Timeless design that honors the land, the light, and the ways we live. Residential design for Carmel-by-the-Sea and the Monterey Peninsula.
Contact UsJulia Correia Studio is a residential design studio in Carmel-by-the-Sea, working on custom homes, remodels, additions, ADUs and historic restoration across the Monterey Peninsula.
Every house here has to answer to the same things: the fog, the light off the water, the wind through the cypress, and a planning process that takes Carmel's character seriously. Good design on this coast starts by reading the site before drawing anything on it.
That approach has a name. Bioclimatic design means orienting a house to its own light, ventilation and landscape rather than imposing a plan on the land. It is why these homes feel calm to be in, and why they cost less to run.
The studio is small on purpose. You work with Julia directly, from the first walk of the property to the last site visit before you move in.
New homes, whole-house remodels and historic restorations across Carmel, Carmel Valley, Pebble Beach and Pacific Grove. Brisa is shown here, a custom home built around a living oak.
Custom homes designed from the site up, from the first feasibility study through permitting and construction, for owners who want the house to belong to the land it sits on.
Whole-house renovations and additions that open a house to light and air without losing whatever made it worth keeping in the first place.
Accessory dwelling units, junior ADUs and feasibility work for owners weighing what a property can actually take before they commit to anything.
Research-based work on Carmel's older houses, including design review and the permitting that comes with a protected streetscape.
In Carmel and across the Monterey Bay, Julia designs homes that respond to the coast — its light, its landscape, and its heritage. Julia trained in Brazil and has more than fifteen years of design practice, working on the Monterey Peninsula since 2023. Her work runs from new custom homes to the restoration of some of Carmel's most closely watched historic houses, including the 1902 log cabin that was Robinson Jeffers' first home here.
Learn More About JuliaCarmel-by-the-Sea, Carmel Valley, Monterey, Pacific Grove and Pebble Beach. The studio is based in Pacific Grove and most projects are within twenty minutes of it, which matters more than it sounds: this is work that needs site visits in order to imagine, design and create.
Brisa House was featured on the 2026 tour.
Learn MoreIf you are weighing a new house, a renovation or an ADU on the Monterey Peninsula, the first step is a conversation about the property and what you want from it. No obligation, and no drawings until we both know what we are drawing.
Julia Correia Studio, Pacific Grove. design@juliacorreia.com, (831) 620-5928.
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