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Los Angeles / California · Texas · Oklahoma

Architecture /
that
navigates
complexity.

Mixed-use, multifamily, commercial, and residential design from Los Angeles—grounded in constructability and regulatory insight.

PrincipalBabak Bardi Chaharmahali, AIARegistered Architect, State of California, Oklahoma and Texas

200+Projects
CA · TX · OKLicensed Architect
Design +Entitlements
B-942278CA General Contractor

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Selected work

A first curated collection drawn from CDD’s recent project portfolio and active work across Los Angeles.

Mixed-Use / Affordable Housing

10448–10456 Santa Monica Blvd

Century City, Los Angeles

Two-tower, six-story development with 68 apartments, retail, live-work space, affordable housing, and 17 future ADUs.

Affordable Housing

4419 Burns Avenue

Los Angeles, California

A 71-unit, 100% affordable housing development within the Vermont/Western Specific Plan.

Civic / Commercial

3307 N Broadway

Los Angeles, California

Mixed-use commercial and office development supporting the LA County Northeast Department of Mental Health.

Medical

412 S Robertson Boulevard

Los Angeles, California

Three-story medical building planned for a contemporary LASIK surgical center.

Residential

1951 Westwood Boulevard

West Los Angeles, California

Twenty-nine-unit, five-story plus loft development over two parking levels with rooftop open space.

Mixed-Income Housing

2415 S Barrington Avenue

Los Angeles, California

Seven-story, 38-unit development with private balconies, rooftop open space, and an activated street edge.

Mixed-Income Housing

4802 Elmwood Avenue

Los Angeles, California

Five-story, 15-unit urban housing development with rooftop amenities and subterranean parking.

Affordable Housing

900 S Wilton Place

Los Angeles, California

Seven-story, 80-unit urban infill development designed as 100% affordable housing.

Affordable Housing

14533 Saticoy Street

Los Angeles, California

A six-story, 97-unit apartment building designed as 100% affordable housing.

Mixed-Use / Medical

1255 S La Cienega Boulevard

Los Angeles, California

Seven-story development combining medical space and 30 mixed-income affordable apartments over subterranean parking.

Mixed-Use

1225 N Vermont Avenue

Los Angeles, California

Art Deco-inspired eight-story development with 58 residences, extremely low-income housing, and a ground-floor medical office.

Mixed-Income Housing

2811 San Marino Street

Los Angeles, California

Seven-story, 36-unit apartment building over two subterranean parking levels with a rooftop amenity deck.

Residential

7140 La Tijera Boulevard

Los Angeles, California

Contemporary multifamily housing shaped by a prominent urban corner and layered façade composition.

Medical / Retail

Olympic Barrington Square

11668 Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles

Three-story medical and retail center designed to create a strong commercial presence along Olympic Boulevard.

Mixed-Income Housing

10867 Fruitland Drive

Studio City, California

Nineteen-unit, five-story apartment building over subterranean parking with rooftop amenities.

Affordable Housing / ED1

1349 N Hobart Boulevard

Los Angeles, California

Five-story, 107-unit affordable apartment building advanced through Los Angeles ED1 entitlement.

Multifamily Residential

The Horner Villas

Los Angeles, California

Twenty-nine-unit multifamily development with subterranean parking, private roof amenities, and AB 2345 / AB 2097 incentives.

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Explore by project type

The extended CDD portfolio, organized using the original project categories.

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Expertise across the full project path.

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Architecture + Design

Concept through construction documents for residential, multifamily, mixed-use, and commercial work.

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Entitlements + Approvals

Strategic navigation of planning, zoning, building, accessibility, fire-life-safety, and agency review.

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Construction Administration

Bid support, consultant coordination, site observation, and design continuity through completion.

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Design ambition. Technical command. Personal accountability.

Led by Babak Bardi Chaharmahali, AIA, California Development and Design is a Los Angeles architecture and design-build practice serving clients across California, Texas, and Oklahoma.

We connect design quality with code knowledge, agency coordination, economic discipline, and construction experience—so strong ideas can move from concept to approval and realization.

CA Architect C-34450TX Architect 26090OK Architect A-6376CA Contractor B-942278
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In the media

Broadway / Thomas groundbreaking featured by ABC7.

ABC7 covered the groundbreaking of CDD’s Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health project on North Broadway.

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Project team and public officials at the Broadway and Thomas groundbreaking ceremony
Broadway / Thomas groundbreaking ceremony

Latest work

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