Herman Coliver Locus Architecture is accepting applications for a Job Captain / 3-5 years experience
HCLA, as a practice, is unusual. By design, 100% of our clients are community-based. Our work is focused in two distinct realms: We balance the ardor and rigor of designing multi-family, supportive housing with wrap-around social services for those most in need (low-income families and seniors, transitional-aged youth, people with disabilities and those experiencing homelessness), with the exhilaration of designing transcendent and exquisitely detailed sacred spaces and their attendant uses, largely, though not exclusively, within the Jewish community. We are a team of 14 design professionals, nationally recognized for our human-centered, sustainable, mission-driven work. We are most distinguished as a civic-minded, community-oriented, award-winning practice.
This year, we're actively working on the following projects:
- An intergenerational master plan for supportive independent senior housing, child care & adult day health care on the Laguna Honda campus in SF to be followed by architectural design of these facilities. Conceptual Design
- 136 supportive housing apartments in SF Mission neighborhood. CA Phase
- 175 apartments for low-income seniors with a community serving banquet hall in SF’s Chinatown. Design Development
- 56 supportive apartments in San Rafael. Schematic Design
- 50 apartments of affordable family housing in Half Moon Bay. Conceptual Design
- A synagogue renovation in San Francisco. Schematic Design
- 118 apartments of affordable family housing in Fremont. Design Development
You would be working on one or more of the first three listed projects and/or one of the other exciting new projects coming into the studio within Q2 of 2025.
What we expect of you:
- strong design and communication skills
- extensive familiarity with how a set of construction documents is drawn & assembled
- an understanding of and curiosity for how buildings are built & detailed
- a dedication to issues of environmental sustainability & resource efficiency
- strong, recently honed Revit, AutoCad, and Sketch Up skills (Photoshop, In Design a plus)
- comfort with code analysis, as well as Title 24, CalGreen and ADA regulations
- experience with Type I , Type III and/or Type V construction
- an architectural degree from an accredited university
- comfort with directing/supervising those more junior
- prior multi-family residential and/or civic/institutional experience from SD through CA
- a thorough written and spoken command of the English language and architectural terminology
- a passion for your work
- a collaborative nature
What you can expect of us:
- opportunities to design
- the chance to engage with clients, consultants, contractors on job sites
- mentorship from firm leadership & more senior design and management staff
- a competitive salary based on level of experience, as well as full benefits
- a sustainable work / life balance
- a non-hierarchical, egalitarian work environment
- a casual, yet rigorous studio culture
- a focus on continued education
- great stories
Our studio in SOMA is near MUNI, BART and Caltrain. This position is permanent and full-time. Please send resumes and work samples to mgarcia@hclarchitecture.com.
