Jonathan Segal FAIA redefines the role of the traditional architect by exclusively eliminating the client and developing, constructing and designing his own work. He has designed, developed, and constructed National award winning and trend setting single family and medium- to high-density residential, live/work, and mixed-use housing in downtown San Diego and La Jolla, California since 1988.

Throughout his career, Jonathan has been as devoted to the interests of downtown San Diego as he is to the creativity of his architecture.  Staunchly opposed to insensitive development, Jonathan is adamant about preserving historic and important architecture while integrating new development.  This passion for architecture and downtown has not gone unnoticed.  He has received numerous national, state, and local design awards, and several of those underscore that his standout talents have come at an early age: he has won more National American Institute of Architecture (AIA) Housing Awards (6) than any other architect in the Nation, and more State of California AIA Honor Awards for Urban Housing than any San Diego architect; he was named by the San Diego Union Tribune as one of “Four Architects” in the city’s history that have made a difference; in 2003, he was named to the AIA’s College of Fellows, FAIA – the youngest San Diego architect to be named to this prestigious fraternity; Jonathan was honored as Residential Architect Magazine’s 2004 National Rising Star; in 2007 he received Residential Architect’s highest honor for The Union, a mixed-use residential/office development in San Diego, CA; and this year was awarded the 2008 AIA/HUD Secretary’s Housing and Community Design Award for Excellence in Affordable Housing Design for the KLofts.

Jonathan’s interests in thoughtful architecture and development extend beyond his own projects.  He shares his ideas frequently as an AIA speaker and is often invited to speak at universities nationwide. He is also a distinguished visiting lecturer at all local architecture schools.  Most recently, Jonathan has been included as a founding member of the National AIA Congress of Residential Architecture (CORA) and appointed director of the Woodbury Institute of Architecture for the Masters in Architectural development. This past Fall Jonathan presented his first “Architect As Developer” seminar to over seven hundred architects in Los Angeles.

JMAN  DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES

Jman Development Companies have designed and developed over 300 medium to high-density urban residential, mixed use, and live/work units totaling over 300,000 square feet of construction.  Considered one of downtown San Diego’s most successful and pioneering residential architectural/development companies, Jman’s reputation is for providing superior housing at a lower cost than all others.  They focus exclusively on urban projects, ranging from 80 to 160 dwelling units/acre.

For years Jman Company has won National, State of California, and local San Diego AIA Honor Awards for architectural and urban design.  Jman takes pride that each project has been well received by the community.  They have always been the risk taking pioneer, demonstrating leadership, moving out to the development fringe areas and taking on impossible sites.  To date, Jman has developed more individual buildings in downtown than any other entity in the history of San Diego. Recently Jman sold a portion of its portfolio for $45,000,000.