About
A practice built on restraint.
The best houses come from doing less, better. Fewer projects. Shorter palettes. Longer attention.
I. Approach
Developer, client, and editor at once.
Most developments are designed by one party, costed by another, and delivered by a third. We keep those roles in one room.
Nothing is lost between the drawing and the budget. What remains is a short list of houses we know completely.
Courtyard House, Silver Lake, completed 2024
II. Method
From land to handover.
Every project begins with the site. Its light. Its slope. Its long view. We walk the land for months before a line is drawn.
A house is finished when we would live in it ourselves. That is the whole checklist.
III. Process
How a house is made
The Land
We walk a site for months before we commit. Light, slope, and the long view decide everything.
The Drawing
Architecture is developed in-house with a small circle of designers. It is tested against the site, never imposed on it.
The Building
We build what we draw. Our own teams carry the drawings into concrete, steel, and timber.
The Living
A residence is not finished at handover. We stay through the first seasons of living in it.
IV. In Their Words
“From land purchase to handover it felt considered at every step. We would not build with anyone else in Los Angeles.”