Abeer Sweis

Architect with SweisKloss in Santa Monica
Ms. Sweis is passionate about all things design. While she also has intimate knowledge of construction and structural engineering, it is her innate ability to look at a potential project and see myriad design possibilities that has helped make her company a success. She knew at a young age that she wanted to become an architect. When she was 10, her family moved from her native Amman, Jordan, to Los Angeles, where she went on to receive her Bachelor of Architecture degree from Woodbury University. While working as a designer at a small architecture firm, she acquired the technical knowledge and business skills to build her own company. In 1998, she started her own design firm, and in 2006 she partnered with her husband Jeff Kloss to create the construction side of the company, fulfilling their design + construct vision. Ms. Sweis strongly believes that architecture and the built environment should have the ability to change how we live/work as well as to be both resilient and sustainable. Since 1995, she has taught at UCLA Extension, Cal Poly Pomona, Pierce College, Woodbury University and other Los Angeles area architecture and design schools. A leader in her community, Ms. Sweis is a distinguished past president of the Kiwanis Club of Santa Monica and an involved parent of two rapidly growing children.