Nerin Kadribegovic’s passion for navigating complex design problems, especially where economy is of paramount importance, captures an eye for beauty and design, notably in social cause, that results in unconventional, award-winning solutions. Obsessed with artfully directing natural light to create nuanced, playful moments, he ushers a spirit of dignity into places, where least expected, through the aesthetic design opportunity.

A third-generation architect who endured displacement as a refugee of the wars in Yugoslavia and Bosnia, Nerin has directly experienced the impact of chaotic social and environmental disruption on people and society. This alert awareness evokes deep empathic connection to critical issues facing metropolitan urban centers around the world; those gripped by environmental or socio-economic crises.

The wartime reality imposed a fragility on life and shelter, that ignited his resolve in dissolving obstacles. Protecting a broken community, Nerin developed the uncanny ability to transform whatever material was at one’s disposal into something of functionality, beauty and meaning. Instilling hope and safety during hardship has become second nature, embedded into his mindset, both in design and leadership for social cause.

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Judith is a Senior Project Manager at KADRE. She is a licensed Architect with 20 years of experience in all project phases of the architectural practice. During her fourteen-year tenure at Frank Gehry’s office, she worked on cultural, residential, and commercial projects ranging in size from 150,000 to 1.2M square feet. Highlights of her career include successfully managing the Facebook Headquarters Masterplan in Menlo Park and designing the façade of the Beekman Tower in New York City.

She brings to the office a sophisticated sense of design, management skills, and a wide range of technical knowledge of the construction process.

As a Senior Project Manager at KADRE, she manages projects, oversees the project delivery, and serves as day-to-day contact for clients, consultants, and other stakeholders.

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Brian has over 20 years of past experience working with Frank Gehry as a senior project architect on a wide range of typologies and scales. Notable projects include serving as the project architect on Frank Gehry’s new personal residence in Santa Monica, the LA Grand and Santa Monica Ocean Avenue residential mixed-use projects, and the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Museum. Brian has been a licensed architect in the state of California since 2008.

Brian endeavors to find an inspiring and unique design approach and solutions specific to each and every project. He believes in balancing design goals with technical development, strategic procurement strategies, and value driven sensibilities. He values a process of iteration and continuous dialogue with clients and users that can communally strengthen the ideas and design goals for every project.

Founder – Ashle Fauvre Architecture Inc

Ashle is a licensed architect in the state of California where she has practiced for over a decade. With a background in contemporary art history and social practice, Ashle is driven by design opportunities that bring phenomenal and impressive experiences of place into everyday life.

Her work has been awarded and published by the AIA, LA Business Council, LA Times, New York Times, Dwell magazine, JA, and others.

Ashle is an exhibiting artist with design collectives including Bitter Party, the Metabolic Studio, the Queer Spa Network, and Movable Parts. She is a 2023 grantee of the LA Contemporary Exhibitions for the project Community Care in Times of Drought with QSN. She is active civically as a member of SPA, a citizen advocacy group promoting therapeutic hygiene services for the unhoused populations of Skid Row.

Prior to joining Kadre Architects, she led project management for a spectrum of residential project types at Lehrer Architects, and a variety of civic project types at Johnson Favaro. She has also contributed to the residential work of Atelier BowWow in Tokyo and the making of participatory urban places with Gehl Architects in Copenhagen. She has studied art and architecture in Mexico extensively.

Ashle received her BA from UC Berkeley and her M.Arch from the University of Washington, where she was awarded a research fellowship to study post-tsunami disaster recovery in the wake of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake.

Alicia Amos is a fifth-generation native Californian who has a passion for designing projects that serve the public realm and promote equity in the built environment. While working for the Los Angeles-based non-profit organization LA Mas, she gained experience developing community projects aimed at supporting low-income neighborhoods.

Alicia has expertise in emergency housing projects and is intimately familiar with the specific codes and state requirements for temporary shelters. She has successfully implemented designs for Magnolia Safe Parking in San Diego County. As an integral member of the Emergency Housing Plan program team, she helped design a range of solutions, including safe parking, sleeping cabins, tiny homes, RV parking, and safe camping.

Alicia holds a BA from UCLA, where she graduated with honors and an M.Arch from Yale School of Architecture.

Throughout her career, Amanda has oscillated between custom interiors and urban planning, shaping her holistic approach to architecture. No design question too small nor too large. This mindset paired with the experience of working on complex projects across continents, often displaying substantial environmental and social sustainability components, has honed Amanda’s skill to implement design strategies that bridge typologies and disciplines.

Having an inherent interest in culture and history, Amanda appreciates and understands a myriad of architectural styles, drawing on them to reimagine existing spaces and create unique design concepts. With one foot in Los Angeles and the other in her native Sweden, Amanda brings additional perspectives on preservation and longevity for our built environment alongside new collaborative technologies to achieve successful projects.

Amanda holds a dual Master of Architecture from Lund University, Sweden and Southern California Institute of Architecture. Prior to joining Kadre Architects, she spent several years in custom residential and hospitality architecture in Los Angeles before setting off for Gothenburg to work for award-winning architecture office Wingårdhs. Amanda has also participated in the Chalmers University of Technology mentorship program and has been a reoccurring jury member for the architecture program at University of Colorado Denver.

Jagger Jiageng Chen is a designer who holds passion for architecture both for academic discourse and social responsibility. Originally from Harbin, China, he brings global view through vernacular origins and believes that great architecture comes from normal solid buildings.  

Jagger has experience in housing, educational, cultural and commercial projects. He holds a broad range of interests from housing development, architectural design, furniture design to art installations.  

Jagger holds a B.Arch degree from Harbin Institute of Technology, exchange degree with UC Berkeley and Tamkang University, and an M.Arch degree from Harvard GSD.  

Andrew Davis is an architectural designer, visual artist, and scholar. All his work is animated by a sense of social practice and engagement. In the museum field, he assisted the curatorial staff of The Clark Art Institute with their major campus expansion. He has provided advisory services to art museums and galleries. He teaches criticism and theory at Woodbury University. He has researched such diverse topics as the water footprint of construction materials, the mini mall as a vernacular type of suburban sprawl, and overlooked architects of Southern California.

As a visual artist, he has exhibited in New York, Los Angeles, Beijing, Miami, Akumal, and North Adams, among other locales. With his partner, Claire Fox, he operated the Avalon Seafood Gallery and Grass Gallery in North Adams, MA. He continues to stage alternative exhibitions of art and experimental music.

Andrew received his BFA from School of Visual Arts in New York, and his M.Arch from Woodbury University in Los Angeles, where he studied under Paulette Singley, FAIA.

Stephanie Young, a native of Queens, New York, is a licensed architect with more than ten years of experience in project delivery. She earned her Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Southern California and has since worked on a diverse range of projects. Her portfolio includes hospitality, master planning, and workplace projects in New York, residential developments in Colorado, and high-end retail and industrial workplace projects in California.

Now with Kadre Architects, Stephanie brings a passion for tackling the unique challenges that come with every phase of the architectural process. Her love for hand-sketching, detailed coordination and the dynamics of collaboration highlights her dedication to the work.

Sonali holds a Masters of Architecture from SCI-Arc and  has been in the architecture and design industry since 2004.

She has worked at several award winning design firms and has had her work published in architecture magazines, books and monographs. Her architectural philosophy acknowledges many other creative fields including art, film and design. She has been a LEED Accredited professional for 20 years and believes sustainability and exceptional design never need to compromise for each other as they are not mutually exclusive.

Jada is a Portland Oregon native, passionate about music, travel, coffee, social justice, and sustainability.  Graduating with an associate degree and a 4.0 from Portland community college, she received focus awards in both Global Studies and Environmental Sustainability. 

For Jada, assisting Nerin and his team comes with a special responsibility, as Kadre’s work lies at the intersection of important humanitarian initiatives and sustainability efforts, which are actively implemented in our own community.  Her refined skills in organization and communication, combined with her work ethic and tenacity for solving problems makes her the perfect candidate to assist Nerin in such a fast-paced role.

In 2019, Jada backpacked for 6 months in Southeast Asia, an experience which further ignited her passion for travel, sustainability, and the importance of environmental leadership and human connection.  This journey remains one of the most influential in informing the framework of her artistic inspirations and core values in life.  Since relocating to LA, Jada has discovered an abundance of opportunities for growth in both her creative and professional career and looks forward to growing further into her role with Kadre Architects.

Jay has deep knowledge, skills and experience in the areas of strategy development, financial analysis, valuations and transaction management.

As such, he plays a critical role as managing partner in Kadre’s development arm, KADRE Group. Working together with Nerin, they successfully developed half a dozen properties  in Southern California and continue to look for investment opportunities.

Jay has a Masters degree from the University of California, Los Angeles and a Bachelors degree in Engineering from the University of Pune. Jay worked with clients in sectors as diverse as high-tech, financial services, government, health care, and media & entertainment. He led clients to realize value through the development of new product and service initiatives, and the alignment of operations to support these initiatives. His work includes the definition of a new diagnostic product for a bio-medical device manufacturer with revenues in excess of $300M, delivery of a $250M vendor realignment strategy for a pharmaceuticals company, and the fair market valuation and TCO estimation of an operational division with a $50M+ asset base for a government entity.

Jay’s skills and experience spanning small businesses and large corporations, strategy and operations, and business environments in the US and India position him uniquely to deliver advice to that enables executives to realize their goals.

With nearly 20 years of project control experience, Jackie has cost estimated a variety of project types, including residential, higher education, government, laboratories, K-12 schools, hospitality, hospitals, and industrial facilities with budgets ranging from less than $1 million to more than $200 million.

She assists Clients in project risk management through early feasibility cost studies, GMP buyout, negotiation change order review, value engineering and construction claims estimating. The intent is to capture, analyze and present data in a readily understandable way allowing the client to respond to any challenge quickly and with complete confidence of having real-time information.

Her primary passion is in real estate investment and development.

Having been with the Kadre team for over a year, Jackie applies her skills to managing all accounts and billing for the Kadre team.  She is also a proud native to El Salvador, and a mother of two children.