StudioQLQ

Architecture — Interiors

Shaping the American West: bringing quality spaces to life.

Studio QLQ is a two-person architecture and interiors practice working across the American West. We believe a building should sit quietly in its landscape: framing the ridgeline rather than blocking it, borrowing its materials from the ground beneath it, and opening every room to the natural world outside. Simple forms. Honest materials. Quiet innovation.

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Arizona Residence
Residence — High Desert

Arizona Residence

Sedona, Arizona

A contemporary desert home where stacked stone and warm stucco meet the red-rock landscape. Deep overhangs and floor-to-ceiling glass frame the mesas while sheltering the interior from the Arizona sun.

Denver Single Family
Residence — Foothill

Denver Single Family

Denver, Colorado

A modern farmhouse nestled at the doorstep of a natural sanctuary. Designed to minimize its carbon footprint while keeping the mountains in view, the form follows the land — a shed roof, passive principles, and abundant daylight.

Montecito Multi-Family
Multi-Family — Coastal

Montecito Multi-Family

Montecito, CA

A multi-family community in a modern coastal vernacular — gabled volumes, deep porches, and balconies that open to the green. Medium-density living scaled to feel like a neighborhood of individual homes.

Paradise Tiny Homes
Collection — Tiny Homes

Paradise Tiny Homes

Paradise, California

A collection of tiny homes proving that small can live large. Warm timber cladding, generous glazing, and efficient lofted interiors create a flexible retreat that sits lightly on its mountain meadow site.

Portland Guesthouse
Residence — Guesthouse

Portland Guesthouse

Portland, Oregon

A stone-and-glass guesthouse set beside a reflecting pond. Wide eaves and a low, grounded profile let the structure recede into its wooded setting while glowing warmly at dusk.

Tatel Miami Restaurant
Interiors — Hospitality

Tatel Miami Restaurant

Miami Beach, Florida

A luxury restaurant interior for a celebrity client in the heart of South Beach. Art-Deco lines, brass, and a sculptural chandelier above the bar blend local architectural heritage with contemporary hospitality.

Veranda Peaks
Multi-Family — Wasatch Front

Veranda Peaks

Salt Lake City, Utah

A medium-density community at the base of the Wasatch, mixing modern and industrial vernaculars. Stone bases, balconies, and a stepped massing negotiate the topography of a true mountain-town site.

Bluespace Interiors Office Project
Interiors — Commercial

Bluespace Interiors Office Project

Yorba Linda, California

A showroom for high-end office furniture and lighting, where the worlds of commercial retail and residential comfort merge. Curved soffits drawn from the surrounding mountains shape an open, flexible space for the modern client.

The Studio

Brian Rivera

Brian leads design from concept through construction — residences and interiors shaped by their sites, grounded in passive, sustainable principles and a deep respect for the landscapes of the West.

Brian Rivera

Jazmine Michele

Jazmine brings deep experience across residential scales — from luxury home collections to mountain-town communities — with a focus on natural materials and architecture that mimics the unpredictability of nature itself.

Jazmine Michele