01
Canyon Residence
LocationHollywood Hills, LA
ScopeMajor renovation
Year2025
ReferenceMB·025·CR
Modus Build — Architect-led design-build
Pasadena · Greater Los Angeles
A method
for building
well.
One team carries architecture and construction from feasibility to closeout — no handoff between firms, no loss of intent. Design and building are one problem, solved by one practice.
mo·dus /ˈmoʊdəs/
Latin, n. — method; manner; a measured way
of proceeding. The discipline that
turns a drawing into a built thing.
01 — Selected work
Recent projects across Los Angeles
02
Courtyard House
LocationSilver Lake, LA
ScopeCustom home
Year2025
ReferenceMB·025·CH
03
Westside Remodel
LocationBrentwood, LA
ScopeRenovation
Year2024
ReferenceMB·024·WR
02 — Approach
Design and building are one problem
Most projects lose their best ideas in the gap between the architect and the builder. We close that gap by holding both — drawing and field — in one team.
Modus is led by a licensed California architect. The same practice that designs your project also constructs it: budget, schedule, procurement and field execution all answer to the same drawings, the same intent.
That continuity is the method. Decisions made in feasibility are still legible at closeout. Nothing is translated, re-bid, or quietly value-engineered out of recognition.
- Practice
- Architect-led design-build
- Principal
- Licensed CA architect
- Handoffs
- Zero — one team
- Base
- Pasadena, CA
- Coverage
- Greater Los Angeles
- Span
- Feasibility → closeout
03 — Services
What we carry, end to end
01
Custom Homes
Ground-up residences designed and built by one practice, from site study to keys.
02
Major Renovations
Whole-house and structural work that respects what is worth keeping.
03
Pre-construction
Budgets, schedules and constructability resolved before a wall is framed.
04
Design Coordination
Architecture, engineering and trades held to a single, coherent drawing set.
05
Interiors Coordination
Finishes, millwork and fixtures specified and sequenced with the build.
06
Outdoor Living
Courtyards, terraces and landscape structures, treated as architecture.
07
Fire Rebuilds / Resilience
Rebuilding lost homes with durable, code-current, fire-aware construction.
04 — Process
Four stages, one continuous team
STAGE A
Feasibility
Site, zoning, budget and ambition tested against each other — before commitments are made.
STAGE B
Pre-construction
Drawings, costs, schedule and procurement resolved into one buildable plan.
STAGE C
Build
Field execution to the architect's intent — without drama, surprises or quiet substitutions.
STAGE D
Closeout
Completion, documentation and handover — the project delivered as it was drawn.
05 — Principles
How the studio holds itself
i
Design literacy
We build to protect the architect's intent. Construction decisions are made to serve the design, never to erode it for convenience.
ii
Construction discipline
Budget, schedule, procurement and field execution, handled without drama. The method is quiet competence, repeated.
iii
Material honesty
Durable, appropriate materials, used for what they are. Precision over decoration — every detail considered, nothing performed.
06 — Contact
Now reviewing 2026 commissions
Begin with a
conversation —
studio@modus.build
Studio
Modus Build
90 S Roosevelt Ave #110
Pasadena, CA 91107
Social
Instagram @modus.buildCoverage
Santa Monica · Pacific Palisades · Malibu · Brentwood · Hollywood Hills · Silver Lake · Los Feliz
07 — Modus = Latin, method