Safdie Rabines Architects

Safdie Rabines Architects is a full-service architecture, interiors, and urban design practice founded in 1993. The firm is based in San Diego's Mission Hills neighborhood and operates as a locally owned business with a team of over 50 professionals. Their work spans the San Diego area and broader California region. The practice emphasizes site-specific, environmentally sustainable design with a collaborative approach across disciplines. Their portfolio covers architecture, interiors, and urban design - sectors that increasingly intersect with digital infrastructure, smart building systems, and the operational technology environments where cybersecurity concerns are non-trivial. For security practitioners: architectural firms at this scale manage sensitive project data, client information, and increasingly networked building systems. The attack surface extends beyond traditional IT into BIM platforms, IoT-adjacent building controls, and the supply chain of subcontractors and design collaborators. Safdie Rabines operates in this space as a mid-size professional services firm navigating the same convergence of physical and digital risk that defines the broader AEC industry.