-oriented; every client relationship is unique and every design solution specific to the site, budget, brand vision, customer demographic, and schedule. We believe in the power of collaboration to find the best result and welcome input from clients, staff and the greater community to enrich our ideas. We are known for working with restrictive municipalities to get projects quickly entitled, permitted and built. Founding Principal Charles Kahn is the Chair of Berkeley’s Zoning Adjustments Board and Vice-Chair of the City’s Design Review Commission. Our Food & Beverage studio is best known for the design of dozens of award winning restaurants and bars throughout the Bay Area. Recent additions to the Bay Area culinary landscape include Protégé (Palo Alto), Flour & Water Pizzeria (San Francisco), Comal & Comal Next Door (Berkeley), Cholita Linda (S.F. Ferry Building), and Bar Shiru (Oakland).