Custom Residential Design
Full-service design for single-family homes through 4-unit residential buildings, including architecture, permitting, contractor bidding, and guidance through construction completion.
Explore what distinguishes leading custom design construction companies, from architectural planning and permit procurement to interiors, cabinetry, and construction guidance. This page highlights the integrated capabilities, design philosophies, technology, and project experience to consider when evaluating a firm for a custom residence, remodel, addition, or thoughtful interior project in Los Angeles or Colorado’s Roaring Fork Valley.

Integrated architectural, interior, permitting, and construction guidance for distinctive residential projects.
Full-service design for single-family homes through 4-unit residential buildings, including architecture, permitting, contractor bidding, and guidance through construction completion.
Design support for custom new homes and multi-unit residences, coordinated with consultants and contractors from initial concepts through project completion.
Residential remodels combining design, permit procurement, construction oversight, and project guidance while emphasizing sustainable practices and timeless aesthetic sensibility.
Thoughtful additions and alterations for homes and residential buildings, supported by coordinated design, permitting, consultant communication, and construction guidance.
Preservation-minded remodeling that maintains architectural integrity while integrating modern sustainable systems and technologies into historically significant residences.
High-end residential interiors integrating spatial planning, furniture, cabinetry, built-ins, sustainability, and health-conscious design into a cohesive environment.
Ortiz Mexia Projects, Inc. brings architecture, interiors, furniture, cabinetry, permitting, and construction guidance together under one design-led practice. The studio develops timeless, elegant residential environments with careful attention to environmental sustainability, occupant wellness, craftsmanship, and spatial continuity. For projects in Los Angeles and Colorado’s Roaring Fork Valley, clients receive hands-on collaboration from early design through construction completion.

A design-led practice for clients seeking coordinated, enduring residential environments.
Architecture, interiors, furniture, cabinetry, and built-ins are coordinated through one design practice.
Design decisions favor elegant, durable environments over fleeting trends for lasting visual and practical value.
Clients receive coordinated support with consultants, municipal agencies, contractors, and project phases.
AI, BIM, and VR tools support clearer design communication and immersive client understanding.
Learn about the founder guiding the practice’s residential design work.

Assoc. AIA, Principal
Santiago Ortiz is the founder and principal of Ortiz Mexia Projects, Inc., an architecture and design practice serving Los Angeles and Colorado's Roaring Fork Valley. Born and raised in Colombia, Santiago moved to Providence, Rhode Island, to pursue his passion for design, graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1999 with degrees in Architecture and Fine Arts. After relocating to Los Angeles, he honed his craft at small architecture firms specializing in high-end custom residences and boutique commercial spaces before founding his own practice in 2006. Santiago is an Associate Member of The American Institute of Architects and brings a timeless, elegant sensibility to every project, from custom furniture and built-ins to full-scale residential construction. His work has been featured in Interior Design Magazine and the Los Angeles Times, reflecting his commitment to thoughtful, well-crafted design.
A custom design construction company can coordinate architectural planning, interior design, permitting, contractor collaboration, and construction guidance for a residential project. Ortiz Mexia Projects, Inc. supports work ranging from new custom homes and additions to remodels, cabinetry, built-ins, and complete interior environments, helping clients maintain continuity between the design concept and its implementation.
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Ortiz Mexia Projects, Inc. serves residential clients across Los Angeles and Colorado’s Roaring Fork Valley.
Los Angeles, CA
Primary Area
Roaring Fork Valley
Colorado Region
By Appointment
Availability
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Professional association membership held by principal Santiago Ortiz.
Firm work has been published in Interior Design Magazine.
Firm work has been featured in the Los Angeles Times.
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For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at +1 (310) 600-0241.
For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at +1 (310) 600-0241.