About

Bestor Architecture gives form, shape, and character to BUILDINGS and COMMUNITIES

Bestor Architecture is based in Los Angeles and was founded by Barbara Bestor, FAIA in 1995. Bestor’s Los Angeles-based studio is recognized for the inventive integration of architecture, urbanism, infrastructure and landscape at multiple scales. Bestor Architecture has designed a number of award-winning projects including headquarters for Beats by Dre and Snap, Blackbirds, a new small lot housing development in Echo Park, and a variety of experimental residences and commercial establishments. The varied, creative, and aesthetically progressive body of work expands the territory of architecture into atmospheric urbanism. Recent projects include the Silverlake Conservatory of Music, which creates a vibrant musical haven by inserting an internal urban village within the shell of a classic Hollywood warehouse, Ashes & Diamonds, a new winery and event center in Napa, and headquarters for multiple high tech firms.

STAFF

Barbara Bestor, FAIA, WBE
Principal

Bianca Gavrila
Associate Principal

Danielle Yip, AIA, NCIDQ, Well AP
Associate Principal

Henry Cheung
Senior Associate

Sunny Lam
Senior Associate

Elinor Nissley, Architect
Senior Associate

Kevin Sheppard, Architect
Senior Associate

Courtney Embrey, Architect
Senior Architect

Jennifer Schab, AIA
Senior Architect

Lindsay Sheron, AIA
Senior Architect

Matt Azen
Project Manager

Allyson Campbell, IIDA
Senior Designer

Naomi Szto
Senior Designer

Emily Adler
Designer

Matthias Arauco-Shapiro
Designer

Wells Barber
Designer

Jessica Gardner
Designer

Evan Hursley
Designer

Ashley James
Designer

Victoria Oakes
Designer

Morgan Sumner
Designer

Corie Yaguchi
Designer

Carrie Heckman
Chief Operating Officer

Kate Smithson
Operations Manager

Annie Ferguson
Office Manager

RECOGNITION

Awards

AIA National Design Award for Interior Architecture
AIA California Council Design Awards
AIA/LA Design Awards
AIA/LA Restaurant Design Awards
American Architecture Awards
Docomomo
Fast Company Innovation By Design
LABC Award
Los Angeles Conservancy Awards
Westside Urban Forum Award
Winery Design Award

Publications

Afar
Architect Magazine
Architectural Digest
Architectural Digest AD100
Architectural Record
Artbound on KCET
Azure
C
California Home & Design
California Style, Japan
Casa Brutus
Contract
Cool Hunting
Cultured
Curbed
Departures
Designboom
DesignLA
Design Observer
Dezeen
Domino
Domus
Dwell
Elle Decor Espana
Elle Decor Italia
Fast Company
Frame
Icon
Inc.
KCRW
KPCC
Los Angeles Times
Makers
Martha Stewart Living
Muse
New York Magazine
New York Times
Paper
Purple
Remodelista
Sonos Magazine
The Architect's Newspaper
The Hollywood Reporter
Vogue
WSJ Magazine

Client List

Hospitality

Ashes & Diamonds
Bettina
Beachwood Cafe
BODE: Palm Springs
Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea, 2 locations
Juice Innovation Bar
Lou
Pitfire Pizza

Commercial

A + R
Actors Gang
Beats By Dre HQ
Clare V, Silverlake, Santa Monica and New York
Dangerbird Records HQ
Dust Brothers HQ
ElBo Studios
Good Worldwide HQ
Nasty Gal HQ
Roxy
Silverlake Conservatory of Music
Sleepy Jones
Snap, Inc.
SOWD, LLP
Stussy
Strato Films
S Public Relations
Trina Turk HQ in Los Angeles and New York
Trina Turk, Multiple Locations
Trust Building
Uninterrupted
X-Large

Arts

Albert Frey and Lina Bo Bardi: A Search for Living Architecture
Deborah Sussman Loves Los Angeles
Sci-ARC: Silent Disco
Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles
Paper Magazine
Scandinavian Design and America, 1890-1980
Silverlake Conservatory of Music

Residential

Blackbirds
BODE: Palm Springs
Custom residences