The Los Angeles-based firm of Griffin Enright Architects, established in 2000 by Margaret Griffin, FAIA and John Enright, FAIA, fuses interests in innovation and experimentation with a desire to explore cultural complexities relative to the built environment. Their versatile practice includes projects ranging from large-scale commercial and residential commissions to furniture design and gallery installations, at the local and international level. Their work transcends the traditional scope of architectural practice, underscoring connections to the surrounding urban fabric and landscape - allowing urban context, architecture, and landscape to be experienced in new unanticipated ways. Griffin Enright’s practice is augmented by their community involvement and ongoing relationships with educational institutions allowing them to bridge the professional and academic sides of architecture. John serves on the Mayor’s Design Advisory Board and Margaret has served on the LA AIA’s Board of Directors and currently serves on the City of Santa Monica’s Architectural Review Board. In addition to guiding a progressive practice, Margaret and John teach design and technology courses at SCI-Arc (Southern California Institute of Architecture), one of the most innovative architectural schools in the country, where John is currently the Vice Director. The firm is the recipient of over fifty awards for design excellence including the American Architecture Award and the American Architecture Prize. The firm’s work has also been published and exhibited extensively in national and international publications and exhibitions.
