About

Peter Himmelstein has more than 30 years of design and construction experience. He worked at several prestigious firms including Robert A.M. Stern Architects, Roman and Williams, the Rockwell Group and, in Los Angeles, Gensler. At Roman and Williams he was Managing Director and led the design of the Viceroy Hotel on 57th Street among other projects. He was Studio Director at the Rockwell Group and worked in collaboration with DS+R on the vast, innovative performance space, The Shed, and the adjacent residential tower, 15 Hudson Yards. He had his own office in New York, Peter Himmelstein Architect, and completed numerous residential and commercial spaces including townhouse renovations, lofts, single-family homes, and office interiors for media and technology companies. At Gensler, he was a Design Director and led several large scale projects including planning and design of multiple new buildings at Sunset Gower Studios for Hudson Pacific Properties, a commercial tower at 401 S. Hewitt in the Arts District for Legendary Developments, and the renovation of the California Market Center (CMC) for Brookfield Properties, as well as the Digital Media Labs for the Los Angeles Public Library. Peter founded THECALIFORNIAOFFICE (TCO) with Jeff Solar in 2020. TCO completed residential and commercial projects including single family homes, multifamily residential buildings and a fitness center at CMC for Adidas.

More recently, Peter has worked on the construction side and has completed commercial and residential projects including new homes and historic renovations.

He graduated with an AB from University of Chicago and attended the GSD at Harvard University and the GSAPP at Columbia University where he received his Masters in Architecture.