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Barrio Planners Incorporated (BPI) is a multidisciplinary consulting firm engaged in the practice of architecture, planning, urban design and landscape architecture. Since its founding in 1970, it has evolved as one of the oldest Latino-owned planning and design firms in Southern California. Barrio Planners Inc. originated as one of three non-profit community design centers in the State of California. In 1982 BPI was restructured as a for-profit California Corporation.
In 2006, Barrio Planners Incorporated opened its Honolulu office to prepare for a local presence in Hawaii for the upcoming Honolulu Transit Projects.
To the present day, Barrio Planners has been guided by three important principles. First, BPI believes that projects impact people and their environment and should be planned and integrated within the context of their environment. Second, BPI has a strong belief that those persons most impacted by a project, should have a participatory role in the planning and design of proposed projects. Third, BPI believes that persons of all income levels deserve quality design to improve their neighborhoods and to instill a pride of ownership. Barrio Planners takes great pride in adhering to these principles and providing our clients a quality product on time and within project budgets.
"BPI was formed in an era of social and economic growth in Los Angeles, and through design we have contributed to the prosperity of the greater east side.
Over the course of our 36 years and through the contributions of seven generations of architects, planners, and design professionals,
we seeks to continue this progress...after all these years there is so much more yet to do. "
Frank Villalobos, FAIA
President of Barrio Planners Inc.
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