Our story
Monumenta Works is an independent architectural fabrication studio in Los Angeles, founded by Mikael Alinger and Diana Villalba.
OUR STORY
Heritage architecture across the United States — and especially in cities like Los Angeles — is silently disappearing. Original sculptural elements on century-old buildings are being lost to weather, safety concerns, structural failure, and the vanishing tradition of the master artisans who originally created them.
Digital fabrication has quietly matured to the point where it is now genuinely viable for heritage work. 3D scanning has reached metrology-grade precision. 3D printing has reached architectural scale.
Monumenta Works exists to bridge these two worlds, without compromising the reverence, craft, or fidelity that heritage work demands.
Our work sits at the intersection of architecture historic preservation and architectural conservation.
PURPOSE
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Every year, sculptural and ornamental elements are lost from historic buildings because restoration was too slow, too expensive, or simply unavailable.
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By combining scanning, digital design, and lightweight printing, we bring premium-quality restoration into the reach of parishes, community museums, and smaller heritage organizations.
03
Every scan we capture becomes part of a growing archive. Even when a physical piece is eventually lost, its digital twin can always be reproduced.
FOUNDERS
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Co-founder
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Co-founder · Chief Administrative Officer
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TECHNOLOGY
Metrology-grade 3D scanning with sub-millimeter precision, suitable for archival documentation, pre-restoration measurement, and precise replication. Not consumer equipment: the same class of tool used in industrial metrology.
Large architectural elements are fabricated in multiple sections, assembled, joined, reinforced, and finished as a single completed element.
CAD modeling, digital reconstruction, and design development are performed in-house, as are the 3D-printed molds used for casting.
OUR VALUES
Reverence for the buildings, communities, cultures, and traditions we work with.
Metrology-grade capture, engineered fidelity, professional accuracy.
Considered, thoughtful, non-industrial. Each project receives the attention of a studio, not the throughput of a factory.
Pieces built to last, businesses built to last, relationships built to last.
We use the most modern tools available to serve the most historic goals. Technology is a means, never an end.
PARTNERS
Monumenta Works is independently owned and maintains a close working relationship with Kaptive Construction & Preservation. With overlap in leadership and personnel, the teams can combine Monumenta’s digital scanning, design and fabrication capabilities with Kaptive’s historic restoration, construction and field expertise. Kaptive is Monumenta’s preferred partner for installation and on-site restoration work. Clients may also use their own qualified contractor for installation.
Faithful to the original, designed to last.
Let’s discuss your project and explore the best path forward.
