Architecture and planning firm designing mixed-use, multifamily, and civic developments
MVE + Partners is a 51–200 person architecture and planning practice founded in 1974, headquartered in Irvine, CA. The stack is design-native (Revit, SketchUp, Rhino, Enscape, InDesign, Adobe Creative Cloud) with project-management and accounting infrastructure (Deltek Vantage). Current hiring is architect and designer-heavy (18 of 26 open roles), concentrated at senior and lead levels, while active pain points center on scope tracking, labor budgeting, and time/cost monitoring across multifamily, mixed-use, and civic projects—classic signals of project complexity and coordination friction as the firm scales.
Notable leadership hires: Marketing Director, Project Lead
MVE + Partners provides architecture, planning, interior design, and graphic design services to developers, cities, public agencies, and organizations. The practice spans residential, multifamily, mixed-use, commercial, civic, retail, hospitality, institutional, cultural, and transit-oriented developments. With roughly 100 staff across architects, designers, planners, and technical specialists, the firm operates from Irvine, CA and maintains a philosophy of versatile, context-responsive design rather than a branded architectural style. Current project work centers on multifamily and mixed-use coordination, construction documentation, and budget and schedule oversight.
Revit, SketchUp, Rhino, Enscape, and CAD for design and modeling; Deltek Vantage for project and accounting management; Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator) for graphics and presentation.
Irvine, CA. The firm was founded in 1974 and currently operates as a 51–200 person partnership.
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