Joe is an extremely competent architect that we have used many times, including the design of our…read more3,700 sq ft home. Joe is a value and client driven design professional that has great vision. I strongly recommend Joe. Joe delivers his product when he says it will arrive and his services are extremely cost competitive. He is a really good guy too. David Coduto

Joe designed a 1,000+sf addition/remodel of our home in Santa Rosa, and we couldn't be happier…read more It was a complex project. The roof had to be completely realigned, and we had some pretty precise demands with regard to how our kitchen needed to be. The design exceeded our expectations in every way. We now have a beautiful, large living space/kitchen with exposed beams and lots of open space, and a spacious master suite - just what we wanted!

We worked with Wagstaff and Eric to design our ADU…read more This was a rebuild of an existing internal space in our main house into an official ADU, so came with significant constraints on size and layout. Eric was great to work with; he was responsive and listened carefully to our ideas. Billing was clear and the final cost came in approximately at or under Wagstaff's estimates, including a number of design iterations. The design process was a partnership and contributions from both sides were crucial to the final product. We provided strong opinions on how the space was to be used and requirements. Eric provided design ideas, and used his good understanding of space, building constraints and opportunities to validate our ideas and turn them into reality (or provide alternatives). My main regret is that we did not use Wagstaff enough! We did our own construction observation, but next time I would ask Wagstaff to take responsibility for that. We're delighted with the result and would use Wagstaff again!

I worked with Eric on a new construction build plan. Overall, I do not recommend this firm…read more 1. We did not align on high level how the flow in the new house should be, and he ended up drawing the detailed plans even if it was not what we wanted. Costed us 10k+ for nothing. 2. Every iteration was more than 5 hours, even if all he did was add a door/bath (no big changes). 3. He optimized for things that made no sense to us. Like he optimized for keeping one of the walls from the current house, even if we said we don't care about the current house (since this is a rebuild). 4. He sent plans to us that were still over the allowed limit 5. He talked to the city to understand the requirements, and understood them wrong. The limit for our lot that he said we need to respect was not correct, even if he talked to the city. 6. He asked us to get an "As built survey" even if we want to rebuild the house fully. Hi another 5k dollars. Overall I do not recommend working with this firm. We paid them way too much money for something that we could not use. Completely useless.

Stewart Summers and Steve Murch were invaluable to our home renovation and new ADU build project…read more From overall design to the nitty gritty technical minutiae we had a great experience with SKS. I was able to reply on SKS during the entire process, from wading though the city, county, and State permitting, construction costs, and straightforward talk & solutions to the surprises that come along with any major home renovation. I highly recommend SKS.

Stewart Summers is the guy you should hire! He's easy to talk to. He listens. He's creative. He's…read morekind. He's talented. He develops YOUR ideas and not just his own. He's very collaborative and has a great team of people working with him. I am speaking from experience. After having worked with FIVE previous architects, this is the ONLY guy I will work with going forward. He's.....amazing! AND! You should see my house. It belongs in architectural digest!! Color me: Really happy to have crossed paths with such a splendid human being.

Keith is an exceptional architect with an incredible eye. I've partnered with Keith on a number of…read moreprojects and am continually impressed by his professionalism and depth of knowledge. His attention to detail is paramount. I cannot recommend Kirley+ Architecture highly enough.

I recently renovated my home in Sonoma. And Kirley Plus Architecture did an amazing job planning…read moreand producing our drawings! They were fast and easy to communicate with. They had a lot of great design ideas. I'd highly recommend this team to anyone looking for a reliable architect.

We have been working on a 2nd floor addition to a 100 yr old house. As one can imagine, there are…read moremany significant structural issues that may arise unexpectedly when opening up walls and seeing how people build things 100 yrs ago. David and Ray have been incredible since the beginning of the process, helping us navigate through all the structural concerns and always trying to find a value engineering approach - whether it was optimizing depth of foundation work, or finding ways to reinforce old windows, coming up with ways to get headers into locations where there isn't the space, and/or proposing alternative shear wall options when there isn't room to fit things. Ray, our project engineer, has been the best communicating and responding to all our questions and worries. He carefully reviews the problem at hand that arise and often will provide 2 or 3 possible options that our builder can work on. With our current project, Ray is always super prompt to resolve any issues via call or email, or video conference and if necessary an onsite visit to inspect the construction phase. He was just crawling in our crawlspace the other day and notified our builder if some items that needed to be addressed to maintain a positive continuous connection from 2nd floor down to 1st floor and to crawlspace foundation. We are now adding the 2nd floor framing and almost done the most stressful part of the project. We have done 3 major remodels in the past with other firms where it was difficult to get in touch with anybody. With Ray and David at Simplengi Engineering, it has been a very refreshing experience to have experts that promptly responds to all our concerns. Value engineering, great timely communication, attention to detail, common sense, simple and smart engineering. We highly recommend Ray and David and Simplengi Engineering for any structural work. Simply great engineering. We don't plan to do another remodel for 100+ years but if we did, we would hire Simplengi 100% for sure.

​If you want the highest degree of professionalism​, the best customer service​, and an incredibly…read morewell trained and highly ethical engineer​, who is a supreme problem-solver and someone who actually responds to your questions, then you'll be 1000% satisfied with Dave Yadegar at Simplengi. ​D​ave is a superbly qualified engineer with a ​v​ast amount of varied professional experience​, and with his knowledge and skills​, ​h​e has saved us substantial amounts of time, money and perhaps most importantly - aggravation.​ ​I​nterestingly, I have met ​two other clients​ of Dave's, and they both shared the same opinion of​ his ability.​ ​D​ave will save you time, money, frustration, etc. New construction, remodels, expansion, - commercial and residential: he will simplify your life as ​he has done for me. He is absolutely the very best. PS- a shout-out goes to Antwon Trinh and Santosh Chitturi for helping round out the team!

We spoke with several architects before choosing Gary to draw up the plans for our renovation in…read morethe Sunset of San Francisco. Gary was clearly the most experienced and he had a solid intuition for figuring out what the best possible layout would be. He made some great suggestions that we hadn't considered, such as the opportunity to enlarge our shower. We were on a tight deadline with a baby on the way; Gary was able to draft the plans and get them approved ahead of schedule. When I changed my mind on some details a few weeks later, Gary was able to quickly make the changes. We decided to handle the design aspects on our own, but from looking at his portfolio I'm sure he would have done a great job there as well. I would be happy to work with Gary again on a future project.

Gary was honestly a godsend!…read more He took on a very difficult project, and overcame several legal, structural, and regulatory obstacles, to bring my project to permit approval. The project was to renovate a 100+ year old, 3-story building, through the aforementioned obstacles, in a city as tough as SF - so it was no easy feat! Gary navigated working with multiple stakeholders: me, my partner, the structural engineer, and a multitude of government officials. He's a very good listener, so he quickly understood the project's direction and was able to provide ideas and brainstorm in a way that was easy and fun to work with him. He also knows the building, planning, and historical codes incredibly well - so his abilities to mix his knowledge with his skills of listening and brainstorming translated into coming up with super helpful and strategic SOLUTIONS to ensure compliance with codes that the city APPROVED. I also enjoyed having healthy debates with him. As an opinionated home-owner who actually knows nothing about codes, I had opinions that he -very professionally- told me were not accurate, which I was incredibly appreciative of. When I was wrong, he offered his expertise in a humble and tactful way, and made me see that the route I thought to take may not be the best route. Knowing you're working with someone smart, knowledgeable, capable, emotionally intelligent, strategic and who can help steer you in the right direction was so incredibly valuable. Also - and this one is especially important - when he said he'd do something, he did it, by the date promised, and with great attention to detail. If you have the opportunity to work with Gary, do it; I promise you won't be disappointed!

Castor Architecture has been a remarkable partner -- they have impeccable taste and judgement. For…read morethose looking for a firm to create a new design project, Danny and his team are outstanding. And for those looking for a firm to partner with for their existing design, they are quite flexible and adaptable. Danny first helped us with an extensive remodel, and is now creating an entirely new additional structure for our home. What's unique about Danny and his team is their range: they excel at a wide variety of styles and approaches. Danny understood our needs, and also paid attention to the topography of the land and how to best place a new structure and pool so that they complement the existing home and surroundings. It's also worth highlighting how practical Castor is: he partners extremely well with contractors and various designers, and navigates City rules and regulations with ease. We trust his guidance and have found him to be a great resource in this area. Danny and his team are a pleasure to work with -- they're able to work with great speed and efficiency, and with reasonable rates. We can't recommend them highly enough. For our projects' needs, we've found them to be the finest architectural firm in the Bay Area.

Daniel Castor of Castor Architecture was the perfect person to guide the remodel of our unique…read morehome, a former church in Mill Valley. Our project included the full remodel of the kitchen/sanctuary space and three bathrooms, a reconfigured entry, and the addition of a new guest bath. He understood our desire to capture the history and character of the space and brought creative ideas, unique solutions and a steady, thoughtful presence to the process. Daniel collaborated beautifully with our contractor, interior and landscape teams, and engineering consultant and managed the permitting process with skill and grace. His design advice and attention to detail and quality were exceptional and his excellent listening and communication skills made the experience efficient and enjoyable. We are delighted with the result and grateful for the magic Daniel brought to the process.

Tim drew plans for our deck and railings replacement project. He was thorough and fun to meet…read morewith. He filed information to get the building permit, and met with the contractor. He was available if needed when the work was inspected. The inspector told us the work was done "beyond code." Tim's design guaranteed our deck would be safe as well as lovely. His fee was reasonable for someone with so much experience. We are thrilled with the results.

Timothy was great to work with. We remodeled our bathroom to make it wheelchair accessible and…read moreTimothy quickly understood the issues then provided excellent drawings. He also took the lead in securing the building permit which made all the difference! We very enthusiastically recommend Home & Temple Design!