Design Opera Architects is a collaborative architecture and design firm based in Los Angeles California. Our work specializes in integrating both the progressive and the traditional to create contemporary design projects. Founded in 2006, Design Opera develops unique solutions for each project through a process of research, development, and design that tell our client’s story. Design Opera, focuses on creating architecture and design of our time which is critical to the ever-changing conditions of climate, culture, and technology.
Our name represents the complexity in coordination and collaboration that is required to achieve a great project, similar to conducting an Opera.
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Gregory de Peña
AIA, NCARB | Principal & Founder | Gregory De Peña is a Licensed Architect in California. He studied vernacular architecture in the Dominican Republic and earned a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Arizona. He has experience with residential and commercial architecture while working with Ronchetti Design and Line & Space Architects. He served a 2 year term on the CCAC Advisory Board for the CCDC Redevelopment Agency in Downtown San Diego. He also worked as an adjunct instructor at the New School of Architecture and Design prior to moving to Los Angeles.
