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About
Context is everything. In cities like Los Angeles, context includes not just existing buildings and neighborhoods, but an emerging sense of urban identity and possibility. Mark Oberholzer’s strength is engaging with the context of client goals, zoning complexity, urban design, stakeholder influences, economic imperatives and design integrity to tease out extraordinary architectural solutions.
Over the last five years, Mark has been at the forefront of KTGY’s expertise in innovative construction techniques – harnessing the design possibilities of modular construction, bearing steel stud systems and heavy timber. Mark sees construction technology as another part of the context of design, bringing a conviction that collaboration, imagination, hard work and a sense of humor are the best tools to reaching the goal of better design.
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Education
Master of Architecture
Rice University,
Houston, TXBachelor of Civil Engineering
Villanova University,
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Registration
Licensed Architect - CA, TX
LEED Accredited Professional
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Affiliations
Urban Land Institute, Member
American Institute of Architects, AIA
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In The News
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Mark Oberholzer – Mass Timber Buildings May Provide a Benefit Beyond Sustainability: Earthquake Resistance
IN THE NEWS - CoStar News - July 17, 2023
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The Essential – This radical proposal totally reimagines Skid Row housing
IN THE NEWS - Fast Company - July 7, 2023
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Hope On Broadway Grand Opening
IN THE NEWS - LA THIS WEEK - March 17, 2023
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Hope on Broadway – Modular affordable housing debuts at 5138 S Broadway
IN THE NEWS - Urbanize LA - March 13, 2023
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Mark Oberholzer – California Relaxes Parking Mandates to Free Up Multifamily Development—But Will Neighbors and Lenders Approve?
IN THE NEWS - Urban Land Magazine - January 3, 2023
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Hope on Alvarado – A Los Angeles Firm Uses Modular Construction to Create Truly Affordable Housing
IN THE NEWS - Metropolis - October 21, 2022
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Mark Oberholzer – HHH Project Draws Cheers
IN THE NEWS - Los Angeles Business Journal - August 1, 2022
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Hope on Alvarado – Piece By Piece, Modular Construction Inching Closer To Mainstream
IN THE NEWS - Bisnow - July 12, 2022
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Mark Oberholzer & Sean Martino – Casework & CLT | Edes Building
IN THE NEWS - Detailed – An original podcast by ARCAT - March 18, 2022
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Hope on Alvarado – Look inside L.A.’s new steel container apartments for the homeless
IN THE NEWS - KTLA - March 14, 2022
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Hotel Industry Adds Thousands of Rooms But Hasn’t Hit Pre-Pandemic Activity
IN THE NEWS - Los Angeles Business Journal - February 14, 2022
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Modular Designs in Affordable Housing
IN THE NEWS - Los Angeles Business Journal - December 20, 2021
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Mark Oberholzer – Tech growth expedites multifamily projects
IN THE NEWS - Yield PRO - August 15, 2021
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Mark Oberholzer – Construction Innovation: Growth in Four Technologies Helping Speed Up Multifamily Projects
IN THE NEWS - UrbanLand - August 3, 2021
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810 Pine Ave. – 78-Unit Assisted Living Facility Planned for Pine Avenue in Long Beach
NEWS - The Registry - June 9, 2021
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810 Pine Ave. – 10-story assisted living facility targets 2022 groundbreaking in Long Beach
IN THE NEWS - Urbanize LA - June 9, 2021
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810 Pine Ave. – 78-Unit Assisted Living Facility Planned for Pine Avenue in Long Beach
NEWS - The Registry - June 9, 2021
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In California, Four Redevelopment Projects are Bringing Affordable Housing, Support for Homeless, and New Life to Derelict Sites
IN THE NEWS - REVITALIZATION - May 21, 2021
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Experts Can’t Agree On If Affordable Housing From Shipping Containers Is Great Or Awful
IN THE NEWS - Bisnow - March 24, 2021
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Hope On – New series of modular housing solutions for homeless moves forward
IN THE NEWS - March 19, 2021
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Mark Oberholzer – The Call of the Great Outdoors
IN THE NEWS - REBusiness Online - February 26, 2021
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Hope on Alvarado – How L.A. built homeless housing in just 4 weeks
IN THE NEWS - Fast Company - February 5, 2021
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Mark Oberholzer – Pandemic Puts Outdoor Amenities, Middle Markets into Multifamily Spotlight
IN THE NEWS - REBusiness Online - January 5, 2021
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The Edes Building – Downtown art gallery proposed on Second Street
IN THE NEWS - Morgan Hill Times - December 14, 2020
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Mark Oberholzer – Confronting COVID-19: Addressing Housing Affordability and Homelessness in Southern California
IN THE NEWS - Urban Land Magazine - October 12, 2020
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The Future of Multifamily Design
IN THE NEWS - NAHBNow - June 3, 2020
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Hope on Alvarado – Case Study House Lessons: Radical Recycled Midcentury Design
IN THE NEWS - Cultural Weekly - January 29, 2020
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Mark Oberholzer – The Electric Surge
IN THE NEWS - Commercial Observer - December 10, 2019
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Hope on Alvarado – Hope for homeless rising one unit at a time
NEWS - Beverly Press - November 13, 2019
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Hope on Alvarado – Revealing modular housing project for the homeless in LA
NEWS - The Construction Specifier - November 6, 2019
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Hope on Alvarado – New Modular Housing Model Tackles Affordable Housing Crisis In Los Angeles
IN THE NEWS - Forbes - October 30, 2019
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Modular housing project closer to reality for LA’s homeless
NEWS - Los Angeles Daily News - October 25, 2019
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Hope on Alvarado – Modular Housing Project Closer to Reality for LA’s Homeless
NEWS - The Homeless Times - October 25, 2019
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Hope on Alvarado – In Los Angeles, a Modular Home Design Evolves
NEWS - Next City - October 15, 2019
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Hope On Proposes Modular Housing Solutions for the Homeless in LA
IN THE NEWS - ArchDaily - October 14, 2019
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Hope on Alvarado – Creating Hope: New Modular Project Aims To House LA’s Chronically Homeless
IN THE NEWS - Bisnow - September 25, 2019
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1150 Wilshire Blvd – No yard? No problem. These homes are making outdoor living climb to new heights | High Rise Balconies
IN THE NEWS - Los Angeles Times - August 17, 2018
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Mark Oberholzer – Roundtable: How is the Southern California CRE development sector dealing with rising construction costs?
IN THE NEWS - SoCal Real Estate - July 11, 2018
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Whoa! Dockside Epiphany May Lead to Affordable Housing Solution!
IN THE NEWS - City Watch LA - November 6, 2017
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Hope on Alvarado – How shipping containers are transforming housing for the homeless
NEWS - Yahoo! - October 16, 2017
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Hope on Alvarado by KTGY Architecture + Planning
IN THE NEWS - A AS Architecture - October 10, 2017
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Hope on Alvarado – Multifamily Industry ‘Ready for Modular’
NEWS - Multifamily Executive - October 6, 2017
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Hope on Alvarado – First Series of Homeless Housing Developments to Utilize Shipping Containers Launches in Los Angeles
NEWS - MultifamilyBiz.com - October 3, 2017
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Hope on Alvarado – Shipping-Container Homeless Housing Design by KTGY Architecture + Planning
NEWS - PRISM - October 2, 2017
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Builder – KTGY Unveils Homeless Housing Development Made of Shipping Containers
NEWS - Builder - September 29, 2017
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Hope on Alvarado – Shipping-Container Homeless Housing Coming to Los Angeles
NEWS - Real Estate Rama - September 29, 2017
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Hope on Alvarado – Handsome shipping container complex will provide housing for homeless
NEWS - Curbed Los Angeles - September 27, 2017
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Press Releases
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KTGY Welcomes New Member to Board of Directors, Appoints Two New Shareholders and Celebrates Recent Promotions
PRESS RELEASES - April 11, 2023
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KTGY Announces Vibrant Assisted Living Community
PRESS RELEASES - May 19, 2021
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KTGY Breaks Ground on Series of Modular Housing Solutions for Homeless Crisis
PRESS RELEASES - March 16, 2021
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Pioneering Modular Housing Unveiled
PRESS RELEASES - September 25, 2019
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Design Fact Sheet: The 1860
PRESS RELEASES - April 24, 2018
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1150 Wilshire: Exuberant, Amenitized Highrise in DTLA’s City West
PRESS RELEASES - February 15, 2018
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Shipping-Container Homeless Housing Coming to Los Angeles
PRESS RELEASES - September 27, 2017
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KTGY Congratulates its Inaugural Class of ELEVATE leadership Graduates
PRESS RELEASES - June 1, 2017
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Speaking Engagements
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Wil Wong, Mark Oberholzer & Aubrey Buracchio – The Strategies of Modular Design
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS - AIAOC Project Delivery Committee - September 19, 2023
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Mark Oberholzer – Best Design Practices & Adaptive Reuse
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS - ULI Los Angeles: Homelessness Summit 3.0: Housing Now! Responding to a State of Emergency - June 8, 2023
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Mark Oberholzer – The How & When: Repositioning at its Finest
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS - Bisnow: Los Angeles Adaptive Reuse & Repositioning - April 11, 2023
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Meet the Practices – KTGY
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS - AIA Los Angeles - November 17, 2022
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Mark Oberholzer – A Net Zero Carbon Mindset
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS - Bisnow: Southern California Prefab & Modular Construction Summit - September 28, 2022
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Mark Oberholzer – Cross Laminated Timber
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS - BISNOW: SoCal Offsite Construction - November 16, 2021
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Mark Oberholzer – New and Recurring Lessons in Affordable Housing
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS - AIA Los Angeles - November 11, 2021
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Mark Oberholzer – Adaptive Innovation in New Construction Types
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS - ULI: Construction Innovation - July 16, 2021
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Mark Oberholzer – Searching for Better
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS - AIA Los Angeles: Design for Dignity - June 25, 2021
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Mark Oberholzer – Harnessing Housing Development Time and Cost through Technology
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS - ULI: Housing Opportunity Conference - March 17, 2021
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Mark Oberholzer & Jessica Candaele – KTGY Concept Massing Explained & Flex Flats
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS - The Brick+Work Podcast - December 7, 2020
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Mark Oberholzer – The Rise of Volumetric Modular
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS - Bisnow Digital Summit: National Off-Site Construction - November 19, 2020
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Mark Oberholzer – Housing Now: Building Shelter Beyond Zoning
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS - ULI Los Angeles: Urban Marketplace - October 1, 2020
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Mark Oberholzer – Shipping Container Buildings
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS - Spaces Podcaasts - August 12, 2020
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Mark Oberholzer – Break-Out Table Facilitator
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS - AIA|LA Design for Dignity: Housing an Inclusive Community - July 19, 2019
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Mark Oberholzer – Implementation: New Production, Delivery & Technology
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS - AIA California Council: Housing Forum - Driving Solutions for Attainability - March 29, 2019
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Mark Oberholzer – Cargo-tecture: A Homeless Solution in MacArthur Park
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS - The Downtown Breakfast Club - March 21, 2019
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Mark Oberholzer – Getting to Scale
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS - AIA Los Angeles - March 7, 2019
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Mark Oberholzer – Stay Ahead of the Pack: Attracting & Retaining Renters
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS - Connect Conferences - June 26, 2018
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Mark Oberholzer – The Evolution of the Unit and the Future of Intelligent Housing: Leveraging Tech and Design for Smarter Living
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS - Bisnow: 2018 LA Multifamily Market Outlook - January 31, 2018
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Selected Projects
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1150 Wilshire
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810 Pine Ave.
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North Schrader Hotel
| Los Angeles, CA -
Hope on Alvarado
| Los Angeles, CA -
Hope on Hyde Park
| Los Angeles, CA -
Hope on Broadway
| Los Angeles, CA -
Morrison Hotel
| Los Angeles, CA -
Artistry Cincy
| Cincinnati, OH -
The 1860
| Hollywood, CA -
Warm Springs
| Fremont, CA
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About
Context is everything. In cities like Los Angeles, context includes not just existing buildings and neighborhoods, but an emerging sense of urban identity and possibility. Mark Oberholzer’s strength is engaging with the context of client goals, zoning complexity, urban design, stakeholder influences, economic imperatives and design integrity to tease out extraordinary architectural solutions.
Over the last five years, Mark has been at the forefront of KTGY’s expertise in innovative construction techniques – harnessing the design possibilities of modular construction, bearing steel stud systems and heavy timber. Mark sees construction technology as another part of the context of design, bringing a conviction that collaboration, imagination, hard work and a sense of humor are the best tools to reaching the goal of better design.
Education
Master of Architecture
Rice University,
Houston, TX
Bachelor of Civil Engineering
Villanova University,
Villanova, PA
Registration
Licensed Architect - CA, TX
LEED Accredited Professional
Affiliations
Urban Land Institute, Member
American Institute of Architects, AIA