Dedicated and Experienced
Kornberg Associates’ multi-national, multi-cultural firm is made up of architects and designers from countries across four continents. Every member of our design team – from the Principals to the Production Staff – is trained in both the specific expertise of laboratory planning and the broader technical, social, and aesthetic concerns of architecture. Our policy is to hire the best, train them well, and allow them to grow. The result is an extremely stable workforce with a dedication to teamwork.
Kornberg Associates’ management team is comprised of four principals with a total of more than 80 years combined experience with the firm.
Kenneth Kornberg, President of Kornberg Associates, founded the firm in 1979 and since that time has overseen more than 600 lab projects, ranging from feasibility studies to new campus designs for universities, federal/state/local governments, private research institutes and pharmaceutical companies worldwide.
As a world-renowned authority on laboratory design, Ken is often called upon to speak about this specialty. Most recently he presented “Designing a Research Campus for the 21st Century” at The Salk Institute as part of the ANFA Interfaces series. And “Green Design for 21st Century Research Facilities” was presented in Japan as part of a symposium on sustainable lab design. (The book Greener Labs, which was co-authored by Mr. Kornberg for a Japanese publisher, was unveiled at this symposium in both Tokyo and Osaka, Japan in April 2010.)
Waldek Kaczmarski joined Kornberg Associates’ design team in 1988. As the firm’s Director of Design, Waldek utilizes two decades of experience to provide design direction on many of our major research projects, and to mentor new employees who are unfamiliar with the project type. Waldek began his architectural studies in Poland at University of Worclaw, and received his BArch degree from University of Detroit.
Mike Mulvey joined Kornberg Associates in 1990 after working for nearly a decade designing projects in London, the Middle East and South Africa. Part of the vanguard of Computer Aided Design, Mike has now become a leader in BIM for architects. Mike is Director of Operations for the Southern California office, with financial and staffing oversight for the San Diego office. Mike received his BArch degree from University of Cape Town and is an active member of both the AIA and RIBA.
Jonathan James joined Kornberg Associates in 1996 and since that time has amassed extensive expertise in the highly technical portions of these increasingly complex facilities. Jon received his MArch from University of Oregon, MFA from University of Iowa, and BA from Cornell University.