KBJ Architects

KBJ Architects, Inc.

Company type	Private
Industry	Architecture
Founded	Jacksonville, Florida, United States (1946 (1946))
Founder	William D. Kemp Franklin S. Bunch William K. Jackson
Headquarters	Thomas V. Porter House 510 Julia Street Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Key people	William T. Morris, principal Tom Rensing, principal Craig Kirkwood, principal
Services	Architecture, Interior Design,
Revenue	$157.9 million (2005)
Number of employees	50 (2005)
Website	www.kbj.com

KBJ Architects, Inc. (KBJ) is an American architectural firm based in Jacksonville, Florida. The firm designed 17 of the city's 30 tallest buildings and "created Jacksonville's modern skyline", according to The Florida Times-Union newspaper.^[1] The firm designed the first high-rise in downtown Jacksonville, the 22-story Aetna Building, which opened in 1955.^[2] It took pride in "having the second-largest number of architects of any Florida firm", according to a 1997 article in The Florida Times-Union.^[3]

In addition to works in Jacksonville, KBJ has worked extensively throughout north and central Florida, and to a lesser degree throughout the southeast United States. Clients include international and private corporations, developers, institutions, public authorities, as well as federal, state, and local governments. The firm also developed the design standards for residential developments at the Deerwood Country Club and at Amelia Island Plantation north of Jacksonville. In Orlando, KBJ designed the First National Bank and Hartford Insurance buildings and three of the four airsides at Orlando International Airport; in Gainesville, the Delta Tau Delta fraternity house and Tigert Hall, the University of Florida Administration building; the Quarterdeck Club in Miami and the Occidental Life building in Raleigh.^[4]