When not working, Jesse enjoys exploring the natural beauty of California with his wife Shaun and their two daughters.
Jesse Bornstein, AIA, LEED AP
Jesse Bornstein is the founder and principal architect of Jesse Bornstein Architecture. Establishing his firm in 1992, Jesse has designed and built many noteworthy single and multi-family residential projects throughout California. His experience extends to educational facilities and commercial interiors as well. Working closely with each of his clients from design conception through construction, Jesse shares his creative vision and his more than 30 years of experience in architecture, construction and design.
Jesse holds a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from UC Berkeley and two Masters Degrees, in Architecture and Urban Design, from Harvard University. Over the years, Jesse has learned how to produce the highest quality of work both efficiently and cost effectively. He continues to apply his experience and passion to create singularly beautiful and affordable, lasting and life-affirming environments for each of his clients.
His practice is founded on fully-integrated sustainable design principles, interest in experimentation and innovation, sensitive use of materials, well-considered architectural detailing, exploration of the formal and spatial language of design, and aspiration toward a timeless architecture.
Jesse traces his passion for making things to a childhood immersed in the visual arts and formative summers spent working on construction job sites. His commitment to sensitive integration of architecture with the natural environment is rooted in his love of nature initially sparked by boyhood backpack trips in the Sierras and surfing along the California coast.
In 1980, while a student at UC Berkeley's College of Environmental Design, Jesse began exploring the interface of design esthetics and performance-based computer simulations of active PV solar systems.
With such projects as GreenOn19 Sustainable Townhomes, the first green-built solar powered multi-family project in Santa Monica, Jesse continues to lead the architecture field in fusing modern design and sustainable technologies.
VALUE
WE PRIDE OURSELVES IN PROVIDING EXCEPTIONAL VALUE TO OUR CLIENTS. WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR CLIENTS AND UTILIZING COMPUTER-BASED VISUALIZATION TOOLS, SKETCHES, STUDY MODELS AND MATERIAL SAMPLES TO COMMUNICATE FORMAL CONCEPTS AND BUILDING SYSTEMS, WE MOVE EACH PROJECT FROM CONCEPTION THROUGH CONSTRUCTION IN AS COST-EFFECTIVE AND TIMELY A MANNER AS POSSIBLE WHILE MAINTAINING THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN.
CREATIVE
CREATIVE, KNOWLEDGEABLE AND VERSATILE: BORNARCH IS A VERSATILE AND AWARD WINNING FIRM PROVIDING OUR CLIENTS WITH OUTSTANDING DESIGN AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ON PROJECTS OF VARYING SCALE AND BUDGET. WHILE WE ARE KNOWN PRIMARILY FOR OUR SINGLE- AND MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL WORK, OUR KNOWLEDGE BASE EXTENDS TO NUMEROUS OTHER PROJECT TYPES INCLUDING EDUCATIONAL AND LIBRARY FACILITIES, ADAPTIVE REUSE AND MIXED USE PROJECTS. OUR COMPREHENSIVE SUITE OF ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES IS COMPLEMENTED BY OUR MASTER PLANNING, URBAN DESIGN, LANDSCAPE DESIGN AND PROJECT/CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT CAPABILITIES.
HALLMARKS OF OUR PRACTICE
WE APPLY OUR SKILLS AND AESTHETIC SENSIBILITIES AS WELL AS OUR KNOWLEDGE OF CONSTRUCTION AND REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE TOWARD CREATING BEAUTIFUL, LASTING, AFFORDABLE, LIFE-AFFIRMING ENVIRONMENTS FOR EACH OF OUR CLIENTS. HALLMARKS OF OUR PRACTICE ARE FORMALLY RIGOROUS SITE-SPECIFIC DESIGN, SPATIALLY INTERCONNECTED BUILT AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS, THE INTEGRATION OF BOTH ACTIVE AND PASSIVE SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS, A REFINED PALETTE OF MATERIALS AND CLEAN ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS. OUR ONGOING INTEREST IN EXPERIMENTATION IS TEMPERED BY OUR ASPIRATION TOWARD A TIMELESS ARCHITECTURE, AS WELL AS AN ABIDING RESPECT FOR OUR CLIENT'S BUDGET.
PROJECT TEAM
OUR FIRM IS SMALL BY DESIGN, NIMBLE AND FACILE, VARYING IN SIZE FROM THREE TO EIGHT TEAM MEMBERS, DEPENDING ON PROJECT SCALE AND WORKLOAD. WE ARE TEAM PLAYERS PERFORMING OUR WORK TO THE HIGHEST PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS OF SERVICE. WE WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR CLIENTS, CONSULTANTS AND BUILDING TEAM TO FACILITATE THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PROCESS. OUR DIRECT AND OPEN COMMUNICATION FOSTERS TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN FELLOW TEAM MEMBERS AND CLIENTS ALIKE.
