Established by the husband-and-wife team of Taal Safdie and Ricardo Rabines, Safdie Rabines Architects strives for design solutions that are sensitive to the natural and built context of each project while responding to the specific needs of its clients. The firm’s wide range of experience includes the design of residential and institutional buildings, bridge and infrastructure projects, and large urban master plans. In 2010, Safdie Rabines added an interiors department, SRI, to the practice. Under the leadership of Michele Arnold-Kush, SRI provides creative planning and technical construction knowledge for institutional tenant improvements, restaurants, medical and industrial facilities, and California State and GSA projects. Safdie Rabines Architects is a full-service firm experienced in all phases of programming, design, and construction. Their award-winning work has been featured in numerous national and international publications. Recently completed projects include the Court of Sciences Student Center at UCLA, the Structural and Materials Engineering Building at UCSD, the Mercado del Barrio in San Diego, and the Harbor Drive Pedestrian Bridge in downtown San Diego. The office is currently working on La Jolla Country Day Student Center in La Jolla, El Centro Family Courthouse in El Centro, The Quad Student Housing Project in San Marcos, California, and pedestrian bridges in Doha Qatar.
BACKGROUND Andrew Spurlock established the firm in 1988, to provide an innovative, site-conditioned approach, to both planning and landscape architectural design. He was joined that year by Martin Poirier, who had been a frequent collaborator and colleague since 1981; Marty became a partner in 1990. As the firm has grown in size, the result has been a lively collective collaboration on a broad range of projects that have earned national, state and local awards from the American Society of Landscape Architects, the American Institute of Architects and the American Planning Association. In late 2015, Marty Poirier made his departure from the firm and San Diego – embarking on other opportunities for himself and his family. In 2016 Leigh Kyle, Yu Ju Liu, and Brad Lents joined Andy as owners. They have been with the firm for the past decade and have been instrumental in its management, growth, and success. Together with Andy, Spurlock Landscape Architects continues their practice of creating transformative landscapes that connect people, communities and environments.
Jonathan Segal FAIA Architects has created an alternative approach to the practice of architecture in the 21st century. Instead of the architect beholden to the client, developer, and contractor, Jonathan Segal has reestablished “the architect as master builder”. Focusing on the Downtown San Diego, California community, we have practiced architecture for the past twenty years without clients. By eliminating the client we have retained complete control of the design, development and construction of our sixteen unique and individual urban housing projects. Our work, designed, developed, and constructed all in house, has led our city in award winning and trend setting single family and medium- to high-density residential, live/work, and mixed-use housing. We have designed and developed over 300 medium- to high-density urban residential, mixed use, and live/work units totaling over 300,000 square feet of construction. We have been considered Downtown San Diego’s most successful and pioneering residential architectural/development company and our reputation for providing high design housing at affordable levels is without precedent. Our focus is exclusively on urban projects, ranging from 80 to 160 dwelling units/acre. Yet where many developers leave off, we take pride in the fact that each project has been developed with the communities support. In many cases these are communities that have been overlooked or misunderstood, yet we have pioneered the cultivation of safer and more proud neighborhoods. It has been our goal to richen the residential communities by taking on impossible sites, such as brownfields, or introducing affordable housing, proving the possibility for change demonstrated Instead of attempting to solve a cities residential problems with a single project overnight, we have attacked key points naturally realizing change. In this process, Jonathan Segal AIA has developed more individual buildings in downtown than anyone in the history of Downtown San Diego. Throughout our firm’s history, we have been wholeheartedly devoted to the interests of Downtown San Diego and the betterment of its architecture. However, in many cases, new structures are not the solution to a neighborhood’s problems. We have always been staunchly opposed to insensitive development and have established principles about preserving historic and important architecture while sensitively integrating new development. This passion for architecture and the San Diego downtown community has not gone unnoticed. We have received numerous national, four state, and local design awards, and several of those underscore that his standout talents have come at an early age: he has won six National American Institute of Architecture Housing Honors (AIA) and four State of California AIA Honor Awards for Urban Housing more than any San Diego architect; he was named by the San Diego Union Tribune as one of “Four Architects” in the city’s history that have made a difference; in 2003, he was named to the AIA’s College of Fellows, FAIA – the youngest San Diego architect to be named to this prestigious fraternity; Jonathan was honored as Residential Architect Magazine’s 2004 National Rising Star; and most recently the Prospect was selected as one of Dwell Magazines top one hundred homes. Jonathan’s interests in thoughtful architecture and development extend beyond his own projects. He shares his ideas frequently as an AIA speaker and has lectured at thirty US universities and at the University of Cataluna in Barcelona Spain and AIA chapters preachig “Architect As developer”nationwide. Most recently, Jonathan has been included as a founding member of the National AIA Congress of Residential Architecture (CORA) and along with Ted Smith founded the Woodbury Institute of Architecture for the Masters in Architectural development (MRED).
domusstudio architecture (established in 1986 as Dominy + Associates Architects) is an award-winning firm practicing creative, sustaining, enriching design including churches, schools, civic facilities (fire stations/libraries), senior housing and custom residential projects. For more information, visit www.domusstudio.com or call (888) 939-9393.
Architects Magnus performs across a varied spectrum of roles depending upon the client's needs and project's requirements. Our most important role is that of trusted adviser; one who can define problems, identify solutions and add value to a project in unexpected ways. The true value of our work is reflected in a healthier, more productive and aesthetically pleasing environment.