Architectural services
DAO provides architectural services for new buildings, additions and the adaptation of existing properties, from the first site review to the end of construction.
Industrial architecture
New multi-tenant industrial buildings, warehouse additions, envelope renewals and heavy-industrial upgrades, mostly in Greater Sudbury.
Commercial architecture
Retail, spa, salon and office fit-ups and renovations, including fast-tracked approvals and phased work.
Residential architecture
Custom homes, additions, cottages and outdoor living spaces, including lakeside and conservation-regulated sites.
Mass timber
Glulam, CLT and nail-laminated timber structures, from industrial buildings to a residential balcony.
Algorithmic costing
Spatial statistical models that estimate how cost changes with design decisions, used early while options are open.
Material research
Applied research into building with cast smelter slag, folded paper structures and high-performance concrete.
What we do on a project
Services are combined to suit each project. These are the ones listed most often across our work.
- Record drawings and 3D scans of existing buildings
- Feasibility reviews and master planning
- Rezoning, minor variances and site plan approval
- Authority having jurisdiction (AHJ) compliance
- Conceptual design and rendering packages
- Algorithmic design and cost modelling
- Building permit drawings
- Interior design and tenant fit-ups
- Landscape design
- Phased work and fast-track approvals
- Construction administration
- Selected design-build elements
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.