Senior design leader will also serve as managing partner of firm’s Washington, D.C., practice site
BKV Group, a holistic, multidisciplinary design firm, today announced Alkis Klimathianos, AIA, has joined the firm as senior design leader and managing partner of the firm’s practice site in Washington, D.C. This expansion of the firm’s leadership team allows founder and CEO Jack Boarman, who was previously in the managing partner role for the studio, to devote his full focus to the national and international growth of the BKV Group business while maintaining his board seats with the Washington DC Economic Partnership (WDCEP) and National Housing & Rehabilitation Association (NH&RA) and continuing in his leadership role on the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) Design and Construction Committee.
“Alkis has a rare ability to understand how the combination of different skills sets – in architecture and design, as well as the other disciplines relevant to our work – contribute to the success of a project,” said Boarman. “With him on board in our Washington, D.C., practice site, we are well positioned to expand the scope of our work not only in the mid-Atlantic region, but also the eastern U.S.”
Klimathianos brings nearly 25 years of experience in architecture and design, most recently as director of design operations at Hill West Architects in New York City, where he oversaw all aspects of creative design for the 110-person firm. Prior to that role, he was a senior associate principal at Kohn Pedersen Fox, also in New York City. He held other senior design and architecture roles at FXFOWLE International (now known as FXCollaborative) in New York City and Dubai, and Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects LLC. His architecture and design portfolio includes projects in a variety of sectors including hospitality, multifamily and mixed-use, commercial/office, and urban design and master planning, with most concentrated in the greater New York City area, New Jersey and Boston. His international work spans multiple cities in China, South Korea, Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom.
A lecturer at the Center for Architecture in New York City, Klimathianos received his Bachelor of Architecture from Pratt Institute and his Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Fine Arts (now known as The School of Design of the University of Pennsylvania). He is a member of the New York chapter of the AIA.
“The sense of community and cultivation of leadership are what drew me to BKV Group, as those characteristics align with my leadership philosophy that all team members should be brought into the fold on projects and encouraged to be part of the collective direction,” said Klimathianos. “The collaborative culture and passion for innovation at BKV lay an excellent foundation on which to further develop the creative direction of the Washington, D.C., office. I look forward to bringing a unique urban perspective to the firm having spent much of my career in New York and other gateway cities.”
BKV Group’s Washington, D.C., practice site has been involved in some of the region’s most significant developments, including the nearly 1.2 million-square-foot multifamily development Piazza Alta in Philadelphia, the 2.75-acre mixed-use development Beckert’s Park in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C., the 206-unit luxury multifamily development âme on Meridian Hill Park in Washington, D.C., the 290,000-square-foot mixed-use development The Shay in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, D.C., and the 500-unit multifamily development Brewers Hill in Baltimore. Established in 2010, the Washington, D.C., practice site is now the second largest at BKV, with just under 70 local and satellite professionals within the region.
About BKV Group:
For more than 40 years, BKV Group has designed and delivered community-enhancing, award-winning projects across a multitude of sectors including market-rate multifamily, student living, senior housing, affordable housing, government and federal, education and library, corporate and commercial, hospitality and mixed-use. Throughout BKV’s history, the firm has grown from a sole proprietorship into a diverse partnership with practice sites in Chicago, Dallas, Minneapolis, Washington, D.C., and multiple cities in Vietnam. The firm’s holistic approach encompasses a variety of services including architecture; interior design; landscape architecture; mechanical, electrical, and structural engineering; construction administration; planning and pre-development; and branding. This integrated methodology ensures streamlined communication between disciplines to find the best design solutions under budget and time constraints while removing redundancies in the process and enhancing the design and function of each project. For more information, visit bkvgroup.com.
