Design for Your Future
Our Design practice is a collaborative of Architects, Technologists, Engineers and Builders. We offer vertical integration with Westside Build or work with the contractor of your choosing.
We're in this together
Our home is a place of inspiration, respite, comfort and security. It must be beautiful and of the utmost quality, built to withstand the forces of nature with fire defense and resilience, earthquake resistance and water tightness. We take the time to understand how you or your family live and what truly matters to you today. You may want your house built back to the exact spaces you had before, or maybe your situation has evolved and there are some changes you would like to make. We want to overdeliver on the promise of building back better than before. Here’s what you can expect when you take this journey with us:
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First, let’s get to know each other. You will sit down with the Ownership and Design team. We want to get to know you, your story and your goals and design your new homes to be practical and inspiring, applying our pedigree in decades of residential, civic, hospitality and performance space design to your project.
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We will refine every detail of your project to balance form and function to suit your needs. This stage ensures your home is beautiful, practical and built with environmentally responsible materials to achieve your desired aesthetic and integrate all of the programmatic amenities you desire.
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Once we have refined the function and plan for your your space, we will begin the journey into 3-Dimensional visualization and experience. Carefully bringing this journey into form with materiality and volume. You will work along side our design team as we thoughtfully sculpt your project into reality. We will help you feel and experience the project through use of renderings, videos and VR Walkthroughs.
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Throughout the design process, we maintain open transparent communication on schedule progress and any potential challenges that may arise. We also keep a constant line of communication open with the build team as we develop the project and prepare for construction.
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Throughout the building process we conduct constant comprehensive walkthrough punchlist checks to ensure every element meets our exacting standards and your expectations. When your property is ready, our team will be there to give you a full walk-through and training on any of the systems in your home and make ourselves available to answer any questions as they arise. This is the point where we hand over the keys (or codes) to your home that is move-in ready. Our obsession in perfection and organization will be transferred to you via a digital file share. It will contain folders with copies of your home’s relevant documents: your systems, appliances, material specifications, plumbing, paint finishes, flooring specs, lighting specs and digital drawings for future reference. We will also include a maintenance manual so that you know when and how things should be serviced to ensure their longevity.
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After you have some time to settle into your new building our team will contact you to answer any questions you might have compiled about your new property. If there are any issues that need to be fixed or addressed, we will be there with the remedy. We aren’t going anywhere, if you have any modification or remodel needs in the future, we will be here to guide you.
Performance
We are passionate about delivering homes that not only look incredible but also perform flawlessly. By combining cutting-edge building science with craftsmanship we create homes that are more durable, energy-efficient, and most importantly healthy to live in.
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- Advanced Fire Resistance: Our homes have options for using fire-resistant materials, ensuring they withstand even the most challenging conditions. This includes fire-rated framing, non-combustible cladding, and fire-safe insulation.
- Integrated Suppression Systems: We offer state-of-the-art wildfire suppression systems, that are fully integrated into the structure, vs other systems that are applied to the exterior as additions.
- Smart Mitigation Strategies: Thoughtfully designed landscaping and hardscaping help to create defensible space around your home, reducing fire risk.
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- Healthy Living Spaces: We prioritize clean air through advanced filtration systems, including HEPA filters and energy recovery ventilators, ensuring a tight, well-sealed home. A “tight home” creates controlled airflow, maximizing energy efficiency, maintaining consistent temperatures, and preventing unfiltered air from entering. This ensures optimal air circulation while removing allergens, pollutants, and harmful particles.
- Non-Toxic Materials: All materials used in our builds are carefully selected to be low-VOC, creating a safer indoor environment for your family.
- Moisture Management: Optional systems prevent mold and mildew growth, maintaining healthy indoor humidity levels year-round.
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- Energy Efficiency: Our homes are designed to reduce energy consumption, featuring high-performance windows, superior insulation, and energy-efficient HVAC systems.
- Comfortable Living: Advanced thermal envelope designs and zoning systems ensure consistent temperatures and personalized comfort throughout the home.
- Sustainability: From solar integration to water-saving systems, we have options where a home is engineered to minimize environmental impact while maximizing functionality and style.
We just think differently
We elevate custom home building by seamlessly integrating our design practice and construction teams, utilizing advanced offsite pre-construction facilities, and a software centered digital twin approach. This ensures that, even with the challenges ahead, we can deliver your home on time and on budget. Something traditional contractors will struggle to achieve in these demanding circumstances. We have tailored this process to the unique challenges of this disaster and grounded it in decades of local expertise.
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- Streamlined Coordination Start to Finish: From the design stage, we build a full digital twin model of your home, pre-coordinating up front with our construction teams. To deliver unparalleled speed and precision start to finish.
- Efficiency & Cost Savings: By managing the entire process, we optimize timelines and reduce redundancies between what would traditionally be separate companies, providing greater value without sacrificing quality.
- We own all the details: Being vertical integrated and owning the whole process allows us to oversee every detail, maintaining rigorous standards at every stage to deliver homes of unmatched craftsmanship.
- Responsiveness: Our integrated structure means you always know who to call. We can adapt quickly to changes or challenges, ensuring your project stays on track and on budget.
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- Enhanced Planning: By creating a full digital twin model of your home, we ensure every detail is mapped out, right down to the ducts and pipes, aligning all construction phases seamlessly.
- Onsite Error Mitigation: The digital construction model allows us to preemptively identify and address potential challenges ahead of time, eliminating onsite guesswork and confusion.
- Precision Execution: With every element of the design digitally refined and pre-planned, we enable a highly coordinated cost saving supply chain that aligns seamlessly with our offsite pre-construction facilities.
Scale
Scale matters, with $300 million of custom homes currently under construction in Los Angeles we can deliver in ways other contractors cannot. We own our own lumber yard and buy directly from the mills, we have our pre-construction facilities, we have warehouses to securely store procured materials, we have efficient supply chains that are durable and unbeatable due to our scale of procurement. We have the relationships that in the construction community due to our scale that will matter most when resources are scarce.
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Our studio is located @ 1548 16th St. Santa Monica, CA 90404
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Recent Projects
We're proud to help people rebuild the foundation of their lives for healthier, safer, more secure lives.
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