Editorial diagram of one Encino house with a single design-build team versus a split architect and contractor handoff

FAQ

What types of projects do you work on?

Residential, commercial, and mixed-use. Home, office, or a larger complex. Encino / Los Angeles design-build.

Direct answer

Residential, commercial, and mixed-use.

We handle a variety of architectural projects, including residential, commercial, and mixed-use developments. Whether you're building a home, office, or a larger complex, we can provide architectural services that suit your needs.

The same Encino / Los Angeles design-build team works across those project types — design, permit coordination, and construction on one path.

Quality is the aim of that path. On-time, on-budget delivery is the aim too — not a guarantee, because City of Los Angeles reviews still shape the calendar. This is not legal advice.

Three common setups

Home, office, or a larger mixed-use complex.

Editorial diagram of one Encino house with a single design-build team versus a split architect and contractor handoff

Residential

A home, addition, or related residential work. 121 designs and can build it with the same Encino team.

Commercial

An office, retail space, or other commercial project. Architecture and design stay with the same design-build team.

Mixed-use

A larger complex that mixes uses. We handle a variety of architectural projects, including mixed-use developments, when they fit the Encino / Los Angeles practice.

Editorial diagram of one Encino house with a single design-build team versus a split architect and contractor handoff

Why it matters

The project type should match one Encino team.

When residential, commercial, and mixed-use work is split across firms, details can drift. When they are one team, the job site follows the drawings.

121 keeps that loop in Encino / Los Angeles: talk through the project type, design it, coordinate permits, then build it.

How we work

Conversation to build, whatever the project type.

Four-step diagram of 121 Design Build's one-team path from conversation and brief through design, permits, and construction

01

Conversation and brief

We talk through the project — home, office, or a larger complex — and review the lot or existing building so the brief is honest before design starts.

02

Design

The same team develops architecture that can be permitted and built for that residential, commercial, or mixed-use type.

03

Permits

We coordinate drawings and submittals with the City of Los Angeles. Approvals are never guaranteed.

04

Build

The same Encino team can construct the project so the job site follows the drawings.

Honest scope

What 121 actually does, and what we do not.

We do

Residential, commercial, and mixed-use architecture

We handle a variety of architectural projects, including residential, commercial, and mixed-use developments. Whether you're building a home, office, or a larger complex, we can provide architectural services that suit your needs. Quality is the aim. On-time, on-budget delivery is the aim too — not a promise before the City reviews the work.

We do not

Every typology, legal advice, or guaranteed dates

We do not claim every building type. 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 have a home, office, or mixed-use project in Encino / Los Angeles, start with a conversation or a lot check.