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John Friedman Alice Kimm
Architects, Inc.
701 East Third Street, Suite 300
Los Angeles, California 90013
Phone +1 213 253 47 40
Fax +1 213 253 47 60
akimm (at) jfak.net
jfriedman (at) jfak.net
www.jfak.net


Owners
John Friedman
Alice Kimm


Employees
13

Established

1995

John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects

Top: Public Swimming Hall & Visitors Center, Ulsan, South Korea  Details
Top: sunscope: Ehrlich Residence, Santa Monica, California  Details
Top: Los Angeles Design Center (Phase I), South Los Angeles, California  Details

 

  Awards

2007
• The Bruner Foundation, Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence, Silver Medal: LA Design Center
• American Institute of Architects Los Angeles Chapter, Next LA Awards, Merit Award: Graduate Aerospace Laboratories, Caltech, (GALCIT)

2006
• American Institute of Architects Los Angeles Chapter Restaurant Design Award, Certificate of Recognition: Lucky Devils
• American Institute of Architects Los Angeles Chapter Decade Award: Ehrlich Residence
• American Institute of Architects Los Angeles Chapter Decade Award: LA Design Center

2005

• American Institute of Architects Los Angeles Chapter, Restaurant Design Awards, Certificate of Recognition: Falcon

2004
• American Institute of Architects, National Honor Award: L.A. Design Center
• American Institute of Architects Los Angeles Chapter, Honor Award: L.A. Design Center
• American Institute of Architects Los Angeles Chapter, Citation Award: Ehrlich Residence
• American Institute of Architects California Council, Merit Award: L.A. Design Center
• Chicago Athenaeum, American Architecture Award: L.A. Design Center
• Los Angeles Business Council, Los Angeles Architectural Award of Excellence: L.A. Design Center

2003
• Westside Urban Forum, Westside Prize: L.A. Design Center

2002
• I.D. 2002 Annual Design Review, Best of Environments Award: The Brig

2000
• Korean Construction Institute, Honor Award: Yangsan Golf Clubhouse
• Interiors Magazine, Honorable Mention in Entertainment Venue Category: Club Sugar

1999
• American Institute of Architects Los Angeles Chapter, Merit Award: Club Sugar
• Architectural Record, Record Interiors Award: Club Sugar

 

  Exhibitions and Lectures

2008
• Woodbury University, Burbank, March 25

2007
• Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, 2007 Lecture Series
• Black Rock Design Institute, Nevada Museum of Art, 2007 Lecture Series

2006
• University of Southern California, Spring Lecture Series
• Chicago Athenaeum at Herman Miller, Los Angeles and New York, “New American Architecture” exhibition

2005
• Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Spring Hearst lecture series
• Design Within Reach, 13 L.A. Architects exhibition

2004
• The Architectural League of New York, Emerging Voices lecture series
• A+D Museum, 34 L.A. Architects exhibition
• A+D Museum, CityworksLosAngeles: Communities Under Construction exhibition

2003
• AIA/CC Monterey Design Conference, Emerging Talents lecture series
• Los Angeles Forum for Architecture & Urbanism, On the Map lecture series

2002
• Cal Poly Pomona, Spring lecture series
• Getty Center, Los Angeles Unified School District: 18 New Projects exhibition

2000
• Pacific Design Center, Millenium Models exhibition

1999
• Pacific Design Center, New Blood exhibition

1997
• Los Angeles Forum for Architecture & Urbanism, Out There Doing It lecture series

 

  Selected Publicity

2008
• The Architect’s Newspaper, California Edition, February: MIRA International Trade Center

2007
• Interior Design, November: Firm Profile
• Wallpaper, June/July: Ehrlich House
• AIT, June: Lucky Devils
• Wall Design, (daab GNBH): Lucky Devils
• A Pocketful of Bars, (Images Publishing): Club Sugar
• Convertable Living, (Gibbs Smith): Ehrlich Residence
• Industrial Chic: Reconverting Spaces, (Gribaudo Publishers): L.A. Design Center
• Green Homes, (Collins Design): Ehrlich Residence

2006
• L.A. Architect, October, Decade Awards: Honor Merit and Citation: L.A. Design Center, Ehrlich Residence
• A/C Verjaardagskalendar, Calendar (Dutch Concept Factory): Club Sugar, The Brig
• C3, September: L.A. Design Center, Ehrlich Residence
• Architecture, September: Aragon Avenue Elementary School
• LA 2000 Plus: New Architecture in Los Angeles (Monacelli Press): L.A. Design Center
• Architecture Inspirations (daab GNBH): Ehrlich House
• Lofts 2: Good Ideas (Collins Design, Harper Collins Publishers): Unit P-18A
• Tangram Interiorismo Internacional, April (cover feature): L.A. Design Center
• Interior Design, February (cover feature): Ehrlich House

2005
• New Bars and Restaurants (Harper Design, Harper Collins Publishers): Falcon
• 100 of the World’s Best Bars (Images Publishing Group): The Brig, Club Sugar
• Clubhouse (Archiworld Co., Ltd.): Yangsan Golf Clubhouse
• L.A. Architect, January/February, “Design: Citation and Merit:” Ehrlich Residence
• L.A. Architect, January/February, “Design and Next LA: Honor:” L.A. Design Center

2004
• Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture (Phaidon Press, Ltd.): L.A. Design Center, Yangsan Golf Clubhouse, SK Public Swimming Hall + Visitors Center
• Architecture +, Vol. 6, “Self-Indulgent Voyeurism”: Club Sugar
• Cool Restaurants – Los Angeles (teNeues): Falcon (cover)
• and:guide Los Angeles (teNeues): L.A. Design Center, The Brig, Noodle Stories
• arcCA, The Journal of the American Institute of Architects California Council, Issue 3, AIACC Design Awards: L.A. Design Center
• Architectural Record, June, “Honor Awards: Architecture” by Jane F. Kolleeny: L.A. Design Center

2003
• Architectural Record, July, “John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects Breathe New Life into a Warehouse Complex for a Thriving Furniture Business” by Joseph Giovannini: L.A. Design Center
• L.A. Architect, July/August, “An Affordable Home: Public Housing in Los Angeles” by Krystal Chang: Irolo Elderly Housing
• Dwell, March/April, “More for Less” by Phillip Davis: Irolo Elderly Housing
• Interior Design, March, “Flying High” by Edie Cohen: Falcon
• New York Times, 13 February, “Currents: A Design Statement With an Open Door” by Frances Anderton: L.A. Design Center
• Los Angeles Times, 26 February, “Architecture Review - Design Center Fulfills a Promise” by Nicolai Ouroussoff: L.A. Design Center
• KCRW 89.9 FM, 21 January, “Design and Architecture” hosted by Frances Anderton, “Building for the Public Realm”: panel discussion with John Friedman

2002
• DBZ Deutsche Bauzeitschrift, December: Club Sugar
• Organic Style, September/October, “Women of Substance and Style”: profile of Alice Kimm
• Wallpaper, September, “Filmic Falcon” by Paul Young: Falcon
• New York Times, 26 September, “Currents: A Hollywood Restaurant Evokes Valentino” by Frances Anderton: Falcon
• Architectural Record, August, “Snapshots: Three for tee: An Asian golf course serves up tee houses” by Ingrid Whitehead: Yangsan Tee Houses
• I.D., July/August, 2002 Annual Design Review, “Best of Environments Category:” The Brig
• Wallpaper, May, “Beach Babe” by Paul Young: The Brig

2001
• Interior Design, November, “Liquid Asset” by Edie Cohen: The Brig
• New York Times, 13 September. “Snapshots: A Modernist Temple Replaces a Dive” by Frances Anderton: The Brig
• L.A. Architect, July/August: Shinsa Shell

2000
• L.A. Architect, November/December, “Gimme Shelter” by John Friedman and Alice Kimm
• L.A. Architect, March/April, “Object in the Landscape:” Yangsan Golf Clubhouse
• C3, February: Yangsan Golf Clubhouse (cover feature)
• L.A. Architect, January/February, “L.A. Faces 2000: Emerging Talent” by Frances Anderton: Club Sugar
• New York Times, 9 January, “Currents: Raiding Set-Dressers’ Bag of Tricks” by Frances Anderton: Club Sugar

1999
• Architectural Record, September, Record Interiors: Club Sugar
 

  Current Projects

• MIRA, Santa Ana (2,000,000 SF trade center with mixed-use capabilities)
• Green Dot E. 27th Charter High School
• Vista Hermosa Park Ranger Station
• Graduate Aerospace Laboratories, Caltech, (GALC)
• Main Street Parking and Motor Transport Division (MSP/MTD), new Police Headquarters Facility, Downtown Los Angeles, CA (300,000 SF new parking garage and vehicle maintenance building)
• King Residence, Santa Monica, CA (4,300 SF new single family residence)
• Silver Lake Residence, Los Angeles, CA (3,500 SF new single family residence)
• Dutchess County Residence, Stanford, NY (4,200 SF new single family residence)