Tolkin & Associates
www.tolkinarchitecture.com
Pasadena, CA

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Date founded:
1999

Design staff:
10

Principal:
Peter Tolkin

Education:
University of Santa Cruz, B.A., 1984; California Institute of the Arts, M.F.A,. 1987; Columbia University, M.Arch., 1991

Work history:
Sturm + Wolf Architekten, 1991?92; Br?m & Tolkin Architekten, 1993?95; Tolkin + Byram & Associates, 1997?98

Key completed projects:
Promenade live-work lofts, Long Beach, Calif., 1994; ?Athena?s Crib? (freestanding porch), Los Angeles, 1994; Flag Shop, Whittier, Calif., 1997; Parker Photography Studio, Pasadena, 1999; Saladang Song Restaurant, Pasadena, 2000; Maison 140 boutique hotel remodeling, Beverly Hills, Calif., 2000; Sherman Residence, Encino, Calif., 2001; Quadlab graphic design studio, South Pasadena, 2001; Mainplace Merced commercial block, Merced, Calif., 2001; Pasadena Christian Center, Pasadena, 2001

Key current projects:
Aluminum furniture prototypes; Private residence, Mt. Shasta, Calif.; Congregation Shaarei Torah, Arcadia, Calif.; M-Lofts, Merced; Metlox mixed-use commercial block and town square, Manhattan Beach, Calif.

Other projects:
Co-author with Mabel O. Wilson of ?Catfish and Coltrane,? an essay on African-American artist and blues flutist John Outterbridge, published in Architecture of the Everyday (1997)

Photography © Tolkin & Associates

See the December 2002 issue of Architectural Record for full coverage of this firm.