Gardenia
Homeowners decide to build accessory dwelling units (ADUs) on their properties for a variety of reasons: to serve as guest quarters for visiting friends and family; to house aging family members who still want some independence but also want to be close to family; or to serve as a rental unit that brings in some […]
Catalina
The transformation of this Seal Beach home is one we’re especially proud of! What started out as a home that felt dark, cramped, and outdated is now one that feels bright, spacious, and completely updated. Virtually every surface of this six-bedroom, four-bathroom home got a makeover—including the exterior and the backyard, which backs up to […]
Long Beach Blvd
This business owner came to us with one request for his new headquarters: “I want a building I can be proud of.” Having been involved with this project even before our client purchased the building, we knew what the shortcomings of this building were going in. Though it had been remodeled about ten years prior […]
Granada
The world of architectural drawing services is broken down into phases. These phases begin with schematic design (the proverbial “back of the napkin drawing”) and end with a set of instructions indicating the components required to put the building together. These are called construction drawings (commonly referred to as blueprints). Through our architecture firm’s decades […]
Keynote
Long Beach is one of a handful of Southern California cities that has been around long enough that the layers of history are becoming apparent. Unlike the master planned community efforts of the 1970s through the 1990s that created an entire city seemingly overnight, older cities tend to have an architectural history that coincides with […]
Aceca
The premier neighborhood of Rossmoor is the setting for this completely new two-story custom residence. The angled site allowed us to design an expansive front elevation that gives a unique air of stateliness to this home. Designed in the popular modern farmhouse style, we used design elements and materials including bow-top gables, framed columns, siding, […]
Active Family Haven
In transforming the interior of this home in Rossmoor, CA, Grisafe Architecture embarked on a thoughtful home remodeling journey to seamlessly blend durability with elegance. Our overall goals were to design spaces to better accommodate a family with two young boys, and address an odd, outdated layout. Our initial step was to tackle the peculiar […]
Donovan
If you’re familiar with homes in Rossmoor, this one is (was) the “Plymouth” model. Now that it’s finished, the new floorplan barely resembles the original one! When it was first built, this home had 1,650 square feet, with three bedrooms and two bathrooms. It had limited “family space,” and the kitchen, while fairly wide, had […]
Blackthorne
Like many of our residential projects, this single-family residence in the City of Long Beach came to us as a referral. The home had been in the family for several generations, so respecting the family history of this home became a unique design challenge. Because of budget, we had to determine what was “right” about […]
Conant
One of our recurring design challenges is to provide a design solution that meets the additional space requirements of our clients, while being mindful of limited budgets. This residence in the City of Long Beach—a small, 900-square-foot, post-war-era home—was no exception. To meet both of these requirements, our design added 450 square feet and employs […]