Poirier Design

Poirier Design Architect Michael Poirier has a diverse practice built on more than twenty five years of experience in architectural design, interior design and urban planning.

His most recent projects include several ground-up houses and residential renovations in Silver Lake, as well as a number of beachfront homes on Costa Rica’s Pacific shore. His work has been featured in magazines and journals internationally, including Architectural Record, GA Houses, The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times. Poirier received a Bachelor of Architecture from the California Poly

technic State University at Pomona in 1996 and studied in Florence, Italy with noted Italian architect Cristiano Toraldo di Francia of Superstudio. Poirier began his career at Moule and Polyzoides Architects, where he specialized in urban design and contributed to the restoration of an historic Gordon Kaufman estate. In 1999, he joined Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects. As a lead designer, he managed and designed several award-winning homes including a renovation of a Neutra residence. After four years, Poirier moved to Clive Wilkinson Architects, serving as lead designer of the Toy Factory Lofts. He's presently an architect working for Rios Clementi Hale Studios. After years of study with some of the worlds leading designers and theoreticians, Michael Poirier began working independently from his studio in Los Angeles starting in 2003. Since then, he has completed several residential projects internationally, for a very creative and progressive group of clients and developers, while working for some of the leading architectural practices in the city of Los Angeles. Michael Poirier was also a DJ on KXLU radio and an active member of the local music and design scenes. As a Los Angeles native, he has a deep respect for the city’s innovative history, inspiring diversity and mercurial spirit. For inquiries or a list of project addresses, please email [email protected]

03/18/2026

03/18/2026

was my main gig of the 1990's. I was his onky employee when I waa hired. I bought his first PC computers and AutoCAD, I also bought his first Giant printer. I also designed at &polyzoides and worked on Queensway bay with ehrenkrantz eckstut

03/18/2026

The House we designed with Roman James Design Build has sold. Michael Ppirier Arcjitect of Record. We have comoleted several houses in Beverly hills in recent years.

A House I designed for Hilldale Sunset Strip.
02/26/2026

A House I designed for Hilldale Sunset Strip.





Hewitt Street Lofts This was a complicated addition of a bathroom on a second floor mezzanine within an existing ...
12/17/2025

Hewitt Street Lofts

This was a complicated addition of a bathroom on a second floor mezzanine within an existing Industrial Loft Conversion project.

Maltman Ave designed in 2005 in the hills of Silverlake. This house broke all the sales records for the area.A narrow pi...
12/10/2025

Maltman Ave designed in 2005 in the hills of Silverlake. This house broke all the sales records for the area.

A narrow pie shapes lot. This house was designed as a Loft House, with very few doors or walls.



521 N Canon Architect of Record Michael Poirier. Contractor Roman James Design Build
12/06/2025

521 N Canon Architect of Record Michael Poirier. Contractor Roman James Design Build




12/06/2025

Shopping Center in Moreno Valley
11/15/2025

Shopping Center in Moreno Valley




This 10,000 SF house in Rancho Santa Fe will be built in 2026. Just completing Art Jury Review.
10/26/2025

This 10,000 SF house in Rancho Santa Fe will be built in 2026. Just completing Art Jury Review.


studies in Silverlake.
10/16/2025

studies in Silverlake.

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