Icon & Ikon

Dream • Design • Develop

We design, permit, and build it.

Icon & Ikon is a boutique Los Angeles architecture and design-build firm. One team carries your project from the first sketch to the finished structure.

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1991
Founded in Lawndale
37+
Years of practice
End-to-end
Concept to construction
South Bay
& greater Los Angeles

What we do

Three ways we shape where people live.

From a single custom home to a full residential block, we handle design, permitting, and construction as one continuous process — so nothing gets lost in the handoff.

Black-and-white photograph of a completed modern single-family home

01 — Single-Family

Single-Family Residential

Custom homes and thoughtful remodels built around how you actually live. We balance ambition with budget and see the drawings through to a house you can stand in.

  • Custom Homes
  • Remodels
  • Additions
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02 — Multi-Family

Multi-Family Residential

Apartments, townhomes, and senior housing that pencil out and hold up. We design for density without losing daylight, privacy, or the feel of home.

  • Apartments
  • Townhomes
  • Senior Housing
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Rendering of a mixed-use apartment block with a red curved corner tower

03 — Mixed-Use

Mixed-Use Residential

Residential over retail and urban infill that make streets better. We knit housing, ground-floor commerce, and parking into projects a neighborhood is glad to gain.

  • Residential Over Retail
  • Urban Infill
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Selected work

A track record you can walk through.

Renderings and built projects across the South Bay — the same hands from concept sketch to final inspection.

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Founded 1991 · Lawndale, CA

Boutique scale. Big-firm depth.

We are small enough that a principal knows your project by name and large enough to carry it through plan check, permits, and the field. Ike Mbelu has practiced architecture for more than thirty-seven years; Ugo Mbelu keeps operations and construction moving. It is a lean bench with deep experience.

Meet the firm

01
End-to-End ServiceConcept, permits, and construction under one roof.
02
Local ExpertiseSouth Bay and greater LA codes, boards, and neighborhoods.
03
Boutique Scale, Big-Firm DepthPrincipal attention with the muscle to deliver.
04
Track Record You Can Walk ThroughBuilt work you can visit, not just render.

Trusted on commercial work across the region

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Have a site, a lot, or a sketch on a napkin?

Tell us what you are picturing. We will tell you what it takes to design, permit, and build it.

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