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Architecture and PlanningCalifornia, United States11-50 Employees
Johnson Favaro is a mid-sized architecture and planning firm based in Culver City, California, founded in 1988 by Steve Johnson and Jim Favaro. The practice concentrates on the public realm, delivering projects for schools, libraries, community centers, and cultural and civic institutions to support social infrastructure and civil society. It provides a full spectrum of planning and design services, including master planning, programming, feasibility studies, community engagement, cost planning, building design, documentation, and construction administration, with notable projects such as Riverside Main Library, Manhattan Beach Library, West Hollywood Library, Los Angeles Trade Technical College South Campus Buildings, and UCLA Hedrick Study. In recent years, the firm has undertaken collaborations with public agencies, such as a 2022 partnership with the City of Glendale to remodel the Children's Room, establish a Teen Space, and add second-floor ADA-accessible restrooms. Earlier engagements include Beverly Hills selecting Johnson Favaro to redesign La Cienega Park and Recreation Complex, and the firm receiving the 2012 Westside Urban Forum Design Award in the Public/Institutional category for the West Hollywood Library.