John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects

John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects (JFAK) is an American architecture firm founded in 1996 in Los Angeles, California USA.[1]

History

JFAK's architectural practice was founded by husband-and-wife team, John Friedman and Alice Kimm. Friedman has a B.S. in Architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a Master of Architecture from Harvard University.[2] Kimm has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Cornell University and a Master of Architecture from Harvard University.[3]

In 2004, Friedman and Kimm were named Architectural League Emerging Voices by the Architectural League of New York.[4] Their work has been noted in The Los Angeles Times,[5][6] The Architect's Newspaper,[7] LAist,[8] Curbed LA,[9] and Arch Daily.[10]

Notable projects

In 2016, JFAK completed a 144,000 square-foot collegiate recreation facility, the Roberts Pavilion, at Claremont McKenna College,[11] [12] as well as the La Kretz Innovation Campus (LKIC),[13] a 3.2-acre campus located in a former furniture and fabric warehouse in the Los Angeles’ Arts District for entrepreneurs, engineers, and policymakers to innovate and support LA’s green economy.[14] The building of the LA Cleantech Incubator (LACI) is an adaptive reuse of a 61,000 square-foot warehouse that includes Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) facilities, offices, conference rooms, labs, prototyping workshops, and an event space. The project has been published in Metropolis Magazine,[15] Wallpaper,[16] and Dezeen.[17]

References

  1. ↑ a5 Los Angeles : architecture, interiors, lifestyle. Mathewson, Casey C. M. ORO Editions. 2010. pp. 156–174. ISBN 0981985718. OCLC 645773406.
  2. ↑ "John Friedman - PCAD". Pacific Coast Architecture Database. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  3. ↑ "2002 Annual Design Review Environments Best of Category - Print Magazine". Print Magazine. 2008-03-13. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  4. ↑ "Architectural League of New York". Architectural League of New York, 2004 Emerging Voices, John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects.
  5. ↑ Times, Los Angeles. "John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects devise a modern house that opens itself to its Santa Monica neighborhood". latimes.com. Retrieved 2017-09-13.
  6. ↑ Times, Los Angeles. "A modern kitchen for a traditional L.A. house". latimes.com. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
  7. ↑ "The La Kretz Innovation Campus develops cleantech development - Archpaper.com". archpaper.com. Retrieved 2017-09-13.
  8. ↑ "It's Official: The Arts District Has A Park". LAist. Archived from the original on 2017-11-05. Retrieved 2017-09-13.
  9. ↑ "At new AIRE Santa Monica, condo prices start in the $900Ks". Curbed LA. Retrieved 2017-09-13.
  10. ↑ "Peace Creek Villas / John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects". ArchDaily. 2017-01-19. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
  11. ↑ "Claremont McKenna College, Roberts Pavilion". Claremont McKenna College, Roberts Pavilion, John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects.
  12. ↑ "CMC Roberts Pavilion officially opens doors | Claremont Courier". www.claremont-courier.com. 2016-10-06. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  13. ↑ "LACI, La Kretz Innovation Campus". Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI), La Kretz Innovation Campus, John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects.
  14. ↑ Ellingson, Annlee (2017-10-10). "Cleantech hub opens in downtown LA | LA Biz Journals". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  15. ↑ "La Kretz Innovation Campus Showcases LA's Leadership in Green". Metropolis Magazine.
  16. ↑ Magazine, Wallpaper* (2016-08-31). "Creative energy: a family of warehouses form LA's La Kretz Innovation Campus | Architecture | Wallpaper* Magazine". Wallpaper*. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
  17. ↑ "JFAK converts brick warehouse in Los Angeles into "cleantech" hub". Dezeen. 2017-01-13. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
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