Judit M. Fekete serves as the managing principal of the firm, overseeing its strategic direction and maintaining the firm’s rigorous reputation for quality as President and CEO. Ms. Fekete’s unique background juxtaposes the complexities of large-scale commercial architecture with refined taste and understanding of the arts. After joining forces with Zoltan E. Pali, FAIA in 1990, Ms. Fekete formed SPF:architects in 1995 and collaborated with Pali on the firm’s numerous award-winning architecture projects. As the firm's architect-developer Ms. Fekete started the development company that built SPF:architects’ new mixed-use headquarters in Culver City, California. Her leadership involved the development, arranging financing, obtaining entitlements, managing and oversight of all construction activities. The block-long, mixed use facility houses SPF:a’s architectural offices alongside a full-service art gallery, café, and live-work lofts. Ms. Fekete’s role includes oversight of MODAA (Museum of Design Art and Architecture), which explores the symbiotic relationship between art and modern architecture through seasonal events and artist exhibitions.
 
Ms. Fekete has been particularly instrumental in SPF:a’s technological advancements and other unique service offerings. Her architectural contributions to the firm have led to publication in Architectural Record [the Orlando Virgin Megastore] and GA Magazine [Benjamin Residence, Sharpe Residence, and the Smith-Loring Residence]. She has also played a key role in the firm’s recent design successes such as the 1999 PA Citation Award given by Architecture Magazine for outstanding un-built work on the boards.
 
Ms. Fekete received her training in arts and architecture in Pecs, Hungary [birthplace and hometown of the famed designer and architect, Marcel Breuer]. Her Arts Degree master and mentor, Ferenc Lantos is presently one of Europe’s premier modernist artists and art educators. Upon completing her Arts and Architecture studies in 1981, Ms. Fekete worked for two architectural firms in Hungary, and in 1984, Ms. Fekete opened her own firm where she designed and built the interiors of retail stores and renovated historically significant residences [plantation homes built in the 1800’s].
 
Upon arrival in the United States in 1987, Ms. Fekete worked for several firms where she adapted to the American system of construction, and managed the seismic upgrading of un-reinforced masonry buildings and the planning and design of multi-family housing projects. As an independent project engineer, Ms. Fekete performed work for Morley Construction coordinating with sub-trades on the UCLA Powell Library Seismic Upgrade and Reconstruction and the Calabasas Water Treatment Facility. She also worked for Lomax-Rock Architects, where she participated in the award winning San Francisco Virgin Megastore project, a 30,000 square foot three-level retail store within an existing 1920’s masonry department store. In 1989 Ms. Fekete joined The Randy Washington Group [formerly Vito Cetta and Associates-VCA] in Los Angeles, California, and managed the construction of large-scale multi-family housing and commercial projects.