S Y M M E T R Y D E S I G N + B U I L D
At Symmetry Design + Build, we bring over 30 years of experience to every project, guiding you from the first sketch to the final build. We specialize in architectural design, custom residential plans, detailed construction, and hands-on project management all under one roof. With a strong understanding of the latest building codes, materials, home trends, and styles, we create spaces that are not only well-built but thoughtfully designed for the way you live.
W H O A R E W E
W H Y U S
Using a design + build firm to draw your custom residential plans and build your dream home streamlines the building experience. Your designer, contractor, project manager, problem solver, and communicator are all in one. With a single point of responsibility, your project moves faster, has more continuity, and higher quality control, which saves money and headaches for you.
If you need plans for your project we can take your sketch concept through the design, engineering and city/county approval processes to a complete, ready-to-build set of architectural plans.
We provide plans for: + Custom Homes + Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU’s) + Barns + Barndominiums + Sheds + Shops + Outdoor Living Spaces + California Rooms + Renovations + Commercial Facades + Commercial Tenant Improvements
Other Services Include: + ADU Feasibility Studies + Architectural Renderings
C O L L A B O R A T E
M E E T O U R T E A M
Principal Drafter, Designer, Plans Manager, Construction Manager
Designer, Materials and Sourcing
JASON + LISA GUERRA
GEORGE BARAJAS
Associate Drafter and current Architecture student with over 9 years of experience drafting for Symmetry D+B
CHRISTINA CARALHO
Assistant Drafter and recent Architecture graduate from University of Oregon
O U R S T O R Y
Jason and Lisa were both born and raised in Hollister, California. Jason started drafting in a high school ACAD drafting class and was hooked. He worked for a professional engineer during his summers where he learned more about drafting and surveying. He went to Fresno State and studied Engineering and Construction Management. Lisa went to UC Santa Barbara and got a bachelor’s degree in Sociology. However, her true passion has always been home and interior design.
They met after both moving back to Hollister in 1997 and a bit of matchmaking by their adoring grandmothers. Jason started Symmetry Design + Build in 1998 and they married in 2000. Their first home was a 1919 Craftsman in downtown Hollister which they renovated back to its original roots.
Jason built his first spec home in 1999 in the golf course community of Ridgemark in Hollister. He designed over 30 custom homes in that development as well as over 800 other projects over the last 26 years from San Benito County to, Santa Cruz, SantaClara and Monterey counties.
From 1999-2010 Lisa owned a furniture, fabrics and home décor store with her mom in Hollister. After it closed she joined Symmetry Design + Build and Jason and she built their first spec home together, Tyler 1, in 2016 and they have not stopped since. Two of their favorite projects are the Tortola spec and their own home Donald 2. You can see these projects as well as several other recent projects that they have designed and built for clients on this web site.
They continue to do what they love and love what they do while always staying true to authentic design, style and cost effective building techniques.
