Cambrian Heights
A 46,500 ft² multi-tenant industrial building in mass timber, placed on a difficult site using DAO's own cost and site models.
Danielson Architecture Office · Sudbury + Ottawa
Buildings, systems and repeatable development.
New buildings, additions and renovations. We specialise in mass timber, and we use algorithms to control costs.
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“Their ability to translate our vision into practical, innovative, and aesthetically pleasing designs has ensured that all projects not only meet but often exceed our expectations.”
Three sectors, one way of working.
From site review and approvals through permit and construction, for owners, developers and families.
Industrial
Warehouses, multi-tenant buildings, additions and re-cladding, including built mass timber work in Greater Sudbury.
Featured projects
Commercial
Retail, salon, spa and office fit-ups, with fast-tracked approvals for tenants who have an opening date.
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Residential
Custom homes, additions and cottages, often phased so owners can stay in the house.
Featured projects Specialty
Mass timber
Glulam and CLT structures for every kind of building we design.
SpecialtyAlgorithmic costing + design
Models that show how cost moves as a design changes.
FrameworkLantern Box
A new home above an existing house, on its own frame.
ResearchMaterial science
Cast smelter slag, folded paper structures and high-performance concrete.
See what a design change costs before you make it.
We model the site, the structure and the main building parts, each with an approximate cost.
Change a storey height or move the building, and the model shows how the cost responds, including the sudden jumps, like an extra row of footings or a bigger mechanical unit.
On one project, early modelling identified more than $1 million in potential construction savings.
Estimated construction cost
$2.48M
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More home.
Same land.
Lantern Box, an architectural system developed by DAO: a new home above an existing house, on its own frame.
New columns and foundations beside the house carry the addition, so the house below stays in use. The new volume is two storeys tall, with room for a wide range of designs, from a large atrium loft to a two-storey apartment. It works for a single home or across a portfolio of properties.
Selected work.
A small practice with a large practical radius.
DAO has its own aircraft for site visits, supplier meetings and construction review across Ontario. Same-day visits are possible across much of the province, weather permitting, which cuts travel time and cost on remote projects.
- 200 and 400 km from Sudbury
- 200 and 400 km from Ottawa
Left to right: Jason Presse, Katherine Morawietz, Jeremy Upward, Patrick Danielson. Photo Amanda Thirkill.
The team.
We work directly with owners, engineers and builders, from the first sketch through to construction.
We're a small team of architects and designers. The people who draw a project are the ones who visit the site, review the work and answer the builder's questions, so decisions don't get lost between design and construction.
Between us we cover licensed practice in Ontario and British Columbia, mass timber design, cost modelling and the software behind it.