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# Dean Nota Architect

Original Houzz profile: [Dean Nota Architect](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/architects-and-building-designers/dean-nota-architect-pfvwus-pf~1887519143)

## Professional summary

- **Primary category:** Architects
- **Location:** Hermosa Beach, CA
- **Serves:** Los Angeles, Long Beach, Pasadena, Santa Monica, Redondo Beach, Altadena, Culver City, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Palos Verdes Peninsula, Palos Verdes Estates, Rolling Hills Estates, Rolling Hills
- **Houzz rating:** 0.0 out of 5 (0 reviews)

## About

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Dean Nota Architect is an established Los Angeles firm with over thirty years of experience in residential and commercial projects.  We are located in Hermosa Beach, a coastal suburb of metropolitan LA.  Our current work includes proposals for custom, client occupied, buildings for sites in Los Angeles, the western United States and Central America.

Dean Nota's work is guided by a design process that envisions a building as an orchestrated spatial experience, shaped by site context, light, structure and material expression.  Hierarchy of scale and visual axes are articulated in spaces that are subtly defined and interlocking in a deliberate progression, culminating in an opening to a view, whether of the ocean, the city or a glimpse into a secluded courtyard.  Particularly adept at bringing light into interiors in unexpected ways, Nota harnesses the third dimension to animate and further order interiors while detail, craft and material discipline provide a framework for the overall composition.

Through publication, awards and teaching, Dean Nota is committed to progressing the legacy of Modernism.  His work has been published worldwide, including twenty six issues of GA Houses in Japan.  He has received design awards from local and regional chapters of the AIA and Sunset Magazine, including a 2008 AIA National Small Projects Award for the Pfeiffer Studio. 

Nota's houses have been featured in sixteen books and in print publications in the US, Japan, Spain, Italy, Russia, France and Germany. He has participated in exhibitions in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Tokyo, Milan, and Madrid, and he has lectured at USC, MoCA, California State Polytechnic University as well as local AIA chapters.  In 2008 he participated in the Small Projects Awards Panel at the AIA Convention in Boston. His houses have regularly appeared on AIA sponsored home tours and, in 2006, the Reyna Residence was a featured tour project for Architectural Digest's, Architecture Days.

### Services Provided

- Architectural Design
- Building Design
- Home Remodeling
- Architectural Drawings
- Custom Homes
- House Plans
- Home Additions
- Home Extensions
- Sustainable Design
- Floor Plans
- 3D Rendering
- Green Building
- Guesthouse Design & Construction
- Universal Design
- Pool House Design & Construction
- Home Restoration
- Passive Solar Heating & Cooling

### Areas Served

- Los Angeles
- Long Beach
- Pasadena
- Santa Monica
- Redondo Beach
- Altadena
- Culver City
- Manhattan Beach
- Hermosa Beach
- Palos Verdes Peninsula
- Palos Verdes Estates
- Rolling Hills Estates
- Rolling Hills

### Typical Job Cost

$1 million - 10 million

## Business Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Business Name | Dean Nota Architect |
| Address | 2465 Myrtle Avenue, Hermosa Beach, California 90254, United States |
| Phone | (310) 374-5535 |
| Website | http://www.nota.net |
| License Number | C10313 |
| Followers on Houzz | 164 |

**Social profiles:**
- Facebook — http://www.facebook.com/Dean.Nota.Architect
- X (Twitter) — http://twitter.com/dna\_la
- LinkedIn — http://www.linkedin.com/in/deannota/
- Blog — http://www.california-architects.com/en/deannota/

## Contact

- **Houzz profile:** [Dean Nota Architect](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/architects-and-building-designers/dean-nota-architect-pfvwus-pf~1887519143)
- **Website:** http://www.nota.net
- **Phone:** (310) 374-5535

## Credentials

**Certifications & Awards**
- Licensed Architect in Californa - Member of the American Institute of Architects, admitted to College of Fellows (FAIA) - Projects have received local, regional and national AIA Design Awards - Projects published nationally and internationally.

**Affiliations**
- [AIA Custom Residential Architects Network](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/schools-and-organizations/aia-custom-residential-architects-network-pfvwus-pf~629398549)
- [The American Institute of Architects](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/schools-and-organizations/the-american-institute-of-architects-pfvwus-pf~1350720471)

## Selected projects

- [Yu Residence](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/yu-residence-pj-vj~6754133)
  - Location: Hermosa Beach, CA
  - Photos: 11
- [Reyna Residence](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/reyna-residence-pj-vj~11831)
  - Location: Hermosa Beach, CA
  - Photos: 10
  - Description: The site is a thirty by eighty foot slice of ocean front sand located in Hermosa Beach, a one mile square, California seaside city, at the western edge of metropolitan Los Angeles. The long axis of the site is bounded by adjacent residential structures on the north and south. A pedestrian path known as The Strand borders the beach to the west and a street provides automobile access from the east. The dominant physical characteristic of the site is the view of the beach and ocean which is framed…
- [Pfeiffer Residence and Studio](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/pfeiffer-residence-and-studio-pj-vj~11853)
  - Location: Venice, CA
  - Photos: 7
  - Description: This project is located in Venice, California, a diverse, coastal community on the western edge of Los Angeles. The site is situated at the intersection of two suburban street grids that form a triangular edge to the property. The parcel includes an existing, single story, 1,200 square foot house that will remain and coexist with the new structure. An existing garage will be removed. The neighborhood is in transition, an eclectic mix of old and new, large and small residential structures. The cl…
- [19th Street Residence](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/19th-street-residence-pj-vj~11855)
  - Location: Hermosa Beach, CA
  - Photos: 10
- [Rosenthal Residence](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/rosenthal-residence-pj-vj~14738)
  - Location: Manhattan Beach, CA
  - Photos: 11
  - Description: Site This is a project for a single-family residence on a thirty by ninety foot, infill site in Manhattan Beach, a coastal suburb of metropolitan Los Angeles, California. The site is located two blocks from the beach and is bordered by adjacent dwellings to the east and west, a service alley to the south and a pedestrian street to the north. The neighborhood is served by “walk streets” that afford pedestrian only access from the beach to the front yard of each house, and alley “places” that prov…

[See all 5 projects](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/architects-and-building-designers/dean-nota-architect-pfvwus-pf~1887519143)

## Community Q&A

**Q: Flooring** *(in Photo Questions)*

Can you please provide details on the tile floor?

A: This floor is poured in place concrete.  Not tile.

**Q: What is the flooring?** *(in Photo Questions)*

Flooring used?

A: 16" X 32" Honed Limestone Tiles

**Q: Extraordinary designs! Question about exterior siding** *(in Photo Questions)*

Can you please tell me what the exterior (wood?) siding is and how it was finished ? Looks great but I have some longer-term maintenance / appearance concerns in this or almost any climate ?

Many thanks

A: The wood is mangaris hardwood, imported from Indonesia.  If properly sourced, a sustainable material.  Hardwoods used on the exterior need to be carefully installed over a well drained and ventilated rainscreen, otherwise cupping may occur.  The wood is finished with Sikkens Cetrol, that requires yearly maintenance in the coastal location of this home.

**Q: What are exterior materials used** *(in Photo Questions)*

A: Yes, The house is finished in a palate of two custom colors of pigmented stucco.

**Q: Home Plans** *(in Photo Questions)*

We love the modern homes you have on the Houzz site; do you do only custom work, or do you sell plans? My husband and I are planning on a low maintenance home for a narrow city lot with a rooftop deck to maximize our limited view of the Rockies.

A: Hello Joan:  The houses that you see on my profile are site and client specific.  Good residential design results from a synthesis of client needs with site opportunities and challenges (including zoning and design review), in a mutual, client - architect quest for a unique architectural statement.  Generic plans for sale cannot give you this level of design, especially on  a "narrow city lot".

**Q: Can you please provide the details on this couch?** *(in Photo Questions)*

A: The drawer units are integrated into a commercial office wall unit that is shown in the picture.  They are suspended from the wall on floor to ceiling tracks that also support the shelving.  Several companies make systems like this: Knoll, Herman Miller, Steelcase etc.  The Container Store http://www.containerstore.com/ sells a system similar call ELFA.

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*Source: Houzz professional profile. Reflects the profile as of 2026-09-10.*