Interior design and construction under one roof. No gap between the vision and the build. One firm handles architecture coordination, material specification, procurement, and construction oversight from concept through final installation.
Design-build means the design and the construction are planned as one job instead of two. In my practice that works like this. I design the house and produce the construction documents, the millwork drawings, and the specifications. A licensed general contractor builds to those drawings, and I coordinate the architect, the engineer, and the contractor through construction so what gets built is what was drawn. One set of drawings, one creative direction, one person accountable for the design from the first sketch to the last install.
It depends on the house. Structural changes, hillside or design-review conditions, custom millwork, and stone selected at the slab are what move the number, and every project carries a different mix of them. I scope each project individually and set out the design investment in a written proposal after the first conversation and a site visit. Construction costs are carried by the contractor's contract, and I help you read and compare those bids.
Sequence. In the traditional order the architect finishes, then the contractor bids, then a designer is brought in to work around what is already decided. Each handoff loses something. When I am in from the start, structure, millwork, lighting, and materials are resolved together, so there are fewer change orders and the finished house matches the drawings.
A full renovation or new build typically runs 18 to 36 months from first meeting to move-in. Design through approved construction documents takes four to eight months. Permitting runs three to nine months in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, longer with design review or a hillside file. Construction follows. I give you a dated schedule at the start and keep it current.
I design for them from the first drawing and I coordinate the people who hold them. Permit sets, structural engineering, and the city filing are carried by the licensed architect, engineer, and contractor on the project, working from my design documents, and I stay in the room through plan check so the design survives the process.
Yes. The studio is in Beverly Hills and my primary market is Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Brentwood, Pacific Palisades, and Malibu. I also run full projects in New York and Miami, directed from the studio with site visits at the milestones that matter. Other markets are on the Locations page.
No. I am the designer, and I hold the design from concept through installation. Construction is performed by a licensed general contractor working to my drawings and under my coordination. The contractor builds the house. I make sure it is the house I drew.
No, and doing it in that order is the most expensive mistake I see. Hire the designer first. With the design resolved, the contractor bids on a real set of drawings instead of an idea, the bids are comparable, and the price you sign is closer to the price you pay. If you already have a contractor you trust, I will work with them.
Full-home renovations, gut renovations to the studs, new construction interiors from the architecture stage, and single rooms when the scope calls for it: a kitchen, a primary suite, a dressing room. Residential only.