ERW Design

ERW Design is a multi-disciplinary architecture firm whose work is based on the intersection of the built form and the landscape. With a small staff of architects and designers, ERW Design has completed more than fifty institutional, residential, and landscape projects throughout the Los Angeles area. Our design strategies are developed in response to a matrix of conditions and voices. We are especially attuned to opportunities to integrate architecture and landscape, formulating sequences from interior to exterior: primary structures, transition spaces - terraces, paths, courtyards - and gardens and accessory buildings.

Elaine René-Weissman is an architect whose education and work experience reflects her background in the arts. She studied painting and art history and worked in the applied arts and theater design in New York City. The transition to architecture established a course of work that was utilitarian, full-scale, and collective in spirit. She received a Master of Architecture from the Yale School of Architecture in 1988, earning the Sielaff Award, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts, New York City. René-Weissman is also a LEED Accredited Professional, which recognizes her understanding of sustainable building principles. She served on the Design Review Team for the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District. Currently, she is a member of the City of Malibu’s Environmental Review Board.