Architecture and planning firm specializing in education, senior living, and student housing
HPI Architecture operates a design-led practice built on Revit, AutoCAD, Bluebeam, and a deep Adobe/Autodesk toolkit—the standard stack for production architecture firms managing large institutional projects. The hiring mix is heavily skewed toward design talent (10 of 13 active roles), with emerging focus on business development, CRM strategy, and visual storytelling (social media, renderings, presentations), suggesting a shift toward client-facing differentiation and portfolio expansion rather than technical capability-building.
HPI Architecture is a privately held architecture and planning firm founded in 1975, based in Newport Beach, CA. The practice serves public and private sector clients across education (K-12, higher education, community colleges), senior living, and student housing. Services span facility programming, master planning, architectural design, and interior design. The firm emphasizes collaborative design, long-term client relationships, and a service-first culture. Active projects include high-density housing initiatives, quality control process improvements, and proposals across the education vertical.
Revit, AutoCAD, SketchUp, Bluebeam, Adobe Creative Cloud suite, 3ds Max, Rhino, Autodesk BIM 360, Navisworks, and visualization tools including Enscape, Twinmotion, and Lumion.
Newport Beach, California. The firm was founded in 1975 and currently operates with 51–200 employees.
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