Architect

Foster + Partners

📍Los Angeles, CA
Posted May 24, 2026

Job Overview

Position

Architect

Company

Foster + Partners

Location

Los Angeles, CA

Work Type

On-site

Job ID

li-4403706884

Job Description

Department:
Architecture

Location:
Los Angeles

Compensation:
$115,000 - $130,000 / year

Description
As an
Architect
at
Foster + Partners
, you will help shape integrated, imaginative and impactful design solutions across a diverse range of projects. You’ll join a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment where technical rigour, creativity and thoughtful design come together to produce work that enhances both the built environment and the experience of those who use it.

This role is ideal if you want to:

  • Develop drawings, models, images and other design documentation that support project delivery.

  • Take ownership of specific areas of design and contribute meaningfully to project development.

  • Work closely with internal and external design teams to coordinate project information.

  • Grow professionally through CPD and continuous learning.

  • Be part of a studio that actively integrates equity, diversity and inclusion into its work.

What you will bring to the team:

  • Confidence in understanding, formulating and presenting design decisions.

  • Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities.

  • Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build positive relationships at all levels.

  • Demonstrated ability to undertake architectural responsibilities to a professional standard.

  • Ability to use varied media to develop and document design work.

  • Desirable: experience with Revit, Enscape, Rhinoceros, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign or MS Office Suite.

  • Legal right to work in the country where the role is based.

What we offer:
We offer a benefits package designed to help you thrive professionally and personally. This includes medical and dental insurance, partially funded by the practice, life assurance, retirement planning support and access to employee assistance programmes providing counselling, wellbeing resources and lifestyle support.

To support you in building a meaningful career, the practice offers opportunities for development through continuous learning and knowledge sharing and insights from experienced colleagues.

If our designs spark your curiosity and you would like to contribute to solving complex challenges with local and global impact, we invite you to join our team. You’ll be challenged and inspired, collaborating on extraordinary projects in an environment designed to cultivate excellence.
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Practice Questions

💡Technical Questions (3)
  • 1.How do you utilize varied media, such as Revit and Rhinoceros, to transition a project from early conceptual design to precise technical documentation?
  • 2.Can you describe your process for formulating and presenting a complex design decision to both internal team members and external stakeholders?
  • 3.In a multidisciplinary studio like Foster + Partners, how do you ensure your architectural documentation and models effectively coordinate with external consultants and internal teams?
🎯Behavioral Questions (3)
  • 1.Tell me about a time when you took ownership of a specific area of a project and drove it forward despite competing priorities.
  • 2.Describe a situation where you had to collaborate closely with a multidisciplinary team to solve a complex design challenge.
  • 3.Give an example of how you have contributed to or advocated for equity, diversity, and inclusion within a project or team environment.
🧩Situational Questions (2)
  • 1.You are presenting a design solution you are confident in, but senior leadership questions its technical rigor and asks for a major revision just days before a deadline. How do you handle this?
  • 2.You discover that a design element you own negatively impacts the user experience of a space, but reversing it would require significant re-coordination with external engineering teams. What is your approach?

Resume Keywords

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Design DevelopmentBIM CoordinationRevitRhinocerosEnscapeMultidisciplinary CollaborationTechnical DocumentationDesign PresentationProject OwnershipContinuous LearningUser ExperienceEquity and Inclusion

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