DAE Design Architecture Everyday

Working with David and Shirley at DAE was an absolute delight. Their concept designs and permitting services left a lasting impression with their creative designs, helpful guidance, and meticulous attention to detail.

DAE's designs were well thought out and intuitive that surpassed our expectations. Each concept design presented by DAE left us impressed.

DAE provided invaluable guidance throughout the entire process. They navigated permitting procedures, ensuring a seamless experience. Their knowledge and expertise in dealing with regulations was great, and they acted as partners in every step of the journey.

The firms boutique size fostered open communication and collaboration, incorporating our ideas while offering expert advice. Working with DAE felt like being part of a dedicated team.

In conclusion, I would recommend DAE to anyone seeking a firm that embodies creativity, expertise, and meticulous attention to detail. More...

My partner and I were extraordinarily fortunate to have been able to work with DAE to turn our first home (a Victorian duplex) into a single family home. They are an extremely thoughtful, hardworking and creative team. From beginning to end, they showed care and consideration to make sure that our daily lives (present and future) would be reflected in the design of the house. The facade and backbone of the home were preserved while the interior was renovated to be friendly, modern, clean, and incredibly functional. An addition was designed for the rear of the home which visually contrasts playfully with the character of the older home, and was designed with sensitivity to the original building; minimizing construction cost and reflecting a respect for the exiting design. As a team, they balanced management of the ‘big picture’ with the required granularity to ensure no detail was missed. Ours was a large scale project— a complete gut from underpinning the basement to a secret little loft space featuring a pitched roof and double height volume— and looking back on all the communication DAE maintained with our GC, tradespeople, and with us, I am so impressed and grateful for everything they did.. I have many memories of discussIng plans and choices, surely driving them mad, though they never let it on and were always available. Even then, we’d still sometimes change our minds(!!) and they remained pleasant and gracious while politely explaining the ramifications on budget and timelines :). While we feel the credit they received for the project in several publications is of course well deserved, what is not often thought of enough (or well covered) is how deeply and truly an owner loves their home! We could not be more grateful and appreciative for their hard work and lightness of spirit with which they undertook it. More...