Residential
Custom estates, oceanfront retreats, and discreet remodels for California's most private clientele — built with the patience of a furniture maker.
Design-build mastery — from Marriott resorts and Ritz-Carlton hotels to bespoke residences, restaurants, and wellness sanctuaries across the West Coast. Construction reimagined as an art form.
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An ocean-view great room conceived as a single, continuous gesture — chef's kitchen, formal dining, and sunken lounge unfolding through walls of glass to the pool terrace beyond.
A primary bath wrapped in book-matched natural stone — hand-carved marble soaking tub, floating vanity, and glass rain shower composed as a private sanctuary.
A curated cross-section of our finest work — estates, five-star spas, resorts, and restaurants. Every tile opens the full portfolio.
A Spanish-style coastal estate in San Clemente — resort-scale pool, loggia, and grounds built for generations of entertaining.
Poolside pavilions at Le Saint Geran Resort — five-star spa environments delivered on an island stage.
A sculpted stone feature wall, floating ceiling planes, and quiet coastal light in a whole-home transformation.
Stone-clad hydrotherapy lounge at Monarch Beach Resort — precision waterproofing beneath five-star finish.
A Moroccan-inspired private spa — hand-set zellige tile, carved arches, and jewel-toned water features within a Southern California estate.
Hand-finished plaster, candlelit millwork, and old-world warmth in a landmark Dana Point dining room.
Cathedral beams, custom steel-framed glazing, and gallery-white plaster in a full estate renovation.
The nail suite at Four Seasons Los Angeles at Beverly Hills — marble, silk, and light, executed without a visible seam.
The Miraval pool deck at Monarch Beach Resort from above — a complete exterior amenity transformation on an operating five-star property.
With a BuildZoom score of 105, Americal Construction Management Group ranks above 92% of California's 336,931 licensed contractors — a distinction earned through disciplined execution, transparent collaboration, and uncompromising quality.
Headquartered in Laguna Hills and serving the entire West Coast, our team delivers design-build, tenant improvement, and capital improvement services to discerning hospitality, commercial, and residential clients who demand a higher standard.
From oceanfront residences to flagship hospitality destinations, every Americal project is conceived with cinematic ambition and delivered with the calm precision of a craftsman.
Custom estates, oceanfront retreats, and discreet remodels for California's most private clientele — built with the patience of a furniture maker.
Flagship rebuilds, suite refreshes, and back-of-house overhauls — engineered to operate without disturbing the guest in residence.
Wet rooms, thermal suites, and serene treatment spaces — built to the millimetre with the right substrates, drainage, and acoustic care.
Front-of-house theatre meets back-of-house function. Kitchens that flow, dining rooms that hush, finishes that age beautifully under nightly use.
Premium fitness studios and athletic clubs — purpose-built floors, ventilation, and equipment integration for performance at the highest level.
Tenant improvements and full-floor transformations for offices, retail flagships, and medical suites — delivered on tight tenant-occupancy schedules.
Boutique inns, banquet halls, ballrooms, and clubhouses — every element calibrated to guest experience, service flow, and brand standard.
Apartment communities and condo developments — building rehabilitation, unit refreshes, and common-area renovations completed at portfolio scale.
We begin with due diligence — site analysis, budget calibration, programmatic intent. Working alongside your architect and consultants, we shape the project's economic and aesthetic spine before a single drawing is final.
Construction managed with the rigour of a Swiss atelier — sequenced trades, vendor stewardship, daily site quality reviews. Every decision is documented; every variance accounted for in real time.
From punch list through warranty, then well beyond — Americal remains a quiet partner to the asset, available for tenant improvements, capital improvements, and rehabilitation as the building lives.
Whether you're imagining a private residence, a hospitality flagship, or a portfolio-wide reposition — we welcome a quiet conversation. Every inquiry receives a personal reply within one business day.
A curated record of recent custom residential and estate-scale projects — each a study in materials, light, and uncompromising execution. Photographs and design renderings, organized by project.
A ground-up contemporary residence built around a single, sweeping ocean view. The exterior pairs fluted metal cladding with a low-slung standing-seam roof and a deep cantilevered steel pergola that shades the entire rear terrace. The great room dissolves into the outdoors through a multi-panel frameless sliding glass wall, while the kitchen and living volumes share a continuous wood-plank floor and a wrapped charcoal fireplace wall. Finish program includes custom matte-white slab cabinetry, dramatic veined stone backsplashes, and matte-black plumbing throughout.
A traditional custom residence executed at hospitality-grade detail. The gourmet kitchen features a custom plaster range hood with brushed brass inlay banding, a full-slab quartzite backsplash, a professional Thermador range, and integrated paneled refrigeration. The primary suite includes dual quartz vanities on rift-cut white-oak millwork, brushed-gold wall-mounted faucets, and calacatta marble flooring with LED toe-kick illumination. The wrought-iron arched stairwell is crowned by an operable skylight that washes the second floor in natural light.
A modern hillside residence built for entertaining. The living room is anchored by a full-height travertine media wall with an integrated linear fireplace, framed by black steel-framed glass doors opening to the hillside terrace. An adjacent dining room features a sculptural steel-framed table paired with a three-bay refrigerated wine display fronted in black steel and tempered glass. A custom built-in bar niche with walnut floating shelves and a glass-front wine fridge completes the entertaining sequence.
A two-story Mediterranean estate that pairs traditional Spanish Colonial massing — clay tile roof, white stucco, dry-stacked stone base — with a fully contemporary interior. The program includes an open great room with Pacific views, a gourmet kitchen with onyx slab fireplace surround, a sunken pool lounge with spa and outdoor kitchen, a private billiard and gallery room with glass-walled garage display, a fully outfitted home gym opening to a covered ocean-view terrace, and a herringbone-floored primary suite with book-matched marble bath.
53 projects designed and delivered in collaboration with Raad Ghantous & Associates — architectural interior design & build solutions. Residences, resort spas, restaurants, retail, and cultural spaces across California, the U.S., and abroad. Explore the full record by discipline below.
Custom coastal residences, estate remodels, and senior-living environments designed and built in collaboration with Raad Ghantous & Associates. A mix of completed-work photography and design renderings.
Destination spas, hotel wellness programs, and medical aesthetics environments — from the Four Seasons to Monarch Beach Resort. A mix of completed-work photography and design renderings.
Resort retail, flagship storefronts, cultural centers, and commercial interiors across Southern California and beyond. A mix of completed-work photography and design renderings.
Restaurants, bakeries, franchise prototypes, and food & beverage venues — from Dana Point to Dubai. A mix of completed-work photography and design renderings.
Recent commissions and design visualizations currently in development — a look at where the practice is headed next. A mix of completed-work photography and design renderings.