California-based Carrier Johnson + CULTURE is an international architecture, interior design, landscape architecture and strategic branding practice creating individualized solutions for clients in the mixed-use development, urban planning and public and private sector markets, with special expertise in transportation, civic centers, higher education, science and technology, hospitality and corporate office projects. Established in 1977, the firm employs 90 design professionals and maintains offices in San Diego, Los Angeles, New York and Seattle.
With 42 years of success designing worldwide, Carrier Johnson + CULTURE’s work is seen everywhere from Los Angeles to Portland; Guangzhou to Virginia. Known for great architecture, Carrier Johnson has an outstanding reputation for design excellence with the ability to bring the “WOW” factor to a project and surrounding community.
As a design-centric architectural, interior design, landscape architecture and strategic branding practice, Carrier Johnson + CULTURE works in partnership with clients to provide innovative building, living, and communications solutions, reflecting the unique three-dimensional brand opportunities for each situation. Our design practice is based on the convergence of architecture, landscape architecture and interior design with the disciplines of branding, positioning, marketing, and graphics. Called “dimensional branding,” this service helps our clients, and their organizations capitalize on their essentials: defining who they are and what makes them successful. Our design teams work in partnership with our clients to help define their cultures and translate them into built space, communicating this message through experiential architecture, spatial relationships and environmental graphics. The result is a totally unique and “branded” user experience that delivers consistent messaging from the inside out.
Carrier Johnson + CULTURE has received 210 awards for design excellence in architectural design, interior design, and sustainable design. Awards include honors for all of the firm’s categories of project types.
Architecture
Please note that all heights shown in italics/red are estimated heights. These have been calculated based on known floor counts for the building, then extrapolated through analyzing typically hundreds of buildings of the same function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard building features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of these estimations.
RANK
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Name
|
Completion
|
Height
|
Floors
|
Function
|
|
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2 | 7th & Market | San Diego | 2023 |
144.2 m / 473 ft |
39 | Hotel / Residential / Office / Retail |
3 | Overture | San Diego | - |
131.6 m / 432 ft |
41 | Residential |
4 | 611 Island Avenue | San Diego | 2025 |
130.5 m / 428 ft |
37 | Residential |
5 | Courthouse Commons | San Diego | 2023 |
129.4 m / 425 ft |
37 | Residential / Office |
6 | First Allied Plaza | San Diego | 2005 |
125.6 m / 412 ft |
23 | Residential / Office |
7 | Ballpark Village | San Diego | 2018 |
122.5 m / 402 ft |
36 | Residential |
8 | The Merian | San Diego | 2020 |
109 m / 358 ft |
35 | Residential / Office |
9 | Block F Makers Quarter | San Diego | - |
107.6 m / 353 ft |
32 | Residential / Office |
10 | Comerica Bank Building | San Diego | 1974 |
103.3 m / 339 ft |
24 | Office |
11 | Wells Fargo Plaza | San Diego | 1984 |
100.9 m / 331 ft |
23 | Office |
Please note that all heights shown in italics/red are estimated heights. These have been calculated based on known floor counts for the building, then extrapolated through analyzing typically hundreds of buildings of the same function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard building features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of these estimations.
RANK
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Name
|
Completion
|
Height
|
Floors
|
Function
|
|
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1 | One Broadway Plaza | Santa Ana | - |
150.3 m / 493 ft |
37 | Residential / Office |
2 | 7th & Market | San Diego | 2023 |
144.2 m / 473 ft |
39 | Hotel / Residential / Office / Retail |
3 | Overture | San Diego | - |
131.6 m / 432 ft |
41 | Residential |
4 | 611 Island Avenue | San Diego | 2025 |
130.5 m / 428 ft |
37 | Residential |
5 | Courthouse Commons | San Diego | 2023 |
129.4 m / 425 ft |
37 | Residential / Office |
6 | First Allied Plaza | San Diego | 2005 |
125.6 m / 412 ft |
23 | Residential / Office |
7 | Ballpark Village | San Diego | 2018 |
122.5 m / 402 ft |
36 | Residential |
8 | The Merian | San Diego | 2020 |
109 m / 358 ft |
35 | Residential / Office |
9 | Block F Makers Quarter | San Diego | - |
107.6 m / 353 ft |
32 | Residential / Office |
10 | Comerica Bank Building | San Diego | 1974 |
103.3 m / 339 ft |
24 | Office |
11 | Wells Fargo Plaza | San Diego | 1984 |
100.9 m / 331 ft |
23 | Office |
12 | Luma | San Diego | 2018 |
m / ft
Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 24 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 8,677 other buildings of the same Residential function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
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24 | Residential |
13 | Treo@Kettner | San Diego | 2003 |
81.1 m / 266 ft |
26 | Residential |
14 | Shift | San Diego | 2018 |
77.1 m / 253 ft |
21 | Residential |
15 | 7th & A | San Diego | - |
76.3 m / 250 ft |
21 | Residential |
16 | Hanover Little Italy | San Diego | 2021 |
74.2 m / 244 ft |
21 | Residential |
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