About Danielson Architecture Office
DAO was founded in 2017 by Patrick Danielson. We are a small practice based in Sudbury, with an office in Ottawa, working across Ontario on industrial, commercial and residential projects.
Design credibility, construction realism.
We work at every stage with the whole project in mind, from finding the best opportunity on a property to making sure the result can be built and paid for.
DAO provides architectural services for new buildings, additions and the adaptation of existing properties. Our technical discipline comes from mass timber and existing-building work, and we carry it into repeatable systems such as Lantern Box.
DAO holds an Ontario Association of Architects Certificate of Practice, held since 2017, and our principal is also licensed in British Columbia. An associated company, Danielson Associates Office Inc., has handled research and commercialisation since 2014, including the patented Formid seat and our material research.
The people behind the work.
Patrick Danielson
Founder and principal architect · OAA, AIBC, MRAIC
Patrick holds a Bachelor of Biomedical Science from Laurentian University and a Master of Architecture from the University of British Columbia. He has been licensed with the OAA since 2017 and the AIBC since 2016, and is a member of the RAIC. He holds US patents as an inventor, has led applied research funded by Mitacs, NOHFC and FPInnovations, and has taught and critiqued at the McEwen School of Architecture, the University of Waterloo and UBC. He flies the company aircraft and speaks English and French.
Jeremy Upward
Chief technology officer, intern architect · MArch, BArch
Jeremy leads DAO's use of technology: choosing the tools that improve our workflow and communication, and exploring spatial computing to help clients and builders understand a design in its real setting.
Katherine Morawietz
Architect · OAA · MArch, BArch
A graduate of Sudbury's McEwen School of Architecture, Katherine focuses on architectural processes and project lifecycles: streamlining workflows, standardising procedures across the office, and making sure they work in the field as projects move from design to construction.
Jason Presse
Architectural designer, intern architect · MArch, BArch
A graduate of the McEwen School of Architecture, Jason brings an interest in community engagement and sustainable design processes, keeping the people who will use a building at the front of the design across a wide range of building types.
Sudbury, Ottawa and across Ontario.
Our base office is at 217 Maki Avenue in Sudbury, and we also have an office in Ottawa. Most of our built work is in Greater Sudbury and Northern Ontario.
A company aircraft, a Pipistrel Virus, lets us reach sites across much of Ontario quickly. The two offices are about an hour and a half apart by air, which keeps travel time and cost down on projects far from either office.
Careers
We're always interested in hearing from good people. Send a portfolio or web link and your résumé to connect@p-dao.com. We read every application and will contact those selected for interviews.
Have a site, a building or an idea? Tell us about it.
Email connect@p-dao.com. We work from Sudbury and Ottawa across Ontario.