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Founded in 1979, RDC is a full-service, award-winning firm dedicated to making everyday places extraordinary. Headquartered in Long Beach, CA, we are a 160+ team with offices in Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Arkansas and Shanghai.
The Firm
Who We Are
Founded in 1979, RDC is a full-service, award-winning firm dedicated to making everyday places extraordinary. Headquartered in Long Beach, CA, we are a 160+ team with offices in Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Arkansas and Shanghai.

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New Laserfiche Global Headquarters Welcomes Employees with an Iconic Modern Workplace 
The interior architecture by RDC reimagines creative office design at this 100,000-sf tech-forward environment that facilitates both in-office collaboration and a new hybrid working model. The...
RDC Celebrates Horton Plaza Redevelopment on Earth Day
The largest adaptive re-use project in San Diego, Horton Plaza is being transformed into an innovation hub for science, technology, arts, entertainment, and education. A model for the future of city...
Players Café USA Debuts Experiential Convenience Store
RDC designed the prototype for a nationwide rollout of Players Café, an experiential convenience store powered by Lotto USA. The retail space features a cashless lottery, coffee on tap, games, a...
Traditional DTLA Opens with a Color Saturated Experience
The vibrant lobby of Traditional DTLA’s Flagship Cannabis Dispensary transitions customers from the outside and submerges them into a fully saturated color experience. A lobby retail section allows...
LA Food Bank Give Back
RDC Enjoys LA Food Bank Volunteer Saturdays. Our team has spent a few Saturdays volunteering at the LA Food Bank this past year. We’ve all agreed it is a fun and fulfilling opportunity to give back...
RDC wishes all of you a very Happy New Year!
We are thankful for our continued collaborations with our clients and looking forward to a new year of Making Everyday Places Extraordinary!  This New Year art was created by Long Beach artist...
RDC’s Hospitality + Interiors Team Honors WISEplace
We reflect on 2021 with gratitude for our ability to contribute to our communities. A few years ago, RDC’s Hospitality + Interiors work group was awarded the opportunity to create a safe and...
Carina Mills Elected as Vice President of Professional Practice for AIA California
Carina Mills, AIA, RDC’s Talent Director, has been elected as Vice President of Professional Practice for AIA California. She is a graduate of Cal Poly Pomona’s BArch program and began her service...
Peace on Earth
RDC wishes all of you a peaceful holiday season! This art was created by Long Beach artist Lynn Azali. Inspired by urban coastal living, Lynn is an active acrylic painter and illustrator. She is a...
Jenni Kayne Opens SoHo Flagship Home Store
Jenni Kayne, the California lifestyle brand known for minimalist, elevated, and timeless wardrobe staples, in addition to home classics and furniture, opens its flagship Jenni Kayne Home store in...
Equinox Beale Street Honored as Best of the Year
Thank you, Interior Design, for recognizing RDC with the 2021 "Best of Year" Award for Equinox Beale Street for fitness. Interior Design's Best of Year is the design industry's premiere design...
Carlos Hernandez, AIA, Named to AIA South Bay/Long Beach Chapter Board of Directors
Congratulations to Carlos Hernandez, AIA, RDC’s Director of Technical Management, on becoming a member of Board of Directors of the AIA South Bay/Long Beach Chapter. In this role, Carlos will...
Rhone Opens First California Store at Fashion Island
Rhone’s first location outside of the Northeast is now open at Fashion Island in Newport Beach, California. RDC is proud to be part of Rhone’s retail expansion. This new store environment defines...
Erewhon Opens at The Shops at Sportsmen’s Lodge
Erewhon has opened its store and café at in Studio City at the Shops at Sportsmen’s Lodge.  RDC recently completed the complex interiors and as with other Erewhon markets, the design includes...
Equinox Culver City Earns AIA OC Honors
Congratulations to our Equinox Culver City team for the recent recognition of a 2021 AIA Orange County Design Award! The jurors applauded RDC for the Equinox Culver City location that breathes new...
Rivian Opens First Hub in Venice, California
RDC celebrates Rivian’s first Hub – a physical location designed to encourage exchange with the local community and for Rivian fans to gather and connect. Because purchasing a Rivian can be done...
Senior Principal Mitra Esfandiari, AIA, Invited to Guest Lecture at UCLA
Senior Principal Mitra Esfandiari, AIA, was invited to guest lecture at UCLA. She shared stories of her professional life as an architect and of the places that RDC has designed both near and far. ...
RDC’s Art Procurement Places Artists with Client Projects
Today we celebrate artist Ivan Preciado's work (@thewalkingiant) for client FiverPoint on Valencia SoCal's The Porch. Using a black and white stripe pattern, the artist transformed a repurposed...
Marina Beach Retail Center Transformation
Marina Beach Retail Center in Marina Del Rey, CA is an ocean-adjacent renovation for RDC client Gold Coast Shopping Center LLC. The new design features contemporary playful facades, refreshed...
BD+C’s 2021 Giants 400 survey Results revealed
The results of the BD+C’s 2021 Giants 400 survey reveal that RDC-S111 ranks #83 for architecture firms and #13 for retail architecture firms. For the past 45 years, the editors of Building...
Panel Technology Lifts into Place at Horton Plaza
The first of what will be more than 500 panels were lifted into place on the busy construction site at the reimagining of Downtown San Diego’s Horton Plaza. At the corner of 1st Street and G Street...
Sky Deck Named One of Fodor’s Best New Food Halls in the United States
The Sky Deck at Del Mar Highlands is named as one of Fodor's 10 Best New Food Halls across the US! Congratulations to our client and collaborator, Donahue Schriber Realty Group! Inspired by...
RDC San Diego Relocates to Historical Design Center in Hillcrest
RDC, the architectural firm behind the redevelopment of Horton Plaza and the expansion of Del Mar Highlands Town Center, has moved its San Diego headquarters to a historical building in HIllcrest....
Spanish Inspired Sky Deck Completed
A $120 million expansion of the Del Mar Highlands Town Center shopping center in Carmel Valley is wrapping up with the completion of Sky Deck, a 26,700 square foot dining center that will include...
DSRG & RDC Unveil The Sky Deck at Del Mar Highlands Town Center
Innovative, Experiential ‘Culinary Collective’ Concept Gathers Multiple Local Chef-Driven Restaurants in One Expansive Coastal LocaleDEL MAR, Ca. – Full-service architectural design firm RDC is...
RDC Unveils Design of Latest Erewhon Market in Silverlake
RDC Unveils Design of Latest Erewhon Market With Several More Planned Throughout Los Angeles LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Full-service design firm RDC has unveiled its designs for Erewhon, Silver Lake, the...
RDC Announces Interior Design of Skanksa Portland Office
Reuse of Landmark Building Includes COVID-Resilience and Thematic Finishes PORTLAND, Ore. – Full-service design firm RDC has unveiled its interior design for the Portland, Oregon offices of...
RDC Opens San Diego Office Serving Local Design Portfolio
RDC Opens San Diego Office to Serve Growing Local Design Portfolio; Names Sean Slater Principal-in-Charge of the New Office SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Full-service design firm RDC, has opened offices in...
We Believe All Black Lives Matter.
We believe all Black lives matter. We support the right to protest peacefully, leading to an informed and just world. We will do better, starting by listening and learning. We will take action to...
Robert Lisauskas Joins RDC as Design Director
Bob Lisauskas Offers More Than Two Decades of Experience with Noteworthy Master Planning and Mixed-Use Architecture RDC has appointed Robert Lisauskas, AIA, LEED AP, as design director. President...
Jackson Thilenius Named Senior Vice President Hospitality and Interiors
With this Appointment, Thilenius Leads a National Focus on Hospitality Design. RDC, the award-winning architecture, planning, and interiors firm, today announced that Jackson Thilenius, AIA,...
RDC Celebrates Two Years of WELL Certification
By Sustainability Director, Sara Hickman It’s been a busy two years since we achieved our WELL Gold Certification in 2017. The standard has proven to be a useful tool to support healthy outcomes...
Featured Projects
Featured Projects
Horton
San Diego, CA | Mixed Use
Skydeck at Del Mar Highlands
San Diego, CA | Mixed Use
The Artist Tree
West Hollywood, CA | Cannabis
Shenshan Robotics Technology Campus
Greater Bay Area, China | Mixed Use
Equinox
San Francisco | Fitness
RDC Urban Workplace
Long Beach, CA | Workplace
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