Architecture, Engineering and Permitting in Beverly Hills
A Beverly Hills studio for design, engineering and city permits.
A Beverly Hills studio for design, engineering and city permits.
Lumignus is a Beverly Hills studio. Our office is at 170 S Beverly Dr, in the heart of Beverly Hills, and we coordinate architectural design, engineering, feasibility analysis and permitting for residential and commercial projects across the city.
Beverly Hills is its own city with its own zoning code, review process and permit counter. It is not part of the City of Los Angeles, and rules that apply a few streets away in Los Angeles often do not apply here. We plan each project around the Beverly Hills process from the first day.
Lumignus prepares drafting documents and manages permitting in-house, and works with licensed architects and engineers as each project requires.
Start with a feasibility analysis
One department, several reviews. Planning and Building & Safety both sit within the City of Beverly Hills Community Development Department. Most projects need planning sign-off before building plan check.
Three residential areas with different rules. The city's single-family zoning is divided into the Central Area (the flats), the Hillside Area and Trousdale Estates. Height, setbacks, floor area and basement rules differ between them, so the first step is confirming which area a property is in.
Design review in the Central Area. New houses, facade remodels and additions that are visible from the street in the Central Area go through the city's design review. There are two routes:
Choosing the route early matters, because it affects both the design and the schedule. Properties in the Hillside Area and Trousdale Estates are not subject to this design review, but they have their own development standards.
Commercial and multifamily projects. Storefronts, signage, facades and new buildings in commercial, mixed-use and multifamily areas are reviewed by the same commission for their exterior design, alongside building plan check.
