LCA Architects Inc

LCA Architects Inc is an architecture firm in Walnut, CA. The firm has provided planning and design services to public and private clients for over 40 years, working on affordable housing, residential, education, public safety, municipal, hospitality, commercial and mixed-use, estate home, and industrial projects. Its portfolio includes fire stations, school and college buildings, apartment communities, mental health and crisis treatment centers, and municipal work such as the East Bay Regional Parks District Headquarters and a 60,000 gallon koi pond. LCA Architects holds a rating of 5.00 from the customers who have reviewed it.

The firm's staff of more than 30 employees includes specialists in Cal Green and LEED, commercial interiors, and entitlements, and its experience covers decades of planning, design, and approval campaigns for both large and small projects. LCA Architects has earned recognition including Attached Residential Project of the Year for Meridian Bay Apartments, Best Custom Home over 4,500 SF for a Lake Tahoe residence, Best Custom Home 5,000 to 7,000 SF for a Pauoa Beach, Hawaii residence, and merit awards for the 1716 Lofts multi-family housing community in Walnut Creek and the Jonas Center educational project in Novato.

The firm supports employee development through the Intern Development Program, mentorship, and the pursuit of licensure, and runs LCA University, an in-house program offering AIA continuing education seminars so staff stay current with code changes. Environmental stewardship has been a priority since before the phrase "Going Green" was coined; LCA Architects regularly recommends water, power, and HVAC efficiencies, specifies sustainable products, and participates in workshops on the California Green Building Standards Code, with involvement in LEED Certified and CHPS Commissioned projects. The firm sponsored the Diablo Valley College Architecture 298 course, whose six students designed and built a structure of at least 80 percent recycled material for the Cal Poly Design Village Competition.

The office sits on Ygnacio Valley Road, about a tenth of a mile from the Walnut Creek Superior Court, the DMV, and the Walnut Creek Post Office, and roughly two tenths of a mile from North Main Street and Civic Drive.

With a 5.00 rating and more than four decades of planning and design work across the Bay Area and beyond, LCA Architects brings sustained architectural experience to projects in Walnut and the surrounding region.