SUTTON SUZUKI ARCHITECTS

FOR AN AWARD-WINNING ARCHITECTURE FIRM IN MILL VALLEY, EACH SPACE IS A LABOR OF LOVE— TAILOR-DESIGNED BASED ON INDIVIDUAL CLIENT NEEDS

Architects Elizabeth Suzuki AIA and Ron Sutton AIA, founders of Sutton Suzuki Architects, opened their Mill Valley firm 30 years ago. “Ron grew up in the construction business and gravitated toward the design side,” says Elizabeth, who graduated from University of Cincinnati. “I grew up laying out floor plans and rearranging furniture.” The awardwinning team, who has completed numerous projects including a modern 7,000 sf home on the bluffs of Malibu, a 5,000-acre ranch in Mendocino County, and residences in Jackson, Wyoming, Kauai, and Incline Village, Nevada, acknowledges it’s a joint effort working closely with clients on every project. “We both like working together with clients to create spaces that will be comfortable and work well for them, while being gracious and offering wonderful surprises that they wouldn’t have been able to anticipate,” says Elizabeth. “We both started in the commercial design field and very early on realized that we liked working more intimately with clients. Projects for people’s homes clearly have immediate impact on the way they live, in a different manner than an office or commercial space. It’s all about how the clients will use the spaces.”

Sutton Suzuki Architects, 39 Forrest Street, Mill Valley, CA 94941, 415.383.3139, suttonsuzuki.com