Social Studies Projects

Rooted in the California culture of grassroots experimentalism, collectivity, and innovation, our work draws inspiration from historic precedents across multiple disciplines to create detail-driven, original projects for modern inhabitants — in Los Angeles and beyond. As a team of like-minded architects, designers, and strategists, we work through a rigorous, iterative design process to create original residential, commercial, and cultural projects for owners, tenants, friends, investors, organizations, institutions, and brands. Our diverse network of collaborators include brilliant builders, fabricators, curators, filmmakers, photographers, artists, fellow designers, and clients. Many hands touch each of our projects, deliberately. Though our work is grounded in conceptual ideals, we are realists. Therefore, we strive to blend the obsessive energy of a boutique design studio with the practicality and professionalism of a structured outfit. Our favorite projects embody a thoughtful response to each project's context — climate, geography, culture, materiality, and history each play a part. From this foundation, we prioritize warmth, simplicity, craft, and wit in the spaces we create.