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Danciart Architecture

New
Services:
  • New Building
  • Remodel
  • Restoration/Preservation
Residential Building Type:
  • Single-family home
  • Multi-family residential
  • ADU
Project size:
  • 2000 sq ft or Less
  • 2001 sq ft to 5000 sq ft
  • 5001 sq ft or More

Sustainability Expertise & Credentials

Sustainability Expertise: Yes
Fire Resiliency Experience: Yes
Service Distance: 500 miles
Danciart Architecture is dedicated to the service of the client and the stewardship of the planet. Peter Danciart uses a site-specific design approach, drawing inspiration from the natural and built environment, as well as the client’s vision. Read more…
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Meddock Architects

New
Services:
  • New Building
  • Remodel
  • Restoration/Preservation
Residential Building Type:
  • Single-family home
Project size:
  • 2000 sq ft or Less
  • 2001 sq ft to 5000 sq ft
  • 5001 sq ft or More

Sustainability Expertise & Credentials

Sustainability Expertise: Yes
Sustainability Expertise & Credentials:

Managed design and construction documentation for a LEED Platinum residence in Laguna Beach, CA, under Horst Architects (2013).

Fire Resiliency Experience: Yes
Fire Resiliency Experience Details:

Two decades of experience navigating California’s Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone requirements in Laguna Beach — working closely with Alternative Materials and Methods consultants to design for wildfire resilience.

Meddock Architects | Designing Different With two decades of experience and 14 five-star Google reviews and counting, Chris Meddock designs homes that don’t blend in. His ethos: architecture isn’t just built, it’s felt – a soul, an energy, an experience. Using nature and sunlight as his primary building blocks, then filtering them through modern detailing and warm, tactile materials, Chris Read more…
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o2 Architecture

New
Services:
  • New Building
  • Remodel
  • Restoration/Preservation
Residential Building Type:
  • Single-family home
  • Multi-family residential
  • ADU
Project size:
  • 2000 sq ft or Less
  • 2001 sq ft to 5000 sq ft
  • 5001 sq ft or More

Sustainability Expertise & Credentials

Sustainability Expertise: Yes
Sustainability Expertise & Credentials:

For more than three decades, o2 Architecture has crafted homes in the Coachella Valley that respond to both the beauty and demands of the desert environment. Our approach to sustainability begins with the wisdom of the site itself. Orientation, shade, natural ventilation, material selection, and building systems are carefully integrated to reduce energy demand while enhancing comfort and well-being.

We view sustainability not as an added feature, but as a natural expression of thoughtful design. By responding to climate rather than reacting to it, we create homes that are resilient, efficient, and enduring, places that tread lightly on the land while deepening our connection to it. In doing so, we honor both the desert’s resources and the generations who will follow.

Fire Resiliency Experience: Yes
Service Distance: 120 miles
At o2 Architecture, we believe architecture is at its best when it deepens our connection to place, to one another, and to everyday life. Every project begins by looking beyond the immediate, toward the long horizon of the land, the evolving patterns of light and climate, and the lives that will unfold within. Our work is reflective by intention. Rather Read more…
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Dennis Thompson Architect

New
Services:
  • New Building
  • Remodel
  • Restoration/Preservation
Residential Building Type:
  • Single-family home
  • ADU
Project size:
  • 2000 sq ft or Less
  • 2001 sq ft to 5000 sq ft

Sustainability Expertise & Credentials

Sustainability Expertise: Yes
Sustainability Expertise & Credentials:

I have been one of the leaders in the sustainability movement in Santa Barbara county for over 30 years and have written and lectured extensively on sustainability and green building.

I am a LEED Accredited Professional, and I have designed three LEED-certified projects. I am also a Certified Residential Green Professional of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry.

Fire Resiliency Experience: Yes
Fire Resiliency Experience Details:

I have lived through many wild fires in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, and I have seen the devastation and learned from experiences. I have designed many more fire-resistant replacement houses after those losses.

Service Distance: 100 miles
I have worked in residential design in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties for over 40 years. I now run a lean operation, with myself and two or three architect colleagues. I work on a limited number of projects each year and give each my generous attention. I am a very collaborative designer, and I listen carefully to my clients’ desires. Read more…
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Page & Turnbull

New
Services:
  • Remodel
  • Restoration/Preservation
Residential Building Type:
  • Single-family home
  • Multi-family residential
Project size:
  • 2000 sq ft or Less
  • 2001 sq ft to 5000 sq ft
  • 5001 sq ft or More

Sustainability Expertise & Credentials

Sustainability Expertise: Yes
Sustainability Expertise & Credentials:

LEED Accredited Professional

Fire Resiliency Experience: No
Page & Turnbull imagines change in historic and contemporary environments to cultivate thriving, sustainable, and resilient communities. Our mission is to understand the past and apply the lessons learned to revitalizing historic buildings and places that benefit current and future users. For more than 50 years, P&T has led architecture, preservation, and planning projects for civic, cultural, educational, and mission-focused Read more…
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Baumgardner Architecture

New
Services:
  • New Building
  • Remodel
Residential Building Type:
  • Single-family home
  • ADU
Project size:
  • 2000 sq ft or Less
  • 2001 sq ft to 5000 sq ft
  • 5001 sq ft or More

Sustainability Expertise & Credentials

Sustainability Expertise: Yes
Sustainability Expertise & Credentials:

LEED AP BD+C
Passive House CPHD
CGBP SSU
Net Zero Project experience
ILFI Living Building Challenge experience

Fire Resiliency Experience: Yes
Fire Resiliency Experience Details:

We have worked on multiple wildfire re-build projects that meet and exceed current CA WUI requirements.

Service Distance: 600 miles
Baumgardner Architecture provides thoughtful architectural guidance, planning, design, construction documentation and oversight for residential and commercial projects in Sonoma County, Marin, Napa, the San Francisco Bay Area and Nevada. Read more…
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ITZEN

New
Services:
  • New Building
  • Remodel
  • Restoration/Preservation
Residential Building Type:
  • Single-family home
  • ADU
Project size:
  • 2000 sq ft or Less
  • 2001 sq ft to 5000 sq ft
  • 5001 sq ft or More

Sustainability Expertise & Credentials

Sustainability Expertise: Yes
Fire Resiliency Experience: Yes
Founded by architect, Jana Itzen (in 2011), ITZEN is led by the husband and wife team of William and Jana. Prior to starting ITZEN, both architects spent over 10 years contributing to significant projects at firms local to Southern California and abroad. ITZEN Architects, Inc. is a full service architecture design firm rooted in the heart of Santa Ana, California. Read more…
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Studio DeMaria

New
Services:
  • New Building
  • Remodel
  • Restoration/Preservation
Residential Building Type:
  • Single-family home
  • Multi-family residential
  • ADU
Project size:
  • 2000 sq ft or Less
  • 2001 sq ft to 5000 sq ft
  • 5001 sq ft or More

Sustainability Expertise & Credentials

Sustainability Expertise: Yes
Sustainability Expertise & Credentials:

LEED AP BD+C

Fire Resiliency Experience: Yes
Service Distance: 100 miles
Studio DeMaria is a full-service architecture and consultancy firm based in Carmel, California. Founded by Justin DeMaria, the studio is guided by a philosophy of quiet sophistication and enduring beauty, creating site-responsive spaces that feel timeless and deeply connected to place. Read more…
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Anders Lasater Architects, Inc.

New
Services:
  • New Building
  • Remodel
Residential Building Type:
  • Single-family home
  • Multi-family residential
  • ADU
Project size:
  • 2000 sq ft or Less
  • 2001 sq ft to 5000 sq ft
  • 5001 sq ft or More

Sustainability Expertise & Credentials

Sustainability Expertise: Yes
Sustainability Expertise & Credentials:

For us, sustainability isn’t a checklist of bolt-on technologies; it is a fundamental starting point of our design process. By grounding our work in the mastery of Space, Proportion, Light, and Material, we design custom homes that naturally harmonize with their microclimates. We prioritize passive design strategies—such as utilizing strategic site orientation to maximize natural daylighting, carving out skylights to illuminate the home’s core, capturing coastal breezes for passive cooling, and selecting durable, high-performance materials. Through this holistic approach, we deliver highly customized, energy-efficient spaces built to elevate your life for generations.”

Fire Resiliency Experience: Yes
Fire Resiliency Experience Details:

Much of our residential work is situated within Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones, where natural open spaces and residential architecture meet and weave together. Our designs respond directly to this delicate interface through highly intentional planning, fire-safe material selections, and rigorous technical detailing. While no two properties are alike, we rely on our mastery of Space, Proportion, Light, and Material to ensure your home is as beautifully calibrated to its surroundings as it is resilient to the forces of nature.

Service Distance: 100 miles
Founded in Laguna Beach, Anders Lasater Architects (ALA) crafts exceptional environments tailored for exceptional living. For us, architecture is about partnership; we collaborate closely with our clients to design spaces that reflect their unique essence, rhythms, and life. Though our studio is situated in coastal Orange County, we are licensed in multiple states with a portfolio that spans from coast Read more…
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Owens Design Consultants, Inc.

New
Services:
  • New Building
  • Remodel
  • Restoration/Preservation
Residential Building Type:
  • Single-family home
  • Multi-family residential
  • ADU
Project size:
  • 2000 sq ft or Less
  • 2001 sq ft to 5000 sq ft
  • 5001 sq ft or More

Sustainability Expertise & Credentials

Sustainability Expertise: Yes
Sustainability Expertise & Credentials:

Over 20 years designing renewable energy projects.

Fire Resiliency Experience: No
Service Distance: 1000 miles
We are a small multi-discipline firm. We are Architects, Civil Engineers, Land Surveyors and handle all of our structural, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing designs in house. Literally a one-stop-shop. Read more…