Douglas Franz Architects, Inc. Email Format
Architecture and PlanningCalifornia, United States2-10 Employees
Douglas Franz Architects, Inc. is a Newport Beach-based architecture and planning firm founded in March 2003 by Douglas Franz, AIA. The practice concentrates on designing commercial buildings, with a focus on professional offices and industrial facilities in Southern California, and it has planned and designed more than ten million square feet of ground-up development as well as interior tenant improvements. The firm provides end-to-end services across the project cycle, including site design and master planning, feasibility studies, building design, interior architecture, construction documentation, construction administration, and as-built drawings. Its clients span owners, developers, and tenants involved in professional and medical offices, industrial and warehouse development, and related markets. Projects vary from single-story offices to multi-tenant office and industrial parks that may incorporate mixed-use retail, reflecting the firm's capacity to handle diverse scales and configurations. The practice emphasizes a team-based approach, leveraging relationships with local contractors and commercial real estate brokers throughout Southern California to coordinate efforts from concept through project delivery.