modern architect pasadena

Located northeast of Downtown Los Angeles, at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains, Pasadena is known for its mature gardens, tree lined streets, and calm residential rhythm. With a rich architectural heritage, and range of site styles, including flat lots and sloped foothill properties, the city provides a unique backdrop for modern residential design. Our work as a modern architect in Pasadena focuses on luxury homes for indoor outdoor resort style living. Sliding glass walls seamlessly connect interior and exterior spaces, where luxury terraces with pools, fire features, and views invite year around open air living. Light filled lower levels, easier to cool in hot weather, can expand the footprint of a design, providing space for entertainment and wellness options, like home theaters, home gyms, bars, wine cellars, and game rooms, and when paired with open volume interiors above, these anti-basements become light filled, airy extensions of the rest of the house. 

Designing modern homes in Pasadena requires knowledge of planning guidelines, preservation zones, and site conditions, which include an elevated risk of wildfire, due to the local terrain, vegetation, and climate conditions. Foothill properties require grading, drainage consideration, and coordination with geotechnical and structural engineers, while flat-lot neighborhoods call for a maximizing of privacy, natural light, and views. As a Pasadena modern architect, we provide full-service architectural support for the range of sites and conditions found throughout the city, no matter the complexity, and work closely with land use consultants, engineers, and permit expediters familiar with local permitting, to streamline the process. We also have experience designing modern homes that meet the requirements of neighborhood HOAs, and serve private homeowners, and developers alike. Whether located near the Arroyo, in the historic districts, or along the foothills, each Pasadena project is a custom design, tailored to the unique vision and needs of the clients, and is approached with practical expertise, technical know-how, and a modern design sensibility.

See our Pasadena projects below, and to learn more about our modern design philosophy and practice, visit our FAQ page. To see our full portfolio of projects, visit our architecture page, and to discuss your Pasadena project, contact us!