Christopher Arnold

SmithGroupJJR, based in Detroit, named Christopher Arnold, AIA, LEED green associate, to lead the firm’s health care studio in Los Angeles. Arnold joins the Los Angeles office from the firm’s Washington, D.C., location, where he served as senior project manager and project architect for many of the firm’s award-winning health projects. Arnold will focus on continuing SmithGroupJJR’s Los Angeles office growth throughout Southern California. Over his nearly 20 years of practice, Arnold has produced a significant portfolio of health care architecture. Highlights include rehabilitation and outpatient facilities such as the National Intrepid Center of Excellence in Bethesda, Md., and Holy Cross Germantown Hospital in Germantown, Md. Arnold received a Master of Architecture from the New School of Architecture & Design in San Diego and a Bachelor of Arts in urban planning from the University of California, San Diego.