California · Mountain West

A California practice, at home across the American West.

Montecito is our flagship and the ground that taught us how to design. From there we serve twelve luxury markets — nine across California, plus Paradise Valley, Aspen, and Jackson Hole — out of our Central Coast studio, our Los Angeles satellite, and our NorCal studio in San Francisco. Same principal, same standard, travel disciplined to the work.

Central Coast — Cerro Studio luxury design market
01 · 34°25′N

Central Coast

$5M – $60M+

Our home ground — Montecito to Ojai, oak canopy to vineyard light.

Montecito flagship — in-house
Explore Central Coast
Los Angeles Westside — Cerro Studio luxury design market
02 · 34°03′N

LA Westside

$8M – $100M+

Bel-Air to Malibu, Palisades to Hidden Hills. Rebuilding with patina, not polish.

LA satellite — in-house
Explore LA Westside
Orange County Coast — Cerro Studio luxury design market
03 · 33°37′N

Orange County

$5M – $35M

Newport Coast to Laguna. Mediterranean villa, coastal restraint.

LA satellite — in-house
Explore Orange County
San Diego County — Cerro Studio luxury design market
04 · 32°58′N

San Diego

$4M – $30M

La Jolla, Rancho Santa Fe, Del Mar. Coastal Mediterranean at the southern edge.

LA satellite — in-house
Explore San Diego
SF Peninsula & Bay Area — Cerro Studio luxury design market
05 · 37°28′N

SF Peninsula

$6M – $50M

Atherton to Hillsborough to Pacific Heights. Restraint that carries.

NorCal satellite — in-house
Explore SF Peninsula
Napa & Sonoma Wine Country — Cerro Studio luxury design market
06 · 38°30′N

Wine Country

$5M – $25M

St. Helena to Healdsburg. Vineyard vernacular, tasting room craft.

NorCal satellite — in-house
Explore Wine Country
Desert — Indian Wells to Palm Springs — Cerro Studio luxury design market
07 · 33°43′N

Desert

$3M – $20M

Indian Wells to La Quinta. Spanish colonial, hacienda, desert Mediterranean.

Travel-delivered from nearest studio
Explore Desert
Monterey Peninsula — Cerro Studio luxury design market
08 · 36°33′N

Monterey Peninsula

$5M – $30M

Pebble Beach to Carmel. Coastal oak and stone — our natural adjacency.

Travel-delivered from nearest studio
Explore Monterey Peninsula
North Lake Tahoe — Cerro Studio luxury design market
09 · 39°14′N

North Lake Tahoe

$5M – $18M

Martis Camp to Truckee. Alpine Mediterranean — where our vocabulary bends.

Travel-delivered from nearest studio
Explore North Lake Tahoe
Scottsdale & Paradise Valley — Cerro Studio luxury design market
10 · 33°32′N

Scottsdale / PV

$3M – $25M

Paradise Valley to Silverleaf. Desert Mediterranean, contemporary territorial — our Coachella vocabulary, one state east.

Travel-delivered from nearest studio
Explore Scottsdale / PV
Aspen & the Roaring Fork Valley — Cerro Studio luxury design market
11 · 39°11′N

Aspen

$8M – $60M+

West End to Red Mountain. Alpine restraint — warm trad, not mountain-modern.

Travel-delivered from nearest studio
Explore Aspen
Jackson Hole & Teton Valley — Cerro Studio luxury design market
12 · 43°28′N

Jackson Hole

$8M – $60M+

Shooting Star to Wilson. Agrarian restraint, warm mountain trad — the JLF sensibility made permanent.

Travel-delivered from nearest studio
Explore Jackson Hole
How we deliver

Three studios. One firm.

Flagship

Montecito

Our home studio on Coast Village Road. Principal-led. Serves the Central Coast, Monterey Peninsula, and North Lake Tahoe via travel-based delivery.

Year 1

Los Angeles

LA Westside studio anchoring our rebuild practice in Pacific Palisades and Malibu. Serves Bel-Air, Beverly Hills, Hidden Hills, and Orange County / San Diego via travel.

Year 2 — opening 2027

San Francisco

Dogpatch studio serving the Peninsula, San Francisco proper, and Napa / Sonoma Wine Country. Weekly site cadence once operational.

Start a project in California

A home on the coast, in the hills, by the lake.

We respond to qualified inquiries within five business days. If you're rebuilding after the 2025 fires, our LA studio has a dedicated intake process.