our studio
KoDA (Kean Office for Design and Architecture) is an award-winning Miami-based firm renowned for its innovative approach to design. Founded by Principal, Wesley Kean, the team of skilled architects and designers specialize in integrating architecture harmoniously with the natural environment while addressing pressing environmental challenges like sea-level rise. Through meticulous analysis and research, we craft uniquely distinctive buildings, landscapes, interiors, and experiences. We deeply engage with the environmental, cultural, and social context of each project site. At KoDA, we prioritize our clients, viewing architecture as a service and inviting them to be active participants in the design process. Our philosophy eschews preconceived notions of style, form, or materiality in favor of a collaborative evolution of ideas.
our process
KoDA’s design process is fundamentally based on discovery. Through study and exploration, the architecture is allowed to perform in response. This could include specific view opportunities, programmatic requirements and environmental conditions of the site, but also historical and cultural context. In this way, there is no aesthetic priority or stylistic agenda in the work. Each project represents its own set of responses to its distinct conditions - yielding unique architecture. We leverage the creativity and experience of the studio to generate bespoke design concepts, guiding our clients through an enjoyable process and continuing to advocate for the design on their behalf.
