Architecture professor Jobs in Irvine, CA

Join the firm AIA calls "a trailblazer in sustainable, high-performance architecture." Winner of the AIA 2025 Firm Award , we're an integrated collective of designers and researchers united in a mission to eliminate carbon emissions and build a more equitable, livable future.

LPA is seeking a passionate Architecture Intern to join our integrated team of architects, engineers, interior designers, landscape architects and master planners. We are an award-winning multidisciplinary design firm that focuses on collaborative and sustainable design. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with team members across studios on projects that are both local and across California and Texas. Our clients are both public and private and represent nine different market segments so your career can take many different trajectories.

You will join a high-performing, multi-disciplinary design team, and you will impact projects at each stage of design. We offer numerous education and mentoring opportunities including software training, tech talks, and monthly LPA-U courses centered around innovative and sustainable design practices. Join a firm where your voice is heard, creative design ideas are encouraged, and your work is highly regarded.

We're committed to diversity, wellness and work-life balance and it is neatly summarized in our Just label. We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits, including health and dental insurance, retirement and financial, wellness and other work / life plans.

What you will do :

• Participate in the integrated design process with other disciplines at LPA
• Support project teams in tasks and duties pertaining to active projects
• Work within Revit to produce design documentation
• Attend construction meetings and field visits to further understand detailing and coordination
• Creation of award submittals
• Help create client presentations

What we will do :

Architecture Intern Role Requirements :

LPA is an integrated design firm with offices in California and Texas. We specialize in creating innovative, sustainable environments that work better, do more with less and improve people's lives. We provide a vibrant and rewarding work environment-one that values and fosters creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, community engagement and ongoing career development and growth. LPA is also committed to diversity, wellness and work-life balance. LPA offers competitive salaries and generous benefits, including health and dental insurance, retirement and financial, wellness and other work / life plans.

The hourly range for this internship is $21 / hour - $26 / hour and is based on factors such as geographic location, skills, experience and education. We believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as part of any final offer.

NOTICE TO RECRUITMENT AGENCIES AND RECRUITERS :

Please note that LPA does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed contract, LPA will not agree to pay any recruiter fee. In the situation an agency or recruiter submits a candidate or resume without a previously signed agreement and / or without LPA's request, LPA explicitly reserves the right to hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of LPA.