Katherine Lord has decades of experience as an architect specializing in educational (university and K - 12), healthcare, and retirement projects. As one of the Principals at Lord Architecture, Kathy is an established and successful Principal/Manager who closely works with the owner to achieve successful projects.
She also insures the quality of the projects by working closely with the design team, the approving agencies, CDE, APSC, and DSA, as well as the consultants and contractors. She has a proven track record with understanding the balance required to complete successful projects that addresses the owner's needs, design, code implications, energy usage, and construction.
She has been on many teams that have included the contractor and their team from the very beginning of a project. Her LEED accreditation has formalized the work she has been practicing since 1973, which is to advocate sustainable design elements that are cost effective and fit with the owner's current desires and long-term maintenance requirement.
She also insures the quality of the projects by working closely with the design team, the approving agencies, CDE, APSC, and DSA, as well as the consultants and contractors. She has a proven track record with understanding the balance required to complete successful projects that addresses the owner's needs, design, code implications, energy usage, and construction.
She has been on many teams that have included the contractor and their team from the very beginning of a project. Her LEED accreditation has formalized the work she has been practicing since 1973, which is to advocate sustainable design elements that are cost effective and fit with the owner's current desires and long-term maintenance requirement.
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The Sharp Hospital in Coronado requested a modernization a modernization of their 1970's cafeteria along with a conversion of a small outdoor terrace into a healing garden for people to enjoy a quiet meal or provide a space where individuals or families can decompress from the stress of visiting someone in the hospital.
The Good Shepherd School has earned a reputation as a quality private school in San Diego's community of Mira mesa for over a generation. The new gymnasium and classroom building provides modern administrative offices, eight new classrooms, extended care, and preschool facilities. A natural turf soccer field is located next to the gym.
The new Student Services Building is the focal point for the College's Community Learning Center which is a satellite campus for Mira Costa Community College. It was designed to welcome students of all ages and backgrounds. CLL provides classes that are transitions to fully accredited courses offered at Mira Costa's other campuses.
First built in 1938, Central School is the oldest school in the Escondido Union School District. The Kindergarten and preschool were overcrowded and obsolete plus the infrastructure throughout the campus was in poor shape. The District and LAi teamed up to replace and enlarge the Kindergarten and Preschool plus provide a new utility infrastructure to support them.
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