OUR FIRM
Design lives at KTGY. We use storytelling and design to envision and enliven spaces that transform people’s experiences.
FIRM OVERVIEW
Core Values
Our values spring from the firm’s guiding attributes: design, collaboration, care and partnership to become part of who we are.
Shared Vision
We see a world alive with design possibilities. Our mission is to bring innovative design to all people and places.
People
People are our success. We cultivate a team of passionate, curious and talented people to deliver innovative design for those we partner with.
Awards
Visionary design and expert execution earn recognition, and we celebrate the accolades our clients and teams receive for excellent design.
THE FOUNDERS' LEGACY
In 1991, friends and colleagues Hiro Kinoshita, Jim Thomas, John Tully, Gary Gregson, Bob Yamafuji and Frank Yonemori started a small but ambitious firm in southern California, merging the first letters of their last names into the abbreviation: KTGY.
Their dream was to embrace generation-to-generation leadership and create a collaborative environment where new ideas and superior design would flourish.
The founders understood that a highly collaborative culture is essential — one where everyone puts respect first, passionately exchanges ideas, provides meaningful input, and enjoys the chance to learn from each other; reaching personal milestones as one part of something bigger.
Since our founding, KTGY has followed a source of steady growth that comes from great partnerships. By first listening to our clients to discern their needs, our skilled and passionate team members drive new work and firmwide expansion into different specialties.
What started as a California-based residential architecture practice, today is a growing multidisciplinary firm with offices around the country.
Together, we fuse the best of our national reach and local expertise to make a positive impact on people and their communities through groundbreaking design.
JOIN OUR TEAM
People are our strength. Team members join us from different disciplines and backgrounds because they have the drive to make a positive impact through inspired design.
