John Arnold

Board Member

John Arnold, AIA, is a partner at KFA Architecture in Culver City, where he specializes in multi-family housing of all types, including affordable housing and adaptive reuse. John is a Boston native with family roots in New Hampshire. He received his undergraduate degree in Environmental Design from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and his Masters Degree in Architecture from the University of Washington. He has held long-term positions as the Board Architect on the University Park HPOZ and the Jefferson Park HPOZ, and currently serves on the Board of Abode Communities Housing and AIA Los Angeles. He has lived in a 1906 bungalow in West Adams since 2001. In 2023 he and his husband Curt purchased the neglected Paul R. Williams House in Exposition Park. It is currently under restoration. In his spare time, John likes to make things in the kitchen, take long walks through Los Angeles, and garden with native plants.