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Daniel Clarke
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Principal Architect, Daniel Clarke Architect Inc.
Multiplexes designed to Passive House and net-zero from the first sketch.
Daniel Clarke runs a Vancouver practice that takes on only ultra high-performance residential work. He uses his own SAPPHR System and an Invisible Multiplex approach for owners converting a single-family lot to multiple units.
~24
yrs in practice
AIBC
Registered architect
Certified
Passive House Designer
Meet Daniel Clarke
Daniel Clarke is a Vancouver-area architect registered with the Architectural Institute of British Columbia (AIBC) and a Certified Passive House Designer. His firm, Daniel Clarke Architect Inc., is based in the Coquitlam area and works across Metro Vancouver.
Clarke has about 24 years of architectural experience in Western Canada. Over that time he worked on single-family houses, multi-family residential buildings, offices, schools, and other building types for individuals, private developers, and government clients before narrowing his practice to high-performance residential work.
He passed the Certified Passive House Designer exam and is a member of Passive House Canada and the International Passive House Association. His firm designs every project to Passive House, net-zero, or comparable high-performance targets rather than treating energy performance as an add-on.
For multiplex clients he has published named concept projects, including DCA-13, a Vancouver zero-energy (ZEB) fourplex, and DCA-12, a cost-conscious fourplex for Vancouver or Burnaby. His Invisible Multiplex approach keeps the street-facing design close to a single house so the building fits its block.
Credentials
Why work with Daniel
01
Passive House is the starting point
Every project is designed to Passive House or net-zero from the start, not added on later. Clarke is a Certified Passive House Designer and a member of Passive House Canada, so the energy targets are part of the brief.
02
SAPPHR System
Clarke uses his own SAPPHR System, a step-by-step process that works through a client’s goals against zoning, climate, and budget before design begins. His RED Report compares redevelopment options such as additions, rebuilds, and infill.
03
Invisible Multiplex for legacy lots
For owners trading an older single-family house for a multiplex, the Invisible Multiplex approach keeps the street-facing design close to a house. His published fourplex concepts (DCA-12 and DCA-13) show cost-conscious and zero-energy versions.
Built work
DCA-13 — Vancouver ZEB Fourplex
A zero-energy (ZEB) fourplex concept designed for a Vancouver lot.
DCA-12 — Cost-effective Fourplex
A cost-conscious fourplex concept aimed at Vancouver or Burnaby lots.
Frequently asked questions
Is Daniel Clarke a fit for a budget multiplex?
Does he handle Passive House certification, or just the design?
What kinds of multiplex projects has he published?
Other architects
Bryn Davidson
Built Vancouver's first laneway house in 2010 and its first net-zero laneway in 2012. Lanefab now designs and builds ~10 small-multi-unit projects a year.
Cornerstone Architecture
Vancouver studio founded in 1983 that designed The Heights — an 85-unit Passive House building in Hastings-Sunrise that was the largest in Canada when it went up.
David Long
Vancouver architect, AIBC and OAA registered, who took 6162 Granville from a 1920s single-family lot to a six-unit SSMUH approval.
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