Pacific Palisades Architect Unveils Easy-To-Build, Fire-Resistant Home

CBS Los Angeles

May 1, 2026

An architect and developer who helped build the Palisades community is back at it again after his own home burned to the ground in last year's wildfire. He's designed and built a fireproof, luxury modular home that can be quickly assembled.

Ardie Tavangarian and his company, Arya Group Inc, are known for specializing in unique high-end modern residential estates.

"Each time I come here, you know, it's still it, you know, I feel the pain," he said. Now, down the hill from the ashes of the home where he built his life, stands a solution, a prototype of a completely fire-resistant, modular home fit for the Palisades lifestyle, and built in six months.

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