Studio RMA
Architecture and PlanningCalifornia, United States2-10 Employees
Studio RMA operates in architecture and planning with a focus on affordable, energy-efficient home design that addresses hurricane, flood, and fire resistance. It collaborates with homeowners, developers, and contractors, delivering design-build consultation that includes integrated engineering services. The company designs home shells using factory-made modular structural foam panels finished with concrete and has developed a 3-D software tool that integrates design, engineering, and cost estimating for these panels. The firm operates with a small team, centralizing its 3-D analysis in Las Vegas and maintaining affiliated offices in Pompano, FL; San Jose, Costa Rica; San Antonio, TX; Fresno, CA; and Kona, HI. It works with a variety of manufacturers to source cost-effective, ICC-compliant materials, applying Miami-Dade codes for high-wind areas, and it brings knowledge of shipping, offshore, and island-building considerations to projects.