Steven Lombardi Architect

2008 Multi-Family & Mixed-Use Projects

2008 Ocean Beach Lifeguard Station Remodel

2008 Ocean Beach Park Villas

2008 Private Residences



2008 AIA Award -  “Neptune” – San Diego

2006 27th Annual Homes of the Year, Best Addition San Diego Home and Garden Magazine

2005 26th Annual Homes of the Year, Best Addition San Diego Home and Garden Magazine

2003 24th Annual Homes of the Year, Best Addition San Diego Home and Garden Magazine

2003 Wood Design Awards, Canada "Think Small"

1999 I.D., International Design - Honorable Mention for "Light Forest" – Environments

1999 Architecture Research Awards - [PA] Award for "Alternative Light Sources"

1992 I.D., International Design - Award for "Out of Bounds" – Environments

1989 A.I.A. Award, for "Out of Bounds", San Diego

1988 Lighting for Artemide Filicudara, - Milan, Italy

1987 Progressive Architecture, selected for "Young Architects"

1986 Architectural League of New York- selected for "Behind Closed Doors"

1986 A.I.A. Award for "Light Sculptures", San Diego

1985 "Light in the 21 Century", International Lighting Competition



San Diego Home and Garden, “Tower of Light” Lifestyles, May 2008

2A, ARCHITECTURE, Dubai 2007

San Diego Home and Garden, Home of the Year, 2006, 2005, 2003

The Wood Design Awards, 2003. Canada -Fall Magazine and Book

San Diego Architecture, Dirk Sutro, 2002

Dwell, "Lighting 101"-December 2001

San Diego Daily Transcript-"Unplugged and Off the Grid"-September 2001

Quanderns, Flashes/Fleeting Time, Sci-scape and Lightscape - Barcelona 2000

PA - Restaurant Details, La Placita, Plans of Architecture, Arco - Barcelona 1999

PA - Urban Landscape, Gateway, Plans of Architecture, Arco - Barcelona 1999

MOVING LIGHT, research booklet on Light -1998

DESIGN, A/U Architecture & Urbanism - La Placita- 1995

DESIGN 2, Bar/Night Clubs, PBC International, New York  La Placita - 1995

ESQUIRE, La Placita - September 1994

PROGRESSIVE ARCHITECTURE, Lombardi’s Lighthouse - November 1994

I.D. International Design Magazine, Annual Design Review,- Award inJuly/August 1992

LOS ANGELES TIMES, building a Reputation on Diversity March 1991

INTERNATIONAL DESIGN YEARBOOK, Madonna, edited by Oscar Tusquets Blanca, 1989

THE CALIFORNIA ART REVIEW, 2nd Edition - 1988

INTERNATIONAL DESIGN YEARBOOK, Filicudara, edited by Arata Isozaki, 1988

ARCHITECTURAL RECORD, Filicudara, Artemide, September 1989

SAN DIEGO UNION, Building a Career Of Broken Rules - September 1987

PROGRESSIVE ARCHITECTURE, Young Architects - June 1987

INTERIOR DESIGN, Euroluce - Milan, December 1987

ARCHITECTURAL LEAGUE OF NEW YORK, Behind Closed Doors, September 1986

ARCHITECTURE MAGAZINE, Furnishings, October 1983



Woodbury University - San Diego Faculty Exhibit, San Diego, California 2006, 2008

ALTERS Project, San Diego, California 2005

Taylor Library - The Altars Project, San Diego, California, 2004 - 2005

Woodbury University - Faculty Exhibit, Los Angeles, California, 2002

SCI-arc - Science + Nature, Los Angeles, California, 2000

Hui's Gallery - Practice + Research + Education = PRE, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999

University of Michigan & University of Tennessee - City + Space and Globalization, 1998

Columbia Pictures & NBC - Lighting, Hollywood, California, 1990 - 1995

San Diego State University - Out of Bounds Sculpture, 1991

Modern Living - Lighting, Los Angeles, California, 1991

Inspirations Gallery - Lighting, Tokyo, Japan, 1991

Symphony Tower - Out of Bounds - A.I.A. Awards, San Diego, California, 1989

Gallery of Functional Art - Furniture by Architects - Santa Monica, California, 1989

Java Gallery - New Furniture San Diego, California, 1988

Circle Gallery - Sculpture '88 San Diego, California, 1988

San Diego State University - Sun Dance, San Diego, California, 1988

Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art - Furnishing Monterey, California, 1988

Vorpal Gallery - Furniture San Francisco, California, 1987

Euroluce - Salon del Mobile Lighting Milan, Italy, 1987

Urban Center Gallery - Behind Closed Doors Manhattan, New York, 1986

Sushi Gallery - Self Portraits, San Diego, California, 1986

Installation Gallery - Art Furniture - San Diego, California, 1986

Craft and Folk Art Museum Sidecar, process of design, Los Angeles, California, 1986

SCI-arc Alumni & Faculty Work Santa Monica, California, 1985

Installation Gallery - Artoy, San Diego, California, 1985

Newport Harbor Art Museum - Future Furniture, Newport Beach, California, 1985

Imperial Bank - Origin and Innovation Sculpture - San Diego, California, 1984

9e Biennale Interior -Clocks, Kortrijk, Belgium, 1984

Whiteley Gallery - Apocalypse, Los Angeles, California, 1984

Lighting Devices of Steven Lombardi have appeared in T.V. shows like "Don't Shoot Me", and Movies like the "Usual"