qkArchitecture is a small veteran-owned business located in the Historic West End Village of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Formed in 2011 by Quintin Kittle, AIA as a sole-proprietorship, the firm quickly evolved to a professional corporation in 2013. We take pride in providing the personalized services of a small firm to our clients with large firm results - no matter how large or small the project!

With over 25 years of practice with architecture and engineering firms and also within the construction industry, qkArchitecture offers our clients a unique and diverse knowledge based practice and a distinctive perspective to each phase of its project approach.

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BIM Modeling

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Acknowledging the advancements in technology and software, we provide BIM (Buidling Information Model) modeling as part of our base services. We believe that the full collaboration between owner, architect, contractor, and the 3D modeling process is essential to the evolution of our practice and the future of the industry.

Design Development

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Technological advancements in software has radically altered the way architects approach and prepare our work product and as such, qkArchitecture believes that elements of building sciences must be incorporated at the onset of the process. Project decisions that were normally deferred to the later phases, are now being made in the schematic design phase.

Design Services

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The first step in a large project includes comprehensive and contextually intelligent site evaluations, project pro-forma development, programming, and planning along with code review and design visioning.

Construction Administration

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Drawing upon the experience gained while employed as a construction manager and constructor, qkArchitecture offers a thorough understanding of construction matters.

3D Visualization

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3-Dimensional and perspective rendering are available for all our clients. With our 3D modeling services, we also have the capability to produce walk-through and fly-over animations of our designs. Such renderings are a useful tool to space plan and refine a design, while also serving as an effective marketing tool for our clients.

Duane Wells

Apr 07, 2022

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Really put me in a bad spot. Got started on projects and disappeared. Twice. Just left in the middle of 3 projects. I still cant believe it. I would not recommend and would be very wary of using. Thought he was a nice guy. What a shame.

Michael Skirpan

Mar 29, 2022

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Paid for drawings with an estimate of a 2 week turnaround, 2 months later won't return calls or messages- completely MIA. Never use again. We will likely take legal action for fraud.

Alaina Spano

Jun 28, 2021

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Major measuring and simple engineering errors on drawings for our large addition that caused delays and unforeseen construction costs. We had to call them countless times to correct their own errors. We had numerous professionals in the field agree on their mistakes (including a laughing city inspector who couldn't believe some of their drawings and refused to pass our inspection because of them). Got to a point that, despite it being part of their own contract, they stopped answering my calls asking for clarifications/fixes to their errors so the addition could pass city inspection.

Because of their drawings, we are thousands of dollars over budget and many months passed the original timeline. To this day, the project is STILL not finished because they won't pick up the phone to call us back, even though we paid them thousands. Very unprofessional.

Pj Sweet

May 19, 2021

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Critical: Responsiveness Submitted plans for permit, revisions requested in December of 2019. Still has not submitted revisions and will not respond to calls or texts. Terrible experience.

Fred Eckhardt

Sep 12, 2015

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The St. Bernard Prayer Garden' is a place for quiet prayer and reflection even though it is located right on Washington Road. Thanks to Quintin's design, it provides a beautiful setting for prayer.