Résumé

Principal, Kirk Shimazu, Architect, Marina del Rey, CA, 1979-1983.

Partner, The Shimazu Partnership, Marina del Rey, CA, 1983-1995.

Architectural Department Manager, Fluor Corporation, Aliso Viejo, CA, 1995-2003.

Project Manager / Architect, Tetra Design, Los Angeles, CA, 04/2003-2009. Tetra Design was purchased by the IBI Group in 2009.

Project Manager / Architect, IBI Group, Los Angeles, CA, 2009-04/2022.

Associate, IBI Group, Los Angeles, CA, 02/2012-04/2022, He functioned as the IBI Group’s US Civic Subsection Lead during the period

Associate Director, IBI Group, Los Angeles, CA, 05/2018-04/2022.

Principal, ShimazuStudio, Gardena, CA, and Tokyo, Japan, 04/2022- .

Relocation

Kirk Yoshikazu Skimazu was born on 10/04/1949 in Los Angeles, CA.

Shimazu has resided in the Venice and Playa del Rey neighborhoods of Los Angeles, as well as the City of Torrance, CA.

Spouse

He wed Joyce P. Oishi on 07/09/1983 in Orange County, CA. They both were 33 years old at the time. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. California, U.S., Marriage Index, 1960-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007, accessed 05/08/2025.)