Architecture with soul
At Kariouk Architects, we’re driven by a curiosity to uncover the distinctive subtleties, needs and nuances that reflect each of our unique clients. This intimate familiarity and awareness leads to wonderfully inventive outcomes – or as we like to call it – architecture with soul.
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Ottawa architects delivering value in custom homes
Kariouk Architects is not your typical architecture firm. Here is why you should choose us for your project:
Uniquely beautiful yet practical home designs that arise from your needs and those of the individual site.
Ageing in place will be a lot easier with universal design principles that are built in — not added as an afterthought.
Environmental sustainability is critical to us: we strive to make every project as environmentally friendly as possible.
Our work has earned awards from international, national, and local architecture associations and titles.
We offer full architectural services in a turn-key package, covering everything from site selection to move-in.
We’re an intentionally small atelier in which Paul, the principal, is personally involved in every project at every stage.
You’ll have unmatched artistic talent for your project. Every member of our team is trained as an architect.
We use digital and physical architectural models you can both touch and see, allowing you to guide the design.
Proof of our ability to harmonize with our clients’ needs shows in our dozens of glowing Google reviews.
Artistic Merit
Few other architects can claim their work is good enough to be in a world-class art gallery. Principal Paul Kariouk and colleague Mabel O. Wilson co-created "(a)way station: the Architectural Spaces of Migration", which is part of the permanent collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA).
When you consider how much we do and how well we do it, working with us represents not only an incredibly rewarding creative journey but a surprisingly cost effective one in the overall delivery of your project.
AWARD WINNING ARCHITECTURE
We are honoured and grateful for the international recognition that we have received. We are recipients of the most venerated design award in architecture in the US – an American Institute of Architecture National Design Award. We are also a National American Institute for Architects and Architizer Award Winner (First Place). Our work has earned an AIANY Merit Award and is a winner of the AIANY Interior Residential Review. Closer to home, our DASH Home project won “Best Custom Urban Home (3,000 SF or Less)” at the 2020 GOHBA Housing Design Awards.
Our work has been recognized by respected institutions such as the Smithsonian National Design Museum in New York City, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMoMA).
International publications like Dezeen, Azure, Elle Decor, Space, ArchDaily, Casa Vogue, and Architectural Record have also featured our projects. Our work appears in dozens of books.
