Our Studio
We design homes that are rooted in traditional architecture, employing time-honored principles to create spaces and forms that resonate with the past, yet are tailored to modern living.
Our portfolio spans San Francisco, Marin, Wine Country, the South Bay, and Hawaii. Our light-filled office in San Francisco’s Lower Haight neighborhood occupies a former Bank of America branch from the 1920s that we renovated in 2019, restoring many historic details during its transformation.
Our portfolio spans San Francisco, Marin, Wine Country, the South Bay, and Hawaii. Our light-filled office in San Francisco’s Lower Haight neighborhood occupies a former Bank of America branch from the 1920s that we renovated in 2019, restoring many historic details during its transformation.
Our Expertise
Our mastery is bringing traditional architecture into the 21st century, creating timeless homes with insightful custom features that suit contemporary living. Our high standard for thoroughly detailed drawings to ensure proper construction has earned us a stellar reputation among top builders and repeat clients. Beyond design, our expertise with local planning and building departments enables deft navigation of the complex approval process.
Our ethos:
Our ethos:
- Timeless design supersedes trend
- Time-honored architectural principles drive beauty and comfort
- Project team collaboration is essential
- Focusing on client interests is the key to project success
What Inspires Us
We’re passionate about proportion, scale, balance, natural light and shadow, beautiful spaces, thoughtful detailing, and enduring finishes. We draw inspiration from our deep love of history, travel, artisanship, natural materials, and our visually profound Bay Area.
Our process often pulls in historic neighborhood patterns of regional architecture to establish a project’s vision and aesthetic, digging deep into local history, as well as our vast reference library of period and regional architecture.
Our process often pulls in historic neighborhood patterns of regional architecture to establish a project’s vision and aesthetic, digging deep into local history, as well as our vast reference library of period and regional architecture.
Our Team
We prize our gem of a region and its vivid past. Each of us has chosen it as the palette for our life’s work and strives to preserve its architectural history while adapting it to today’s living. We’ve made it our mission to help write the next chapter in the story of Bay Area residential architecture.
Armour Architecture - David Armour
Founder, Principal
David co-founded the firm in 2008 and has deliberately kept it intimate, fostering a savvy team of architectural professionals with a common ethos and working with clients who share his vision. In 2019, he restored a neglected 1920s retail space in the city's dynamic Lower Haight District into the firm’s inspiring, light-filled studio.
David Armour
Talent Thrives Here. We'RE hIRING.
At Armour Architecture, our staff has the opportunity to deliver exceptional residential projects from concept through completion while working alongside a talented, collaborative team. Based in our renovated 1920's studio in San Francisco’s Lower Haight, we combine time honored design principles with a thoughtful, client-centered approach to creating homes that are both beautiful and deeply functional.
Maintaining an intentionally small studio, we take on select projects with clients whose vision matches ours. We view them as partners and challenge ourselves to design homes that genuinely enhance the way they live. Our portfolio spans San Francisco, Marin, Wine Country, the South Bay, and Hawaii, including a number of historically significant residences. Our reputation for rigor, craftsmanship, and attention to detail has made us a trusted collaborator of leading builders, interior designers, and long-standing clients. We’re passionate about our work, committed to excellence, and proud of the homes we create together.
WE ARE CURRENTLY SEEKING MULTIPLE CANDIDATES with the winning combination of creative talent, technical rigor, and passion for high end residential design. If you’re eager to grow professionally, collaborate directly with a highly accomplished team on remarkable work, and enjoy work life in a fun, inspiring studio, please view and respond to the appropriate post below:
Maintaining an intentionally small studio, we take on select projects with clients whose vision matches ours. We view them as partners and challenge ourselves to design homes that genuinely enhance the way they live. Our portfolio spans San Francisco, Marin, Wine Country, the South Bay, and Hawaii, including a number of historically significant residences. Our reputation for rigor, craftsmanship, and attention to detail has made us a trusted collaborator of leading builders, interior designers, and long-standing clients. We’re passionate about our work, committed to excellence, and proud of the homes we create together.
WE ARE CURRENTLY SEEKING MULTIPLE CANDIDATES with the winning combination of creative talent, technical rigor, and passion for high end residential design. If you’re eager to grow professionally, collaborate directly with a highly accomplished team on remarkable work, and enjoy work life in a fun, inspiring studio, please view and respond to the appropriate post below:
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