John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects (JFAK)

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

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. Kimm has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Cornell University and a Master of Architecture from Harvard University.

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

Notable projects
In 2016, JFAK completed a 144,000 square-foot collegiate recreation facility, the Roberts Pavilion, at Claremont McKenna College, as well as the La Kretz Innovation Campus (LKIC), 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. 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, Wallpaper, and Dezeen.

2017

 * Award: Athletic Business Journal Facility of Merit, Roberts Pavilion
 * Award: Rudy Bruner Silver Medal for Urban Excellence, La Kretz Innovation Campus
 * Award: AIA|LA Residential Honor Award, Multi-Family Residential Category, Peace Creek Villas
 * Award: Interior Design, Best of Year Award, Roberts Pavilion

2015

 * Idea, Form, Resonance: 30 Years of Emerging Voices (Princeton Architectural Press)

2014

 * Interior Design (online), March, Ehrlich Retreat +

2013

 * Award: AIA Los Angeles, Merit Award, Ehrlich Retreat +