A PlantekWest hillside residence in Beverly Crest, Los Angeles, glowing at golden hour above a terraced pool

Design-Build · Southern California

Carefully planned.
Smartly executed.

Design-build for high-end residential, commercial, and hospitality across Southern California. One accountable team, concept to completion.

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The record

One accountable team, every phase of the build.

Experience
70 years of combined design experience across Southern California
Entitlements
Coastal Commission & Mulholland Scenic Corridor approvals, mastered
Lifecycle
Entitlements → Design → Permits → Construction Management, under one roof

The model

One team, from the first drawing to the ribbon-cutting.

PlantekWest was founded on collaboration: with clients, contractors, tradespeople, consultants, and the public agencies that make a project real. From the first concept to the ribbon-cutting, we serve as your representative to contractors, city and state code officials, and every consultant in between. It's your project; we make it happen.

See how we work
A colored architectural site plan for a Valley Lane residence in La Quinta, showing the house, pool, and landscaped grounds inside surveyed setback lines
Site study · Valley Lane, La Quinta
  1. 01

    Feasibility & Entitlements

    We test what a site will really allow, with municipal authorities, engineers, and financial consultants, before you commit to design.

  2. 02

    Design

    Custom architecture and interiors, developed around how you actually live and work.

  3. 03

    Permits & Approvals

    Drawings and submittals shepherded through city and state review, Coastal Commission and Mulholland included.

  4. 04

    Construction Management

    We represent you to contractors and code officials, and build it to the last detail.

Selected work

The built work.

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Twilight view of a hillside residence with retractable glass walls opening to a terrace, pool, and city lights beyond
Hillside ResidenceResidential · Los Angeles
A Mediterranean-style hillside home at dusk with wrought-iron balconies and stone terracing
TorreysonResidential · Los Angeles
A white modern residence in Beverly Crest at golden hour above a terraced pool
Beverly Crest ResidenceResidential · Los Angeles
A faceted aluminum commercial facade against a bright sky
Commercial FacadeCommercial · Southern California
A modern kitchen with a marble island, high-gloss cabinetry, and floor-to-ceiling glass
Kitchen & InteriorsInteriors · Los Angeles

What we do

Four ways we take on a project.

01 ResidentialCustom design · Interiors · Feasibility studies · Budget estimates · Scheduling · Project & construction management · Construction 02 CommercialSite selection · Feasibility · Programming · Budgeting & scheduling · Design · Interiors & furnishings · Project & construction management · Construction consulting 03 Hospitality & RetailDesign · Upgrades & refreshes · Interiors · Furnishings · Vendor & consultant coordination 04 Project & Construction ManagementOwner's representation to contractors, city and state code officials, and every consultant in between

Not sure a project pencils? Our feasibility studies assess the real hurdles, with municipal authorities, engineers, and financial consultants, before you commit to design.

The firm

Principals on every project.

Our team brings 70 years of combined design experience across Southern California: hillside residences, coastal approvals, commercial and hospitality builds. Led by partners who do not hand your project off.

Meet the firm
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Sandra “Sandy” Burga

Partner

Raised in Peru in a family of developers and builders, Sandy pairs an architect's eye with an owner's-representative discipline. She founded LALESA, a nonprofit that designs and builds community projects in Peru.

  • M.Arch, UCLA
  • MBA, Pepperdine
  • Harvard Business School
  • B.Arch, Cal Poly Pomona
  • Founder, LALESA
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Octavio Rezende

Architect

An award-winning architect who began in hospitality design at Hirsch Bedner, Octavio is a hillside-home specialist known for interiors of exacting detail, from residences to displacement yachts.

  • Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
  • Hirsch Bedner alum
  • Roscoe Award, 1981
  • ShowBoats Award, 2002
Good work takes time. Excellent work takes experience and attention to detail.
Octavio RezendeArchitect, PlantekWest

Let's make your project happen.

Same-day Zoom consultations available. Offices in Santa Monica and Fullerton, serving all of Southern California.

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