Angela Brooks, Lawrence Scarpa and Jeffrey Huber in the Hawthorne, CA office. Image courtesy of Brooks Scarpa Huber
Brooks + Scarpa has changed its name to Brooks Scarpa Huber with immediate effect, adding longtime partner Jeffrey Huber to the firm’s title. The Los Angeles-based firm made the change to recognize Huber’s leadership role and to reflect the firm’s expanded operations across the West Coast and South Florida.
Brooks Scarpa Huber branding. Image courtesy of Brooks Scarpa Huber
Founded in 1991, the firm has built a portfolio with the ethos of integrating architecture, landscape architecture, planning, and design research in the name of enhancing the human experience through innovation and sustainability. Last year, the firm was among the winners at the 2025 AIA Architecture Awards, while in 2024, the firm was honored at the AIA|LA Design Awards and named among the 200 top residential architecture firms by Forbes.
Following the rebrand, the practice is now led by Angela Brooks, Lawrence Scarpa, and Jeffrey Huber, all Fellows of the AIA. Huber, who is also a Fellow of the ASLA, joined the firm in 2015. Since then, Huber has served as a principal overseeing planning, urban design, and landscape-oriented projects, as well as managing the firm’s South Florida studios.
Rose Apartments by Brooks + Scarpa, now Brooks Scarpa Huber. Image courtesy of Brooks Scarpa Huber
“I always have hope [for a more] just and equitable society, as well as an ecological or resilient future,” Huber said about the future of the firm in an interview with Tibby Rothman. “What I love about architecture is: I can have an impact on the communities, the society that I’m in that will last far beyond my lifetime.”
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“Urban planning is one of those ways where we can update cities,” Angela Brooks added. “What are cities going to look like in 50 years? I don’t think the planners can do it on their own; the public can’t do it on their own, and politicians certainly are not going to be able to do it. It’s going to take architects and urban designers to help people bring cities into the next century. Our value as a firm is beyond the building.”
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