KLA is an Intenational Architecture & Design Studio, based in New York, USA and Greece. Formed by Richard Lanka and Yiota Kaplani, with partners worldwide, we provide high quality services and unique design adjusted to your needs.
KLA provides complete project services. • E.U Funding Coordination • Design permit execution • Architectural- Engineering & Design • 3D VISUALIZATION • Mechanical- Electrical- IT & Plumbing design • KNX- smart building technology design & installation • Construction Management
PRINCIPLE - ARCHITECTURE - INTERIOR DESIGN & 3D VISUALIZATION
Yiota Kaplani
Architect & Interior Designer at KLA. - “Master in collective housing” at E.T.S.A.M, Madrid, 2007, and Architectural Diploma, UTH, 2005.. Yiota has cooperated with many architectural firms for the design and construction of large scale projects, such as hospitals, hotels, restaurants and commercial spaces in Europe and USA. She has also worked on public projects such as the construction documents for the redesign of the port of Thessaloniki and the redesign of the Chelsea Car Wash along the High Line in Manhattan. A great variety of residential projects is also included in her portfolio- design and implementation ranging from single family homes to multi-housing buildings.
PRINCIPLE - ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING & URBAN DESIGN
Richard Lanka
Richard an early designer in the Sustainable Architecture & Urban Design movement, created a new major at UCLA in 1993 that incorporated the Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design, Civil & Geological Engineering, Geography, & the school of Planning & Management. Richard’s work has included Civil Engineering Design, Landscape Architecture, Geological Engineering, Architecture, & Green Urbanism. He has worked on public projects ranging from the UCLA Botanical Garden, the Chelsea waterside park & west side highway & the redesign of the Chelsea Car Wash along the High Line in Manhattan, home designs in New York City, the high desert of California, New Mexico, Sweden, Madrid, & Connecticut, & Green community designs in the greater Los Angeles area. Richard has a BA in Environmental Urban Design from UCLA, a Master’s of Architecture from both the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid and the New Jersey School of Architecture.
ARCHITECTURE & CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING
Stella Tsiontsi
Experienced Architect with a demonstrated history of working in high standard architectural projects, focusing on residential,commercial and touristic facilities. Her postgraduate studies include sustainable design (HOU) and architecture and urban culture (UPC). The past few years she is working on implementing BIM knowledge and practice in architectural design.
WISDOM & CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING
Don Menke
Director of the model shop at Michael Graves Architects for 22 years. His work has been shown around the world, including the White House and the Vatican. He has also been an adjunct professor and director of the architectural model shop at the New Jersey Institute of Technology for the last 15 years.