M Designs Architects

I went through a very long process of doing a large remodel of my house (upgrade kitchen, add 2 bedroom and 1 bathroom,).

The whole process from design to completion took about 7 months.

Throughout the process I was quite impressed by M Designs Architects team. During the initial phase of the design they spend a great deal of time understanding my requirements. Even though I had a very tough lot they were able to meet all my requirements and where able to provide me some amazing options that I did not even think were possible.
I also liked the fact that they did my entire remodel with green design in mind. From simple things as energy efficient appliances to better insulations, built-in recyclable compartment bins, lots of skylight for natural lighting, etc. I just love everything about my new place.

I also like the fact that they helped me in achieving my target construction budget. What they refer as 'value engineering'.
Awesome architects, awesome team. Highly recommended

Caution: Dealing with the city is not easy. Please keep at least 2 months of process time.

Malika is terrific. She is responsive, great to work with, and quickly understood our questions. Malika proposed smart and creative solutions to our house. She can move fast with a remodel project and make the process smooth and enjoyable. Malika has done many great homes in the Los Altos Hills area. We recommend Malika.

"Needless to say construction projects are not easy but having a good partner in crime/guide is essential to make the project successful and M Designs Architects are awesome partners. They are very professional and are willing to go above and beyond for their customers.
We had a wonderful experience working with MDesigns for our major remodeling project. Maurits and Malika were amazing and always on top of things. Not just with designs (which are fabulous and personalized to our taste) but also with every aspect of the construction phase where we needed guidance. Big THANK YOU to Maurits and Mallika !!!"

I wish I could give 10 stars. M Designs is a once in a lifetime find. Malika designed our amazing new home and we love it. She is innovative, visionary, and somehow manages to design with cost in mind too! She supported us through every step of the process with the town, engineers, getting bids, helping push our GC when things got tough, amazing interior design ideas, connections to vendors in other parts of the country who could do amazing things.
Honestly I just can't say enough. And. Let's face it. She is an amazing person besides. In her free time she leads an organization that brings quality education to girls in Pakistan, invests in innovative education here locally, and raises her 2 amazing daughters. I talked to 12 different designers and architects before choosing her and I have never been disappointed. I will never use another architect for any future project. None that I've worked previously with can even hold a candle.

I can't express how impressive Malika is dealing with every aspect of her business.
She is passionate, professional, thorough, knowledgeable, and extremely friendly.
I did not hesitate to refer he to 3 of my clients.
I can't say how refreshing is is to deal with such a talented designer/architect who genuinely cares about their work. Thanks again M Designs Architects.

Favorite home decor store. I just fully remodeled my house and decided to redecorate the space and purchase new furniture. My home now looks just wow. I'm totally satisfied with the choice of a store, quality of piece, at the same time price range is also reasonable.

We found M Design through Yelp initially, but after started working with Malika to rebuild our house we just couldn't believe our luck that we get a chance to work with someone who's super smart, extremely understanding, unquestionably ethical and incredibly capable, in addition to being a great architect and designer. Malika and her team not only does the best design work, but also go out of their way to help us manage our project.

Our house is a bit complicated for various reasons, so the amount of coordination involved is just overwhelming in order to get contractors, engineers, interior and landscaping designers, vendors work seamlessly together. Malika brings her passion and her calmness to every meeting we had with all the consultants we hired, and everyone looked up to her for guidance and for leadership. She is our general to lead the army into battles. Over time my wife and I feel she's becoming our friend in every sense of the word. And we thought we were special, but it turns out Malika manages to become friends with all her clients, which is unheard of in today's world.

Beyond Malika herself, the M Design team is stellar in every way as well. Don't be fooled by their unassuming office setting, as this is the best architecture team one can wish for. I almost never post reviews of businesses, but when it comes to M Design I just couldn't suppress the urge to share my experience.

Malika is an exceptional architect and designer. We worked with her on remodeling our Saratoga home and couldn't be happier. We recommend her highly!

Having had some luck with "design build" on a spec house, we gave a local well known design build firm the nod. $18,000 later they provided us a "concept" that neither met our needs, blew our budget and was bad design.

We then turned to M Design and were completely satisfied. The Principals met with us several times to define our needs and styles, and developed great plans. The project was guided through planning and there was great project support throughout. Chip was always accessible when "things" happened and the rebuild was a huge success.

We constantly get "oohs and aahs" when we entertain and love the space and style that M Design conceived of.

We worked with Malika at M Designs to help us remodel and redesign our small 3-bedroom, 2-bath home in Belle Haven Menlo Park. Both Chip and Malika were very attentive to our particular needs and limitations. Malika really understood our vision which soon became a shared vision.

Thanks to Malika, our initial desire to remodel our home became the creation of our dream home. She played a dual role of being not just our architect but also our interior designer in selecting tiles, flooring, integrating art in niches and windows, and displaying our art collection. Her approach to our home was about bringing the outdoors indoors with large picture windows, folding Cantina doors, and a private hot tub patio/deck leading off from the master bathroom. She's very visionary in her aesthetic and over the course of the project, as we made decisions with the finishings, we often asked ourselves "what would Malika have selected?"

There are many issues and problems that come up during a remodel process. One must have incredible patience and flexibility, and Malika was very creative and helpful in resolving critical issues that came up with the city and engineering. Malika stays very cool in difficult situations which helps keep the focus on resolving problems.

However, more than her problem-solving skills, it is Malika's childlike enthusiasm with design and creativity that makes it so much fun to work with her. If you are considering building a modern home or remodeling, you would have a very valuable partner with Malika and Chip.

I have know Chip and Malika for several years now. I am a general contractor who specializes in energy efficient, non toxic and comfortable homes. I rated Malika's home for Green Point Rating a year or so ago and they did a great job on her home and were new to green building at that point. They have come a long way in thinking about ways to make their homes less toxic, more comfortable and more cost effective to build, maintain and live in, while still maintaining the wonderful aesthetic for which they are well known.

My company has only done one job with Chip and Malika, where they were the architects, and they did a great job. The house won the Environmental building award for the city of Menlo park in 2011 and will be the 5th greenest home in the state of California. They were on top of all the details for the home and really eager to see the project succeed. The clients loved them and project turned out great.

Besides everything else, they are really nice people.