Services

GKA’s services are delivered in the following phases: 

  • Existing conditions surveys and measured drawings ("as-builts")

  • Concept and schematic design, Zoning Analyses, Master Planning, and Feasibility Studies

  • Design Development, finish, fixtures, and equipment specification

  • Construction documents, Permit drawings, and Building Department interface

  • Bidding Phase services and value-engineering

  • Construction phase administration, progress inspections, shop drawings, and contractor payment certificate review.

  • Building Code Consulting

GKA engages clients, design team, contractors,  and authorities with inventive and disciplined designs, thorough coordination, persistent jurisdictional interface, and harmonious construction administration.

Specialties include:

  • Industrial Buildings: New Construction, Additions, Tenant Improvements

  • Commercial, Office and Retail Buildings: Alterations and Tenant Improvements

  • Apartment Buildings and Cooperative Buildings: New Construction and Major Capital Improvements

  • Municipal Buildings: New Construction, Additions and Alterations

  • Recording and Video Editing Studios: New Construction and Alterations

Architect Licenses

Arizona [43440]

California [30451]

District of Columbia [40000903]

New York [31746]

New Jersey [18736]

Pennsylvania [410529]

Texas [30362]

Washington [21034380]

Certificates

National Council of Architecture Registration Boards [NCARB] [62471] {for license reciprocity throughout the US and UK}

About GKA Architects

Gregory Ian Korn, AIA - Principal & Founder

Gregory Ian Korn was born in New York, NY in 1976. He graduated from Mamaroneck High School in 1994, Cornell University in 1998 [BA], and Washington University, St Louis in 2002 [M Arch]. He began work in the profession in 1992, and obtained architectural licensure in 2005.

Greg’s experience spans a range of project types and sizes across the country, and even internationally. He founded GKA in 2009 with a passion for serving end-user small businesses. He has been a member of the American Institute of Architects since 2005, is NCARB certified, and LEED accredited.