Modern custom tiny home with dark steel frame, wood cladding, and bifold glass doors opening to a deck and pool surrounded by tropical palms

Residential Architecture

Custom homes designed around the life you want

Marlon Gamilong designs bespoke tiny homes and residential architecture: precise, purposeful, and built to endure.

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Marlon Gamilong Design, Est. 2021

Marlon is the most detailed designer and architect we've ever worked with. His attention to detail and ability to create truly beautiful designs is unmatched.

Zach F. Co-Founder, TinyHousePlans.com
Architect reviewing architectural blueprints in a well-lit office environment.
Residential Architecture 3 Years Tiny Home Design Boutique Practice

The Architect

Design intelligence
over
square footage

I'm Marlon Gamilong, and I run Marlon Gamilong Design as a deliberate choice: a boutique practice where every project gets my full attention, not an associate's. Most architecture firms default to scale. I see possibility in constraint.

My work in custom tiny homes began with a simple observation: the finest architecture ever built has nothing to do with square footage. A 300-square-foot home can be precisely as rich, functional, and beautiful as any sprawling estate, if every decision is intentional.

I work with clients who share that instinct. Whether you're designing a tiny home to live with more freedom, or a custom residence that reflects exactly how you want to live, the process is the same: unhurried, collaborative, and built around your specific life.

"The question is never how much space you need. It's how you want to feel inside it." Marlon Gamilong
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How We Work

A process built on
clarity, not complexity

01

Conversation

We begin with an unhurried conversation about how you actually live: your routines, your priorities, what you've always wished a home could do.

02

Concept

A single, resolved design concept drawn from your life. Not options or variations, but a clear direction that we refine together until it's exactly right.

03

Development

Detailed drawings, specifications, and coordination with builders. Every decision documented with the same precision applied to every other.

04

Delivery

Site oversight, contractor coordination, and the satisfaction of watching a precise concept become a physical home, built to endure.

Tiny home specialist

With three years focused on custom tiny home design, we bring specific expertise to small-footprint living: micro-utility planning, built-in furniture systems, loft access, and off-grid considerations. If you're designing a tiny home, you want an architect who has solved these problems before.

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Every home starts
with a
conversation

Tell me about your project: tiny home, custom residence, or renovation. I take on a limited number of projects each year to ensure every client gets my full attention.

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Marlon Gamilong Design
Residential Architecture
San Francisco Bay Area

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