MVE Institutional delivers professional services and quality products to our clients on budget, on time, every time. No matter the type of project, MVEI is the clear choice to provide planning, architecture, interior and graphics services because of our reputation, client satisfaction, institutional experience, design excellence, technical expertise, sustainability design approach, teamwork, and our overall commitment to our clients and projects.

MVEI aims to exceed our clients’ expectations and to do an exceptional job on each assignment we undertake. We have the passion, knowledge, staff and resources, and are committed to providing first rate professional services and deliverables.

"MVEI has exceeded our learning community's expectations and have made our schools a destination for education."
-Steven E. Keller, Ed. D., Superintendent of Schools, Redondo Beach Unified School District

"I have been extremely satisfied with MVE’s design sense, their ability to generate technically sound construction documents, and their strong conviction to working with the University as a part of the team."
Rebekah Gladson, AIA, Associate Vice Chancellor, Design and Construction Services,
University of California, Irvine

As a result, we are sensitive to the unique client, community and user requirements involved with these types of projects. Additionally, our team is highly experienced in working with various state, city and local governing agencies such as the Division of State Architect, California Department of Education, housing authorities and transit agencies. Our familiarity and knowledge of these organizations allows our team to expedite project approvals and certifications.

Our designs have received recent accolades from various organizations including American School and University, Associated General Contractors of America, Coalition for Adequate School Housing / American Institute of Architects California Council, Community College Facility Coalition, National Association of Home Builders, and the Gold Nugget Awards.

We have the resources, technical tools and experience needed to develop well coordinated construction documents. Our team is also well versed with a variety of delivery methods including Design-Bid-Build, Design-Build, Lease Leaseback, etc.

MVEI is at the forefront of Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology and has set a goal to have all projects designed and documented in BIM. Revit is our software of choice and has been an integral tool within our office for over six years. While many firms are still in the experimental stages of this technology, MVEI has demonstrated its practical application for a variety of building types and has developed innovations to excel our overall documentation process. All of our Revit-trained staff are employing this software and are able to fully apply the advantages of BIM to each assignment.

Rather it is a return to the fundamental building blocks of design rooted in ancient civilization when humans relied on nature and its gifts to support life. At MVEI we look at every project as an opportunity to go back to basics to create the highest quality, most advanced sustainable design solutions for our clients and the community.

We firmly believe that sustainability should be viewed as fibers woven into every project’s fabric, rather than as a single element that can be easily added or removed from a project’s design. Sustainable design elements are planned and implemented to ensure that each project minimizes its environmental effects, contributes to a healthy community, and incorporates features that make economic sense.

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Our designs evolve from our collaboration with our client, consultants and stakeholders. The nature of institutional projects affords us the opportunity to design with the community in mind, thus we believe that a highly participatory community process is paramount. MVEI is highly experienced in leading community discussions and charrettes in order to gain valuable stakeholder input and "buy-in" resulting in projects that are appropriately designed and creating places that both the client and community can take pride in for generations.