--- title: "Griffin Enright Architects — Architects & Building Designers | Houzz" canonical_html_url: https://www.houzz.com/professionals/architects-and-building-designers/griffin-enright-architects-pfvwus-pf~1702982065 markdown_url: https://www.houzz.com/md/professionals/pf~1702982065.md entity_type: LocalBusiness business_name: "Griffin Enright Architects" category: ["Architects"] image: https://st.hzcdn.com/fimgs/9d83d97608d328b8_5451-w400-h400-b1-p10--.jpg address: "12468 WEST WASHINGTON BLVD., Los Angeles, California 90066, United States" latitude: 34.003 longitude: -118.4298 phone: "(310) 391-4484" website: http://www.griffinenrightarchitects.com rating: 5 review_count: 3 best_of_houzz_awards: 9 followers: 2081 last_updated: 2026-09-22 --- # Griffin Enright Architects Original Houzz profile: [Griffin Enright Architects](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/architects-and-building-designers/griffin-enright-architects-pfvwus-pf~1702982065) ## Professional summary - **Primary category:** Architects - **Location:** Los Angeles, CA - **Serves:** Los Angeles, Bel Air, Brentwood Los Angeles, Hollywood, San Diego, Long Beach, Venice, Glendale, Torrance, Pasadena, Van Nuys, Inglewood, Universal City, Santa Monica, Hawthorne, North Hollywood, Redondo Beach, Encino, Gardena, Culver City, Studio City, Westmont, West Hollywood, Manhattan Beach, Beverly Hills, Lawndale, Saratoga, South Pasadena, Pacific Palisades, West Rancho Dominguez, Hermosa Beach, El Segundo, View Park-Windsor Hills, Malibu, West Athens, Marina del Rey, Topanga, Playa Vista, Del Mar, California, Hollywood Hills, Mar Vista, Playa del Rey, Town of Ross - **Houzz rating:** 5.0 out of 5 (3 reviews) - **Best of Houzz:** 9 awards (2012–2023), for Design. ## About ### Houzz Badges - Houzz Influencer - 500,000 Ideabook Saves - Best of Houzz winner - High-end - Offers Custom Work The Los Angeles-based firm of Griffin Enright Architects, established in 2000 by Margaret Griffin, FAIA and John Enright, FAIA, fuses interests in innovation and experimentation with a desire to explore cultural complexities relative to the built environment. Their versatile practice includes projects ranging from large-scale commercial and residential commissions to furniture design and gallery installations. Their work moves beyond the traditional scope of architectural practice, underscoring connections with the surrounding urban fabric and landscape by reinforcing existing conditions or creating new ones that allow architecture, urban context and landscape to be experienced in new ways. Griffin Enright’s comprehensive approach to design depends on the simultaneous blurring and exploitation of distinctions between inside/outside, built form/landscape, site/urban context and theory/practice. The firm is the recipient of over forty awards for design excellence including the American Architecture Award from the Chicago Athenaeum. The firm’s work has also been published and exhibited extensively in national and international publications and exhibitions. In addition to guiding a progressive practice, Margaret and John are educators in design and technology at SCI\_Arc, where John is the Vice Director. ### Services Provided - Architectural Design - Building Design - Home Remodeling - Architectural Drawings - Custom Homes - Home Additions - Home Extensions - Sustainable Design - Kitchen Remodeling - Energy-Efficient Homes - 3D Rendering - Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) - Green Building - Space Planning - Universal Design - Landscape Plans - Construction Drawings - Interior Architecture - Interior Design - Landscape Design ### Areas Served - Los Angeles - Bel Air - Brentwood Los Angeles - Hollywood - San Diego - Long Beach - Venice - Glendale - Torrance - Pasadena - Van Nuys - Inglewood - Universal City - Santa Monica - Hawthorne - North Hollywood - Redondo Beach - Encino - Gardena - Culver City - Studio City - Westmont - West Hollywood - Manhattan Beach - Beverly Hills - Lawndale - Saratoga - South Pasadena - Pacific Palisades - West Rancho Dominguez - Hermosa Beach - El Segundo - View Park-Windsor Hills - Malibu - West Athens - Marina del Rey - Topanga - Playa Vista - Del Mar - California - Hollywood Hills - Mar Vista - Playa del Rey - Town of Ross ## Business Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Business Name | Griffin Enright Architects | | Address | 12468 WEST WASHINGTON BLVD., Los Angeles, California 90066, United States | | Phone | (310) 391-4484 | | Website | http://www.griffinenrightarchitects.com | | Followers on Houzz | 2081 | **Social profiles:** - Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/griffin.architects - X (Twitter) — https://twitter.com/griffinenright - LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/company/griffin-enright-architects - Blog — https://www.instagram.com/griffinenright\_architects/?hl=en ## Contact - **Houzz profile:** [Griffin Enright Architects](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/architects-and-building-designers/griffin-enright-architects-pfvwus-pf~1702982065) - **Website:** http://www.griffinenrightarchitects.com - **Phone:** (310) 391-4484 ## Credentials **Certifications & Awards** - LA AIA Residential Award, Black Box Guesthouse, 2020 - LA AIA Residential Architecture Award, 2018 - California Home + Design Award for Landscape, 2017 - Custom Home Award Winner, 2013 - California Home + Design Award, 2011 - Residential Architect Design Award Winner, 2010 - **Best of Houzz:** 9 awards (2012–2023), for Design. **Affiliations** - [The American Institute of Architects](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/schools-and-organizations/the-american-institute-of-architects-pfvwus-pf~1350720471) - [AIA Los Angeles](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/schools-and-organizations/aia-los-angeles-pfvwus-pf~1829789113) ## Reviews **Overall rating: 5.0 out of 5 — 3 reviews** ### All 3 reviews **★★★★★ — joshuaw, Jan. 2017** > Is this a good review for Margaret. > > Margaret and John were absolutely incredible to work with. The way they think through the use of space will change the way you live in yours and change the way you think about design. The thoughtfulness that goes into their design is a step above anyone I have ever worked with. We are in the Bay Area California which required that we discuss many elements over email and phone. Many architects would have a difficult time with that but Margaret and team excelled. The collaboration we had through the entire project really made the project our own and allowed me to push the limits on building and design. I have worked with world class designers when it comes to consumer products at Apple and I put Margaret and John in that category for architectural design. They have allowed our family to build what is even beyond our dreams for a dream home. To say it is modern and unique is an understatement! I would highly reccomend Griffin Enright Architects to anyone that wants to build a showpiece that unique but also so familiar as it will have you and your families dreams integrated in everywhere you look. **★★★★★ — Magdalena Touma, Dec. 2016** > We have hired Enright Griffin to do a complete remodel of our penthouse. Having interviewed several architects we were immediately impressed with Margaret's vision of what our penthouse could be. At the same time we appreciated her down to earth attitude. Margaret has not only designed the complete remodel but is also managing the project, allowing us to sit back and enjoy life. Margaret and her staff are professional, competent, reliable and trustworthy. **★★★★★ — Catherine Jacobson, Nov. 2016** > I hired Griffin Enright, to do a remodel on my architectural house in Manhattan Beach, California. The first time I met Margaret Griffin ( who headed my project,) I was wowed by her talent. We immediately connected and it was very easy and simple to work with her and her firm. People on her staff were extremely professional and responsive. The deadlines were met and we stayed within the budget unless I decided to add pricier options. I am very happy with the remodel ( we remodeled the master bed/bath and the courtyard) and would highly recommend Margaret and her team: They are super talented professionals and also very nice and pleasant people to work with. ## Selected projects - [Venice Beach Residence](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/venice-beach-residence-pj-vj~2793779) - Location: Los Angeles, CA - Photos: 15 - Description: A 3,000 sf spec residence maximizes its narrow site through an expansive array of telescoping glass doors. Set to one side of the property, the home’s interior spaces expand into side and back garden patios, where a lap pool reaches past the residence. Above the pool, the home’s second story volume extends over the patio and water below. An oculus in the cantilevered volume overhangs the water, while providing a play of light. Stepping stones define a path to the over scaled entry beside a conce… - [Birch Residence](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/birch-residence-pj-vj~743523) - Location: Los Angeles, CA - Photos: 20 - Description: This 4,600 square foot two-story residence on a flat, semi-urban site in the design district of Los Angeles, California provides new vistas to the city and landscape beyond. The residence is compact, yet designed to create a sense of expanded volume. A double story central volume curves through the house, creating extended views and maximizing daylight from the skylight and sunshade above. A sculptural stair punctuates the sinuous movement of the house, while a glass bridge reconnects the two wi… - [Hollywood Hills Residence](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/hollywood-hills-residence-pj-vj~34394) - Location: Los Angeles, CA - Photos: 15 - Description: This 2,000 sq.f. residence has views over Hollywood and out to the Pacific Ocean. Through relatively simple interventions, we were able to effect a complete transformation of the existing house. By removing only four interior walls at the ground floor, relocating a stair, and adding 2 rooms stacked on top of each other; we extended the interiors and created an open living space. Additionally, natural light and views were enhanced to maximize the apparent volume of space, blurring the relationshi… - [Santa Monica Canyon Residence](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/santa-monica-canyon-residence-pj-vj~34400) - Location: Los Angeles, CA - Photos: 17 - Description: This residence is nestled into a down-sloping hillside property in little Santa Monica Canyon. A path descends into and impromptu, landscaped amphitheater along a path that bends, providing enhanced perspective views. A long skylight picks up the geometry of the path as it winds through the living space illuminating the livings spaces with indirect light. Although the residence contains open loft like spaces, distinction among the internal areas of kitchen, living and dining is enhanced through… - [Luxe Lakes Villas](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/luxe-lakes-villas-pj-vj~6188285) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 12 - Description: Luxe Lakes Villas is a community of 46 new residences situated on an island in a new semi-urban community in Chengdu, China. Rethinking the row house typology, each of the 6 villa types is pinched at its center to create new courtyards and internal pathways with framed views through the courtyards to the natural surroundings. The major axis of the villas link the street side with the lake side along a curving spine, and with each shift off the path, a view is framed, or a room with a view is dis… - [Mandeville Canyon Residence](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/mandeville-canyon-residence-pj-vj~34426) - Location: Brentwood, CA, CA - Photos: 16 - Description: The site for this project is located on a cul-de-sac that creates a tapered lot and a small curved front yard lot line, while the rear yard of the site opens to the canyon and city views. Two distinct conditions emerge from the design; from the rear yard the house is seen as a series of horizontal volumes that merge with the terrain of the landscape, while the presence at the entrance of the house is distinctly more urban and vertical. This dichotomy between the front and back areas of the prope… - [Point Dume Residence](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/point-dume-residence-pj-vj~652) - Location: Malibu, CA - Photos: 12 - Description: This project explores the nature of fluidity and sequence in the context of space, circulation, and landscape. The site rests atop one of the highest points in Point Dume, Malibu, and offers stunning panoramas that make the organization of views of paramount concern. The home both captures and is captivated by these views, creating spaces that flow in to one another and in to the landscape. The occupant then becomes immersed in a continuous volume of spectacular views that focus attention both i… - [Point Dume Residence, Continued](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/point-dume-residence-continued-pj-vj~654) - Location: Malibu, CA - Photos: 12 - Description: This project explores the nature of fluidity and sequence in the context of space, circulation, and landscape. The site rests atop one of the highest points in Point Dume, Malibu, and offers stunning panoramas that make the organization of views of paramount concern. The home both captures and is captivated by these views, creating spaces that flow in to one another and in to the landscape. The occupant then becomes immersed in a continuous volume of spectacular views that focus attention both i… - [Ross Residence](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/ross-residence-pj-vj~34432) - Location: Ross, CA - Photos: 11 - Description: Situated in a unique community called the Town of Ross, in Marin County, this residence is nestled between a stream and a steep, forested hillside above. Entry to the site occurs across a small stream via an existing bridge into a new entry made of charcoal concrete board that wraps around a new foyer and becomes a floating bench. It is a renovation that transforms an existing residence by extending and extruding folded geometries of the existing rooflines to create a contemporary home in the co… - [Benedict Canyon Residence](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/benedict-canyon-residence-pj-vj~651) - Location: Beverly Hills, CA - Photos: 7 - Description: This extensive renovation featured a new folded roof element and glazed rear facade that opens the house up to the landscape and emphasizes the relationship between inside and outside. The ceiling is the project’s main design intervention, with track lighting concealed behind a plywood panel system that is punctuated by the intersection of two sea grass resin light boxes and a skylight. The skylight reinforces internal circulation, while the light boxes emphasize motion towards the outside. Belo… - [Rustic Canyon Residence](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/rustic-canyon-residence-pj-vj~653) - Location: Pacific Palisades, CA - Photos: 2 - Description: This project set out to invert the conventional means of organizing a single family home, taking an existing, highly compartmentalized ranch dwelling and converting it in to a contemporary space for living that allows for expansive open spaces and a welcoming, informal atmosphere. Above these spaces, an existing pitched roof is cut laterally and folded back up in order to blend the interior with the landscape. This blurring internalizes a hillside garden where an existing, 300 year old Sycamore… [See all 11 projects](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/architects-and-building-designers/griffin-enright-architects-pfvwus-pf~1702982065) ## Community Q&A **Q: where can I get those counter stools** *(in Photo Questions)* Where can I get those counter stools A: Apologies, Can't remember. Perhaps you can reverse google image search for them? **Q: backsplash question** *(in Photo Questions)* I am in the middle of remodeling my kitchen, it’s been months and months of careful planning and research. I do love the glass one piece backsplash. Was it extremely difficult to order and install ? How durable it is ? A: Its back painted starfire glass, should be able to be purchased from any local glass company. Its glass, so its very durable. **Q: shelves in bathroom** *(in Photo Questions)* Can you please tell me what the shelves made of? love them A: rift cut white oak with ebony stain **Q: what material is the facade ? concrete or stucco ?** *(in Photo Questions)* A: Smooth finish stucco **Q: The room divider/bookcase is divine!** *(in Photo Questions)* Any idea how it is supported? What is it made from? Many thanks in advance. Kerry A: It is made of maple and it is supported by the steel columns. The bookshelf spans between the columns. **Q: what are these floorboards?** *(in Photo Questions)* Hi want timber is used for these floorboards? A: They are a fumed whit oak. I don't remember the brand. --- *Source: Houzz professional profile. Reflects the profile as of 2026-09-22.*