Studio Nova A is a new architecture and design studio built on years of experience.

The Studio’s focus is on design, whether it be residential, commercial or institutional architecture, or graphic design. In each of these arenas, design and sustainability are seen as two sides of the same coin, rather than conflicting agendas. With our clients, the work produced by the Studio integrates high design and high sustainability. This integration in design is also an opportunity to collaborate with clients to create something greater than either would achieve separately.

The Studio is based in Los Angeles and was founded in 2002 by Stuart Magruder, an architect licensed to practice in California and New York. Stuart’s architecture career started at Princeton University, where he majored in the field. He earned his masters at the Southern California Institute of Architecture, with a thesis on the Nature of Los Angeles, directed by Laura Miller.

He has extensive experience working in high-end design firms, including Richard Meier & Partners and Eric Owen Moss Architects.

The Studio is completely in pace with the digital demands of producing work in the 21st Century. The Studio has the ability to create the materials needed to make a project happen, whether it be a marketing package or a construction document package that is required. The Studio has been at the forefront of moving architectural drawings around electronically – for the obvious time and cost advantages – while maintaining graphic integrity of the work.