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Daniel Clarke
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Principal Architect, Daniel Clarke Architect
Multiplexes engineered for net-zero, climate resilience, and the multiplex era.
Two decades of high-performance residential in Western Canada. Created the SAPPHR Strategy™ research-design-execute process and the Invisible Multiplex™ approach for legacy-home owners converting to multi-unit.
20+
yrs in practice
AIBC
Registered
Net-zero
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Meet Daniel Clarke
Daniel Clarke is a Vancouver-based AIBC-registered architect specializing in ultra high-performance, climate-resilient Passive House and net-zero homes and multi-family residential buildings.
Clarke's experience spans more than two decades in Western Canada, serving individuals, private developers, and public-sector clients with varied priorities.
Since Bill 44, he has fielded dozens of fourplex inquiries — from homeowners wanting to convert legacy single-family lots to small builders pricing their first multiplex. His SAPPHR Strategy™ and Invisible Multiplex™ approach are tuned to exactly that buyer.
Credentials
Why work with Daniel
01
Ultra high-performance is the brief, not an upgrade
Every project starts at Passive House / net-zero — not as an add-on. That alignment with Vancouver’s density bonus and CMHC MLI Select energy targets compounds the financial case.
02
SAPPHR Strategy™
A proprietary research-design-execute process that maps client-specific aspirations against zoning, climate, and budget before the first sketch.
03
Invisible Multiplex™ for legacy lots
For homeowners trading a maintenance-heavy older house for a multiplex, Clarke’s Invisible Multiplex™ approach prioritizes street-front character so the building reads as an upgraded house, not a development.
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David Long
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