“Space. That’s what fascinates me as an artist and architect. It’s what I live for.”

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Jeffrey Kalban is a name that anyone with even a passing familiarity with the world of contemporary architecture will recognize as an individual whose talent for structural design has graced numerous locations with aesthetic enhancements that meld form and function into practical fabrications that exude intrigue, beauty, and artistic awareness with delicate finesse.

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He’s built sophisticated campuses for Los Angeles’ most prestigious private schools, designed a building at the famed Getty Center and recently won an American Institute of Architect’s award for a spectacular beachfront home in Malibu.

In terms of space for administrative, academics and related support functions, the University of Southern California was expanding, and needed more room and a better sense of operational efficiency.

As Jeffrey Kalban’s buildings take shape, he uses the analytical mind of an architect, eyes of a painter, hands of a sculptor and the ear of a maestro.

What began as a bland ranch house is reborn as a distinctly modern dwelling. On a crowded stretch of Malibu coast, the new architecture gives owners their most coveted possessions: views and the illusion of privacy.

Congratulations go to Jeffrey M. Kalban and Associates Architecture. Last month, the firm receive a “special” AIA Housing Award for the headquarters of People Assisting The Homeless, a Los Angeles nonprofit providing social services and temporary shelter.

Kalban’s 12,500-square-foot concept building is located on a very small corner site in Century City, California, bordering a quiet residential neighborhood.

When the new Midnight Mission homeless center opened a year ago in the heart of skid row, a flurry of media coverage suggested that the building was, well, just too attractive.

Architect Jeffrey Kalban uses color and form for uplifting ends. To him, it’s his social obligation.

“You’ve seen my paintings right? So you know I like color.”