BRDO

Ben Reimer Design Office is an architecture practice in Los Angeles, dedicated to delivering unique solutions to each client’s design brief. The studio approaches architecture not just from an aesthetic perspective, but with a holistic understanding of the complex systems necessary to create buildings that stand the test of time and are enriched by the lives that unfold within them.

Focusing on simple architectural forms, the studio incorporates the use of natural materials, texture, scale and light in a highly crafted contemporary way. Understanding the environmental impact of each project is a high priority. Throughout the design process, sustainability and building science are key elements that are continuously developed and explored. Each project is an opportunity to meticulously refine details and celebrate the sensory experience of a space. 

Ben Reimer - Principal

I am a licensed architect with over ten years of experience working with architecture firms in Vancouver, British Columbia and Los Angeles, California, most recently with AD100 firm Woods + Dangaran Architects. I have extensive experience managing projects from conceptual design through construction, leading consultant teams and contractors at all stages of a project. I have had the opportunity to work on many high end new-build and extensive renovations of single family homes along with the development of multi-family and mixed use commercial-residential projects. 

My educational background is founded in a technical understanding of the craft of assembling buildings, from integrating building systems to detailing complex assemblies. My masters thesis was a critical study on the disposability of architecture, examining alternatives to traditional wasteful building practices and proposing environmentally conscious alternatives to design and methods of construction. I have always had a keen awareness of what is put into the world through our industry and aim to continue to reduce the overall impacts we have through the use of natural, long lasting materials.

I am based in Santa Monica, California.

Experience

Senior Project Architect - Woods + Dangaran Architects

2020 - 2025

Held a critical role as a senior team member, involved in all phases of a project in a leadership capacity, from conceptual design to project completion. 

Primary responsibilities included setting project milestones, meeting with clients to establish design parameters,  leading internal and external project teams through design; while also establishing the technical requirements of a project and providing a lead viewpoint on construction document production. Served as primary contact for project teams, interfacing with all required consultants, along with managing construction administration services and maintaining regular communication with contractor teams and owners throughout the duration of each project. 

Project Leader - D’Arcy Jones Architects

2015 - 2020

Responsible for taking projects from concept design through construction, working on highly detailed new build and extensive renovation of single family residential buildings along with design of multiple mixed use commercial-residential and multi-family residential projects for development permit.

Served as primary contact with clients, responsible for all architectural design document production with experience preparing schematic design packages, coordinating consultant teams, developing building permit and tender packages, along with highly detailed construction documents and interior design drawings.

Architectural Graduate - Carscadden Stokes McDonald Architects

2013 - 2014

Involved with design development and construction administration of commercial, public, recreation, and hospitality projects at various stages, assisting with design document production for building permit and construction document packages, as well as interior finish specifications.

Education

Master of Architecture - University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC
2016

Bachelor of Architectural Science - Ryerson University
Toronto, ON
2013

License

Licensed Architect - California Architects Board