Local Architects Expand Northern California Team

IRVINE, CA-LPA Inc., a local architectural design firm specializing in retail, hospitality and public building design is expanding its Northern California team.

The 35-year-old firm has named Sandra Guy director of interiors and Kevin Sullivan director of landscape architecture and planning.

“The addition of two seasoned professionals in interior design and landscape architecture strengthens our ability to provide clients with a much more cohesive and unified design solution,” says John Gack, principal at LPA’s Sacramento office.

Prior to joining LPA, Guy, a 16-year interior design veteran, has worked on projects such as the U.S. Bank Plaza, the law offices of Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, Imperial Bank and the food court at Folsom Premium Outlets.

Sullivan, a former principal at RJM Design Group Inc., has been in the planning and landscape architecture industry for 20 years. His expertise includes master planning, parks and recreation master planning, commercial, residential and urban design and public and private redevelopment and environmental restoration.

Founded in 1965, LPA specializes in public architecture, with work encompassing educational, religious, municipal, retail, corporate, mixed-use, research/manufacturing, office, recreational and hotel establishments.

Current projects under way in Orange County include the Ford Premier Automotive Group North American Headquarters in the Irvine Spectrum, and the Sage Hill School in Newport Beach..