FAQ
Are you licensed architects, or a design/build service?
121 Design Build Inc. is a licensed design/build firm in Encino / Los Angeles, providing both architectural design and construction.
Direct answer
Licensed design-build: architecture and construction, one Encino team.
121 Design Build Inc. is a licensed design/build firm, providing both architectural design and construction services, ensuring a smooth transition from concept to completion.
That is the Encino / Los Angeles setup: one team for the drawings and the job site. Architectural design and construction stay together, so you are not handing a set to one company and a crew to another.
This is not legal advice. On-time, on-budget delivery is the aim of that one-team design-build path — not a guarantee, because City of Los Angeles reviews and site conditions still shape the calendar.
Three common setups
Licensed design-build, design-only, or build-only.
Licensed design-build, one team
121 is a licensed design/build firm. Architectural design and construction stay with the same Encino team from concept through completion.
Design-only architecture office
A traditional architecture office produces drawings, then a separate contractor builds. That split can work, but the handoff is where details and questions often bounce between firms.
Construction only, no design lead
A builder without a design lead constructs from someone else’s plans. The job site can move, but design and construction are not owned by the same licensed firm.
Why it matters
Design and construction should stay with one licensed firm.
When design and construction are split, questions on the drawings and on the job site often land with two different companies. When they are one licensed design-build team, those questions stay in the same room.
121 keeps that loop in Encino / Los Angeles: talk through the project, design it, coordinate permits, then build it. The transition from concept to completion is the point of the license and the one-team setup.
How we work
Conversation to build, under one roof.
01
Conversation and brief
We talk through the project and review the lot or existing house so the brief is honest before architectural design starts.
02
Design
The same licensed design-build team develops a design that can be permitted and built, not a set meant for someone else to interpret.
03
Permits
We coordinate drawings and submittals with the City of Los Angeles. Approvals are never guaranteed.
04
Build
The same Encino team that designed the project provides construction, so the job site follows the drawings.
Honest scope
What 121 actually does, and what we do not.
We do
Licensed design and construction under one roof
We take the project from conversation through architectural design, permit coordination, and construction. On-time, on-budget delivery is the aim of that one-team path — not a promise we can make before the City reviews the work.
We do not
A separate architect credential, legal advice, or guaranteed dates
We are a licensed design/build firm, not a design-only studio that hands you a set and walks away. We do not give legal advice. We do not guarantee City of Los Angeles approvals or a calendar date.
Call, or start with the lot.
If you want a licensed Encino / Los Angeles design-build team for both architectural design and construction, start with a conversation or a lot check.