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Architect-led design-build · Los Angeles
Plaster, oak, light — and the time to get it right.
One team carries architecture and construction from first feasibility to final closeout. No handoff between firms. No drift between drawing and detail.
Selected Work
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Concept imagery
Concept imagery
Concept imagery
The Modus way
Where the steel meets the plaster, someone has to be in the room who drew it and who is building it.
Modus is an architect-led design-build practice. The principal is a licensed California architect, and the same studio carries a project from feasibility through to closeout — design and construction under one responsibility.
That continuity is the point. Intent set in the drawings is protected in the field. Budget, schedule and procurement are held by the people who will execute them. The result is a quieter process and a more honest building.
Based in Pasadena, working across greater Los Angeles — the Westside, the hillsides, and the eastside.
What we carry,
end to end.
One team, one accountability — from the first study of what a site will allow to the last detail of a finished room.
01
Custom Homes
Ground-up residences designed and built by one studio, for clients commissioning a home meant to last.
02
Major Renovations
Substantial reworking of existing homes — structure, plan and material — without losing what was worth keeping.
03
Pre-construction
Budgeting, scheduling, procurement and constructability resolved before the first crew arrives.
04
Design Coordination
Holding the architectural intent across consultants, trades and approvals so nothing drifts in translation.
05
Interiors Coordination
Finishes, millwork and fixtures detailed with the same discipline as the shell — inside and out as one.
06
Outdoor Living
Courtyards, terraces and grounds treated as rooms — continuous with the architecture, not appended to it.
07
Fire Rebuilds / Resilience
Rebuilding after loss, and building to withstand it — resilient detailing for Los Angeles conditions.
A method,
not a handoff.
Four stages, one team. The same people who set the intent see it through the field.
Stage 01
Feasibility
Understand the site, the program and what is truly possible — before commitments are made.
Stage 02
Pre-construction
Design resolved against real cost, schedule and procurement, so the build holds no surprises.
Stage 03
Build
Field execution led by the studio that drew it — discipline over drama, detail over noise.
Stage 04
Closeout
Finished, documented and handed over clean — a home that reads exactly as intended.
The studio, Pasadena · Concept imagery
What we hold to
Three commitments that decide every choice — before taste enters the room.
i.
Design literacy
We build to protect the architect's intent. The drawing is a promise; the field keeps it.
ii.
Construction discipline
Budget, schedule, procurement and field execution — handled without drama, start to finish.
iii.
Material honesty
Plaster, oak, stone, steel — durable and true, used as themselves and never as decorative noise.
Begin a project
Tell us about the home you have in mind.
We take on a small number of projects each year so each receives the attention it asks for. If yours is one of them, we would like to hear from you.
Email
studio@modus.build
Telephone
+1 (626) 399-9036
Studio
90 S Roosevelt Ave #110
Pasadena, CA 91107
Pasadena, CA 91107
Instagram
@modus.build