Architecture that gets built.
EPIC is the practice of Amy Felix, serving developers, investors, and contractors who need plans that permit, drawings that bid clean, and a project team that returns the call.
Meet Amy Felix
Amy is the principal architect at EPIC. Her practice spans residential, commercial, healthcare, and institutional work, from feasibility studies on undeveloped lots to design-build coordination on 8 and 9-figure builds. She is licensed in California and operates as EPIC across California and Florida markets.
Her work on the American Institute of Architects energy code panel reflects how she practices day to day: precise on the code, generous on communication, and unwilling to hand a client a set of drawings that will not permit.
What EPIC does
From early-stage feasibility through permitted construction documents, in residential, commercial, healthcare, and institutional work.
Proof of work
Selected projects across residential, commercial, healthcare, and institutional work. Each one approved, in construction, or in active design.
Los Gatos South Hillside Estate
Built on a vacant lot in a planned hillside development. Five bedrooms, six bathrooms, home office, gym, recreation room, game room, wine cellar with built-in bar, 3-car garage, and resort-style outdoor living including an infinity pool with swim-up bar and spa.
EPIC coordinated Planning, Building, and Fire Departments along with geotechnical, landscape, civil, structural, electrical, mechanical, and plumbing engineers. Scope included the contentious story-pole installation, neighbor approval meetings, and full design coordination from concept through permit approval.
Clayton Community Church
New 14,000 sqft two-story church campus on a 5-acre hillside lot. 350-seat sanctuary, lobby, educational spaces, administrative offices, 160-space parking with fire access, storm-water management, oak tree preservation, and off-site infrastructure upgrades including water mains and road conversion.
Commercial Jet Hangar & Office
Private jet hangar with attached office building. EPIC served as Architect of Record, coordinating engineering consultants, county submissions, and plan-check revisions through to permit. Proactive coordination kept revision cycles tight and construction documents clean.
Castro Valley Custom Home
New two-story 2,776 sqft custom home, Alameda County. 5 bedrooms, loft, covered porch and balconies, attached garage, solar. Design-build coordination with the owner-builder's structural, civil, and geotechnical engineers. Existing home demolition included.
Sutter Street Surgical Center, SF
Tenant improvement of a two-story building to outpatient surgical center and healthcare offices. New elevator, fire sprinkler and alarm systems, replacement electrical panels, centralized HVAC. Patient comfort, privacy, and current-code compliance throughout.
Considering a property?
Start with a feasibility study.
Before you put money in the ground, or in escrow, get answers. EPIC's feasibility studies assess zoning, allowable area, height limits, utility access, parking, and what's actually buildable on the lot. Two weeks or less to a digital report you can show partners, lenders, and the seller.
Request a quote below. Amy will respond personally.
What clients say
Three clients across church, commercial, and residential. Each one approved their project with EPIC as architect of record.
"From day one Amy brought a passionate enthusiasm to her work."
"Work which was always done with excellence, superb communication and quick responsiveness. The team worked with the city process and were key to getting our project approved."
"Their construction background makes them better designers."
"The EPIC team provides professional design services from project conception to final details. They understand the go/no-go decisions that need to be made, which is why their emphasis on the Feasibility Study is critical."
"Solution focused and forward thinking when it comes to obstacles."
"Los Gatos has turned out to be a rigorous jurisdiction for permitting approval. The EPIC team have been solution focused on getting our two-story 10,000 square foot home approved by the Los Gatos DRC."