The studio
We are a team of architects, observers and thinkers that mine the commonplace to engage people and context.
A collaborative process led by Principals Hank Koning, Julie Eizenberg, Brian Lane, and Nathan Bishop draws on the pragmatic and strategic to unravel convention and find opportunity hiding in plain sight.
The firm’s well-known body of work has been published extensively both in the US and abroad, and has earned over 100 awards for design, sustainability and historic preservation.
Recognition
- —2023 Architect’s Newspaper Best of Practice Award: Medium Firm - West
- —2021 American Academy of Arts and Letters Architecture Award
- —2019 Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal
- —2012 AIA Los Angeles Gold Medal Award
- —2009 AIA California Council Firm of the Year Award
- —2004 Residential Architect Leadership Awards, Firm of the Year Regional
- —2024 AIA Los Angeles Design Awards — University of Melbourne Student Pavilion
- —2024 CASH/AIA California Leroy F. Greene Design & Planning Award — SMMUSD Malibu High School
- —2023 AIA California Council Honor Award — University of Melbourne Student Precinct
- —2023 Victorian Medal, Australian Institute of Architects Victoria Chapter — University of Melbourne Student Precinct
- —2021 AIA California Council Merit Award — Flor 401 Lofts
- —2021 AIA California Council Merit & LeadingEdge Award — MuseumLab
- —2017 AIA California Council Honor Award — Temple Israel of Hollywood
- —2015 AIA California Council Honor Award — See-Through House
- —2014 AIA California Council Merit Award — Pico Branch Library Urban Development and Re-Use
- —2023 The Joseph Reed Award for Urban Design, Australian Institute of Architects Victoria Chapter — University of Melbourne Student Precinct
- —2023 Architecture Award – Creative Adaptation, Heritage Architecture, Australian Institute of Architects Victoria Chapter — University of Melbourne Student Precinct
- —2022 Los Angeles Conservancy Preservation Award — Beverly Laurel Hotel
- —2017 Westside Urban Forum Public: Institutional Merit Award — Temple Israel of Hollywood
- —2016 Urban Land Institute Global Award for Excellence — Ocean Avenue South: Belmar Apartments
- —2026 AIA California Merit Award — Santa Monica Vermont Apartments
- —2025 AIA National Interiors Award — MuseumLab at Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh
- —2026 100 Best Architecture and Design Firms in the United States list by Architizer
- —2024 CASH/AIA CA Leroy F. Greene Design & Planning Award — Malibu High School
- —2024 AIA California Honor Award — Student Pavilion
- —2024 AIA Climate Action Award — The Park
- —2023 Australian Institute of Architects International Chapter Award, Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing category — The Park
- —City of Chicago’s Invest South/West winning project — Woodlawn Social
- —The Architect’s Newspaper 2023 Best of Practice Award for Medium Firm - West