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The Firm

McFarlane Architects, Inc. is a dynamic architectural, planning, and interior design firm that provides innovative design solutions and superior customer service in order to meet the growth and facility needs of our clients. We specialize in designing corporate offices, research and development, advanced technology, and manufacturing facilities for the public and private sectors, having completed over 12,000,000 SF of projects.


We provide full architectural design, programming, master planning, and interior design services to support our clients at every stage of the real estate process and facility cycle, from initial strategies to implementation and management. Our portfolio includes small tenant improvement projects to fully developed sites of multiple buildings and parking structures. Our experience, capabilities, and R&D industry knowledge have helped us emerge as a leader in the San Diego region. 

Clients

McFarlane Architects, Inc. services a broad cross section of the scientific and technology industries, including some of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the country, private research institutes, “start-ups,” and scientific industry support companies. Although several of our clients are in the same industries, we are very respectful of maintaining client confidentialities. A partial list of our clients includes:

Life Sciences & Advanced Technology

  • Thermo Fisher Scientific
  • La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co.
  • Ferring Research Institute
  • Propulsion Controls Engineering
  • Drug Delivery Experts
  • Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Polaris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Passport Technologies, Inc.
  • Omniome, Inc.
  • PetDx, Inc
  • Alere, Inc.
  • Erasca, Inc.
  • Cue Health, Inc.
  • Neomorph, Inc
  • PrognomIQ, Inc.
  • AnaptysBio, Inc
  • E-Scape, Inc.
  • LabFellows
  • Quidel Corporation
  • Rakuten Medical, Inc.
  • Fate Therapeutics, Inc.
  • Calysta, Inc.
  • aTyr Pharma, Inc.
  • Nucleix, Inc.
  • Genesis Therapeutics
  • Arsenal Bio
  • Telesis Bio
  • Acculab
  • Emergent Diagnostics
  • Sapient Analytics
  • Telesis Bio
  • Pfizer, Inc.
  • Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Heron Therapeutics, Inc.
  • Pionyr Immunotherapeutics, Inc.
  • Precision Diagnostics, Inc.
  • BioNanoGenomics, Inc.
  • Poseida Therapeutics, Inc.
  • Ligandal, Inc.
  • Qualcomm
  • Synthetic Genomics, Inc.
  • Tizona, Inc.
  • Kumquat, Inc.
  • Neuropore, Inc.
  • Halozyme, Inc.
  • Kezar, Inc.
  • Scorpion Therapeutics
  • AveXis, Inc.
  • BioLabs, Inc.
  • Ambrx, Inc.
  • Celgene, Inc.
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Vector Laboratories
  • Kate Therapeutics, Inc.
  • BigHat Biosciences, Inc.
  • Iconovir Bio, Inc.
  • Invivoscribe
  • Actio Biosciences
  • Ambagon Therapeutics, Inc.
  • Velia Therapeutics
  • Turnstone Biologics
  • University of California, San Diego
  • Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Element Biosciences, Inc.
  • TriLink Biotechnologies, Inc.
  • Hamari Chemicals USA, Inc.
  • GenMark Diagnostics, Inc.
  • Novartis Gene Therapies
  • Fluidigm, Inc.
  • RazyeBio, Inc
  • OncoSec Medical, Inc.
  • NanoImaging, Inc.
  • Organovo, Inc.
  • Metacrine, Inc.
  • Biolinq, Inc.
  • Pairwise Plants, LLC
  • United Therapeutics
  • Genalyte, Inc.
  • Aspen Neuro, Inc.
  • Inception Sciences, Inc.
  • Plexium, Inc.
  • Truvian Sciences, Inc.
  • The Every Company
  • ViaCyte, Inc.
  • DTx Pharma
  • Boundless Bio, Inc.
  • Zero Acres
  • Maravai Life Sciences
  • Native Microbials
  • Molecular Assemblies
  • Janux Therapeutics
  • Vividion Therapeutics, Inc.
  • InterVenn Biosciences, Inc.
  • The Scripps Research Institute
  • The Hewlett-Packard Company
  • Amunix Therapeutics, Inc.
  • National Resilience, Inc
  • Mammoth Biosciences, Inc
  • LifeNet Health, Inc.
  • Iconovir, Inc
  • NuVasive, Inc.
  • Arsenal Bio, Inc.
  • Explora Labs, Inc.
  • BioDuro, Inc
  • Mabplex, Inc.
  • Eurofins
  • Astellas US, LLC
  • Dermtech, Inc.
  • Verdezyne, Inc.
  • Otonomy, Inc.
  • Second Genome, Inc.
  • Verge Therapeutics, Inc.
  • Firmenich, Inc.
  • Shoreline Bioscience, Inc.
  • Epigenomics, LLC
  • Pace Analytical
  • QuantumSI
  • Roche
  • Excellos
  • Codex DNA
  • Charles River Laboratories

Developers

  • Phase 3 Real Estate Partners
  • Healthpeak Properties, Inc.
  • Alvarez & Marsal
  • SteelWave, LLC
  • Montana Avenue Capital Partners
  • Cruzan
  • Menlo Equities
  • BCG Holdings, LLC
  • Pacific Life Investments
  • BioMed Realty
  • IQHQ
  • Miller Global Properties, LLC
  • Bioscience Properties, Inc.
  • Ventas
  • MIG Real Estate
  • Shorenstein Properties LLC
  • Pacific Development Partners, LLC
  • Center Capital Partners, LLC
  • Longfellow Real Estate Partners
  • West Coast Capital
  • Parallel Capital Partners
  • Breakthrough Properties
  • Stockdale Capital Partners
  • Buchanan Street Partners
  • Strategic Office Partners
  • Sterling Bay
  • Prince Street Partners
  • Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.
  • JP Morgan
  • Embarcadero Capital Partners
  • Nuveen Real Estate
  • West Tech Properties
  • Harvest Properties, Inc.
  • Regent Properties
  • Oxford Properties Group
  • The RMR Group

Services

McFarlane Architects, Inc. is a full-service architectural design firm that provides architectural, planning, and interior design services in order to translate its client’s innovations into building concepts that bring the latest technologies and discoveries to the marketplace. MA integrates its services to support its clients at every stage of the real estate cycle, from initial strategies to implementation and management. 


McFarlane Architects are experts in lab conversion projects. Over the last 6 years MA has designed the conversion of over 7,000,000 SF of office and industrial buildings into fully functioning life science properties. Conversions have include single warehouses to a twenty-one story high-rise. MA understand the entitlements, the zoning, the structural, MEP and physical aspects that make for a viable life science property.

  • Planning /Site Analysis
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Entitlement Research
  • Interior Design
  • Site Design
  • Construction Administration
  • Test Fits
  • Conceptual Studies
  • Master Planning
  • Space Planning
  • Construction Documents
  • Permit Processing
  • Due Diligence Reports
  • Post Occupancy Evaluations
  • Architectural Programming
  • BOMA Area Calculations
  • Code Review/Analysis
  • Lease/Contract Review
  • Existing Conditions Reports
  • Corporate Standards
  • Architectural Design
  • ADA Accessibility Surveys
  • Bid Documents

Portfolios

Qualifications

While McFarlane Architects, Inc. has designed a wide variety of projects, our practice has focused on building specialized expertise in Corporate Interiors, R&D, manufacturing, advanced technology, and medical device facilities. We have recruited and trained staff, developed the appropriate services, so that we can offer responsive, specialized services to our clients. McFarlane Architects, Inc. understands the complexities of the various levels of Bio-safety, following current Good Lab Practices (cGLP) and current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), of doing construction in occupied buildings, making adjustments to functioning infrastructure, dividing the areas of renovation into multiple construction packages, and identifying long lead items in order to complete projects on time and on budget. Our projects range from small tenant improvements to unique first-of-their-kind facilities. The experience of McFarlane Architects, Inc. includes a wide range of facilities including:

  • Cellular Biology Labs
  • Clinical Labs
  • Animal Research Facilities
  • Analytical Chemistry Labs
  • Microscopy Facilities
  • Manufacturing Facilities
  • Engineering Labs
  • Environmental Rooms
  • Molecular Biology Labs
  • Molecular Diagnostic Labs
  • Electron Microscope Facilities
  • Medicinal Chemistry Labs
  • Robotics Labs
  • Pilot Plants
  • Electronic Labs
  • Animal Behavior Facilities
  • Microbiology Labs
  • Pathology Labs
  • Organic Chemistry Labs
  • Scale-up Labs
  • Hazardous Material Buildings
  • Clean Rooms
  • Tissue Culture Facilities
  • Biochemistry Labs
  • Hematology Labs
  • Peptide Chemistry Labs
  • Quality Control Labs
  • NMR Facilities
  • cGMP Validated Facilities
  • Distribution Facilities