encinitas design group is an expert team of architects and designers working with innovative clients to create contemporary homes, businesses, and buildings.

We live for the creativity and application of our principles that the best design starts with bold ideas and vision then is built based on the fundamentals of simplicity, constructability, and efficiencies.

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Designing cool buildings from our office in Leucadia…"keeping it funky."
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Our Services

Every project is based on over 35 years of architectural, design-build, construction and development expertise, ensuring that your projects are executed to our precise and very demanding standards.
We provide a complete range of contemporary design, development, and construction related services including:

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Latest Projects

encinitas design group is actively delivering innovative design solutions throughout our town and beyond. Anywhere your architectural needs will take us, we are ready to go.

Our current projects are a mixture of local urban infill locations ranging from mixed used multi-family, office revitalization, ground up and tenant improvements, retail and food service and contemporary single-family residences.

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Puesto Restaurant
Mission Valley, CA – Jan 03, 2024

Puesto Restaurant

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777 2nd Street Mixed-Use
Encinitas, CA – Oct 04, 2022

777 2nd Street Mixed-Use

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820 2nd Street Mixed-Use
Encinitas, CA – Oct 04, 2022

820 2nd Street Mixed-Use

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Marisi La Jolla
La Jolla, CA – Oct 04, 2022

Marisi La Jolla

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BLOC
Leucadia, CA – Aug 04, 2022

BLOC

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The Point Multi-Family Residential
North Park, CA – Aug 01, 2023

The Point Multi-Family Residential

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763 Second Street
Encinitas, CA – Aug 04, 2022

763 Second Street

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Jupiter 101 Redevelopment
Encinitas, CA – Jul 20, 2023

Jupiter 101 Redevelopment

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Ranch & Coast Plastic Surgery
Del Mar, CA – Oct 04, 2022

Ranch & Coast Plastic Surgery

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Nolan Residence
Encinitas, CA – Jan 02, 2024

Nolan Residence

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Leucadia Residence
Leucadia – Jan 17, 2024

Leucadia Residence

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Mammoth Lakes Residence
Mammoth Lakes, CA – Jan 02, 2024

Mammoth Lakes Residence

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Ashley Lake Residence
Flathead Valley, Montana – Jan 02, 2024

Ashley Lake Residence

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Eolus ADU
Leucadia, CA – Jan 17, 2024

Eolus ADU

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Chinquapin Home Expansion
Carlsbad, CA – Oct 04, 2022

Chinquapin Home Expansion

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Pace Innercare
Imperial, CA – Jan 03, 2024

Pace Innercare

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La Jolla Guest House
La Jolla, CA – Oct 04, 2022

La Jolla Guest House

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Gelato 101
Encinitas, CA – Oct 04, 2022

Gelato 101

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The Carlsbad Grand
Carlsbad, CA – Jul 20, 2023

The Carlsbad Grand

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Specs Del Mar
Del Mar, CA – Oct 04, 2022

Specs Del Mar

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19th Street
Phoenix, AZ – Oct 04, 2022

19th Street

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Judy Lane
Cardiff, CA – Oct 04, 2022

Judy Lane

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Passiflora Home Remodel
Encinitas, CA – Oct 04, 2022

Passiflora Home Remodel

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Shatto
Leucadia, CA – Oct 04, 2022

Shatto

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Leucadia Coast Highway Redevelopment
Encinitas, CA – Oct 04, 2022

Leucadia Coast Highway Redevelopment

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Karl Strauss Brewery Gardens
Sorrento Valley, CA – Oct 04, 2022

Karl Strauss Brewery Gardens

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312 Main Street
Fallbrook, CA – Oct 04, 2022

312 Main Street

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Karl Strauss Brewery Restaurant
Los Angeles CA, Anaheim, CA – Jan 03, 2024

Karl Strauss Brewery Restaurant

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Whiskers & Wine
North Park, CA – Jan 30, 2023

Whiskers & Wine

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Dunkin
Camp Pendleton CA, La Jolla CA, San Diego CA, Chula Vista CA – Oct 04, 2022

Dunkin

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Lakeside Equestrian Center
San Diego, CA – Oct 04, 2022

Lakeside Equestrian Center

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San Elijo Camp Store
Cardiff, CA – Oct 04, 2022

San Elijo Camp Store

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Lucha Libre Restaurant
North Park CA – Oct 04, 2022

Lucha Libre Restaurant

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Beauty Beez
North Hollywood, CA – Oct 04, 2022

Beauty Beez

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Blow Pop
San Diego CA – Jul 28, 2022

Blow Pop

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Kidville
Brentwood CA, Chicago IL, Woodlands TX, Rockville MD, Mt Kisco NY – Jul 28, 2022

Kidville

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Encinitas Design Group ADU Prototype
CA – Aug 10, 2022

Encinitas Design Group ADU Prototype

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Oceanside Five
Coronado CA – Aug 10, 2022

Oceanside Five

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Crazy Bowls & Wraps
Mission Valley CA, Carlsbad CA, Encinitas CA, Solana Beach CA – Jul 28, 2022

Crazy Bowls & Wraps

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Rose Street
Palm Springs CA – Jul 28, 2022

Rose Street

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Floyd's 99 Barbershop
Mission Hills CA, Pacific Beach CA – Jul 28, 2022

Floyd's 99 Barbershop

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Contemporary, Responsible, Sustainable Architecture.

encinitas design group is a bold creative team where our clients ideas move and manifest, and where our team of expert architects develop them, in practice and in reality.

Founded by Todd Kuhlman, AIA, Encinitas Design Group delivers innovative, contemporary and sustainable design solutions throughout San Diego, Southern California, the West Coast and beyond.

But at the core of it all, we are architects...
we are encinitas design group.

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Additional Inspiration & Experience

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Cloud Chaser by Optima
insights and experience

Cloud Chaser by Optima

Cloud Chaser is a glass-and-steel structured private residence located in a gated residential community at the foothills of Tonto National Forest in Scottsdale, Arizona. Designed by David C. Hovey, FAIA and built by Optima, Inc in 2002 with Todd Kuhlman, AIA as Director of Architecture and Construction this work forwarded and shaped my principals of clarity and simplicity in architecture.

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Shadow Caster by Optima
insights and experience

Shadow Caster by Optima

Shadow Caster is the first private residence in Scottsdale, Arizona designed by David C. Hovey, FAIA and built by Optima, Inc in 2001 with Todd Kuhlman, AIA. Sitting on a topographically complex site, the home was designed as a bridge spanning a ravine. This work demonstrates the adaptation of our principals to the vast and beautiful Arizona Desert.

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Sterling Ridge by Optima
insights and experience

Sterling Ridge by Optima

Sterling Ridge is a magnificent residence the Sonoran Desert of Scottsdale, Arizona. Designed to mediate between the high desert landscape and the desire to continue the nature and architectural language of Modernism. Designed by David C. Hovey, FAIA and built by Optima, Inc in 2004 with Todd Kuhlman, AIA as Director of Architecture and Construction,

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Optima Camelview Village
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Optima Camelview Village

Camelview Village is a 700-unit mixed use community of 11 buildings in Scottsdale, Arizona. Designed by David C. Hovey, FAIA and built by Optima, Inc in 2010, and a host of talented architects this project contains over 30 acres of landscaping on a 13-acre site. Todd Kuhlman, AIA, selected and placed all planting on-site based on exposure and lighting conditions.

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Optima Biltmore Towers
insights and experience

Optima Biltmore Towers

Biltmore Towers are two 16-story mixed-use towers in Phoenix, Arizona. Designed by David C. Hovey, FAIA and built by Optima, Inc in 2006. This project was our first introduction of our bold, modern multi-family architectural vocabulary to the bright and arid southwest. Todd Kuhlman, AIA relocated to Arizona to establish a new company office in 2001 after beginning with Optima in 1989.

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Warren Scott - Union Tribune
Encintas Design group in the news

Warren Scott - Union Tribune

Architect Warren Scott’s plan for the remodel of this Leucadia home did more than add contemporary, geometric style to the formerly basic 1981 design and reorient rooms to the expansive ocean views.

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Warren Scott - 777 Second Street
encinitas design group in the news

Warren Scott - 777 Second Street

Located on the corner of Second and West G Street, an existing duplex and commercial office building will be demolished to make room for a uniquely modern development that blends nine residential units with 2,400 square feet of commercial space.

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Biophilia in Interior Design
kim nadel, gaia inspired

Biophilia in Interior Design

Biophilic design is an innovative way of designing the places where we live, work and learn. Biomorphism models artistic design elements on naturally occurring patterns or shapes reminiscent of nature and living organisms.

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