Project 01
Canyon Residence
Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles
Major renovation
2025
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Architect-led design & build · Pasadena, Los Angeles
The hard part, handled well.
Building a home is the largest, most personal project most people ever take on. One team carries yours from first sketch to final walkthrough — architecture and construction under a single roof, so the design you fall in love with is the one you live in.
Selected work
The work is the proof. Every detail considered, every promise kept.
A few recent homes across the hillsides and neighborhoods of Los Angeles — each one designed and built by the same hands.
Project 02
Courtyard House
Silver Lake, Los Angeles
Custom home
2025
Concept imagery
Project 03
Westside Remodel
Brentwood, Los Angeles
Renovation
2024
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Approach
Most of the risk in a project lives in the gap between the architect and the builder. We removed the gap.
Modus is an architect-led design-build practice. The principal is a licensed California architect, and the same team that draws your home is the team that builds it. There is no second firm to coordinate, no design intent lost in translation, no finger-pointing when a question gets hard.
That means a single point of accountability from the first feasibility study to the last item on the punch list. We hold the design, the budget, and the schedule together — because they were never meant to be separate conversations.
We work across Pasadena and greater Los Angeles: the Westside, the hillsides, and the eastside — from Santa Monica and the Palisades to the Hollywood Hills, Silver Lake, and Los Feliz.
What we do
A complete practice, under one roof.
Seven disciplines, one team. Each one carried by the people who will see your project through to the end.
Custom Homes
Ground-up homes designed and built as one continuous idea — from siting to the final finish.
Major Renovations
Reworking what you have into what you need, with the craft a custom home deserves.
Pre-construction
Budgets, schedules, and constructability resolved on paper — before the first wall moves.
Design Coordination
Architecture, structure, and trades aligned so the design survives contact with the field.
Interiors Coordination
Materials, millwork, and fixtures resolved alongside the build — not bolted on at the end.
Outdoor Living
Courtyards, terraces, and landscapes treated as rooms — part of the house, not an afterthought.
Fire Rebuilds & Resilience
Thoughtful, code-current rebuilds for hillside and wildfire-exposed sites across greater LA.
How it goes
Always knowing where it stands.
Four stages, one team, and honest updates the whole way through.
Stage I
Feasibility
We test the idea against the site, the budget, and the rules — so you commit with clear eyes.
Stage II
Pre-construction
Design and cost converge into a buildable, priced plan with no surprises waiting downstream.
Stage III
Build
One team executes the design it drew, managing schedule and quality so you don't have to.
Stage IV
Closeout
We finish what we start — punch list, documents, and a clean handover of the home itself.
What we hold to
Three commitments we don't compromise.
01
Design literacy
We protect the design you fell in love with — down to the detail. Intent isn't lost between drawing and building, because the same people do both.
02
Construction discipline
Budget, schedule, and execution — managed with rigor, so you don't have to carry the weight of keeping a complex project on course.
03
Straight answers
Honest updates and a single point of accountability, always. You'll know where the project stands — including when the news is inconvenient.
Start here
Let's talk about your project.
Whether you're weighing feasibility or ready to break ground, the first conversation is simple: tell us about the home you have in mind, and we'll tell you honestly how we'd approach it.
Email
studio@modus.build
Phone
+1 (626) 399-9036
Studio
90 S Roosevelt Ave #110
Pasadena, CA 91107
Pasadena, CA 91107
Instagram
@modus.build