Christof Jantzen


Christof Jantzen is an architect based in Los Angeles, California. Throughout his professional career Jantzen has directed and designed various sustainably designed projects. Many have received international recognition for leadership in global green design including the Santa Monica Parking Structure #6, the Genzyme Corporate Headquarters, Mill Street Lofts, Los Angeles and the Harvard Allston Science Complex. Other recognition of Jantzens’s work includes the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Platinum Award, AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Project Award, California Green Leadership Award, Northeast Sustainable Energy Association Award, American Architecture Award… Jantzen was the founding partner of Behnisch Architekten LLP in the United States. He is a professor at the University of Washington International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and Sustainability I-CARES. Jantzen taught design at the Southern California Institute of Architecture, California State Polytechnic University and the University of Southern California. He is the principal and owner of the Venice, California -based architectural practice Studio Jantzen.

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