MXA Development was founded by Andres Ariza, a 16-year Venice, California resident with a passion for design and development. Inspired by renowned minimalists Mies Van Der Rohe, Philip Johnson and Luis Barragan, Ariza found his "inner architect" after a frustrating housing search for himself and his 4-year-old son. Wanting a home with high ceilings, polished concrete floors and an overabundance of light, Ariza decided to start from scratch and purchased an empty lot in Venice. The home, completed in 2001, successfully demonstrates his vision of functionality and affordability without sacrificing design. Since the initial project, MXA has completed several single-family projects and is currently in development of two single-family homes and a mixed use project in Mar Vista, CA. Andres continues to live in Venice with his son Maxwell and daughter Isabella.

Project Highlight - The Red Barn
The project, completed in 2003, is a unique ECO friendly prefabricated steel structure in the heart of the art community of Venice, showing hopeful homeowners that a single family home can be affordable by foregoing conventional techniques while focusing on design and innovation. Through clever construction strategies, less expensive materials and the best of modern design, the project embodies the original vision: The ultimate stylish single-family home. The adventurous steel residence addresses the freedoms and constraints of a residential area, sensitivity to scale and context while using raw and honest materials appropriate to the character of the Venice environment. The flexible floor plan has essentially eliminated the barriers between indoor and outdoor living while still maintaining affordability. The Red Barn will be featured in the August 2004 issue of Flaunt Magazine.