Studio Profile
Daniel Toole Architecture is a design studio based in the Pacific Northwest working nationally. We create legible, enduring forms grounded in material clarity, construction logic, and a deep engagement with place.
Through our focus on housing, we balance rigor, efficiency, craft, and connection to nature. We see housing not simply as a product, but as civic architecture capable of shaping the character of cities and everyday life. Our work pursues the highest quality living environments through careful attention to materiality, fabrication, and construction. We achieve this through working closely with manufacturers, fabricators, and trades throughout the design and building process at all scales.
The design of homes and retreats allows us to work intensely with landscape, light, and atmosphere. Each project develops a distinct architectural expression through its materiality, tectonics, and form.
Craft is fundamental to our practice. We make objects, images, furniture, and mock-ups as part of an iterative design process that refines narrative, proportion, and detail. This allows us to create buildings with precision, character, and presence.
Daniel Toole Architecture LLC was founded in 2020 and is currently licensed to practice in Oregon, Washington, California, Montana, and Florida.
People
Daniel Toole, AIA
Founder & Principal
daniel@danieltoole.com
Daniel was born in Austria, raised in Portland, Oregon, and spent his early career in Seattle. His work throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond reflects the landscapes and craft heritage of the region. Before founding Daniel Toole Architecture in 2020, Daniel held positions at Allied Works Architecture, Studio Rick Joy, Barkow Leibinger, and Perkins+Will.
His work spans multiple scales including multifamily housing, institutional, public spaces, and private residences. This work has been recognized nationally through design awards, fellowships, publications, and invited lectures. He teaches graduate design studios and recently the history of Pacific Northwest Modernism at the University of Oregon and is a frequent guest critic at schools of architecture throughout the country.
Daniel holds a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Oregon and a Master of Architecture in Urban Design from the Harvard Graduate School of Design. He completed additional studies at Columbia University in New York and Paris, and a DAAD research fellowship at the Technical University of Berlin. He is a licensed architect in the states of Oregon, Washington, California, Montana, and Florida.
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Jason Argyropoulos
Senior Project Architect
jason@danieltoole.com
Jason offers a strong understanding of building craft, and is skilled in creating highly legible construction drawings and coordinating DTA’s consultant and construction teams. He provides technical leadership on the office’s most complex projects and is dedicated to building with a high level of authorship and care through a collaborative process. Prior to DTA, Jason worked for a number of award winning architecture practices, including Studio Rick Joy in Tucson, Arizona and Allied Works Architecture in Portland, Oregon.
A native of Southern California, Jason grew up surfing, and became captivated by the meditative and transcendent qualities of light. This early fascination with the ephemeral lead him to pursue photography, and later a career in filmmaking. This interest is still present in his work, using light as a tool to animate and transform space.
A registered architect in the state of Oregon, he received his Master’s of Architecture from the University of New Mexico.
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Ákos Huber
Director of Fabrication, Project Lead
akos@danieltoole.com
Akos is a lead designer on projects across all scales at DTA while also directing the studio’s fabrication and material research efforts.
Originally from Hungary, his work has covered many fields ranging from furniture design to architecture, from drawings to sculpture. He completed his Master’s degree in architecture at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest. Ákos has lived, worked and explored art, design, and architecture in different global cities including Budapest, Berlin, Munich, London, and Portland. Cultural diversity, traveling, observing nature and landscapes are always a great source of inspiration for his designs.
Past collaborators:
Graham Day
Thad Nobuhara
David Joe Thomas
His work spans multiple scales including multifamily housing, institutional, public spaces, and private residences. This work has been recognized nationally through design awards, fellowships, publications, and invited lectures. He teaches graduate design studios and recently the history of Pacific Northwest Modernism at the University of Oregon and is a frequent guest critic at schools of architecture throughout the country.
Daniel holds a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Oregon and a Master of Architecture in Urban Design from the Harvard Graduate School of Design. He completed additional studies at Columbia University in New York and Paris, and a DAAD research fellowship at the Technical University of Berlin. He is a licensed architect in the states of Oregon, Washington, California, Montana, and Florida.
Jason Argyropoulos
Senior Project Architect
jason@danieltoole.com
Jason offers a strong understanding of building craft, and is skilled in creating highly legible construction drawings and coordinating DTA’s consultant and construction teams. He provides technical leadership on the office’s most complex projects and is dedicated to building with a high level of authorship and care through a collaborative process. Prior to DTA, Jason worked for a number of award winning architecture practices, including Studio Rick Joy in Tucson, Arizona and Allied Works Architecture in Portland, Oregon.
A native of Southern California, Jason grew up surfing, and became captivated by the meditative and transcendent qualities of light. This early fascination with the ephemeral lead him to pursue photography, and later a career in filmmaking. This interest is still present in his work, using light as a tool to animate and transform space.
A registered architect in the state of Oregon, he received his Master’s of Architecture from the University of New Mexico.
Ákos Huber
Director of Fabrication, Project Lead
akos@danieltoole.com
Akos is a lead designer on projects across all scales at DTA while also directing the studio’s fabrication and material research efforts.
Originally from Hungary, his work has covered many fields ranging from furniture design to architecture, from drawings to sculpture. He completed his Master’s degree in architecture at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest. Ákos has lived, worked and explored art, design, and architecture in different global cities including Budapest, Berlin, Munich, London, and Portland. Cultural diversity, traveling, observing nature and landscapes are always a great source of inspiration for his designs.
Past collaborators:
Graham Day
Thad Nobuhara
David Joe Thomas
Clients
Dacra
LVMH
L Catterton Real Estate
Ryan Zygar
Awards
2023 AIA National Small Project Award for Jade Alley, Miami Design District (DTA as design architect, SB Architects as Architect of Record)
2023 AIA Oregon Citation Award for Madrona House
2021 AIA NW/Pacific Region & AIA Oregon Honor Awards for Corvallis Museum, Oregon (Daniel Toole as Project Architect for construction at Allied Works)
2019 AIA National Honor Award for Trumpf Smart Factory, Chicago (Daniel Toole as Project Designer at Barkow Leibinger Architects)
Selected Press
7480 N Delaware in Architectural Record
Madrona House in the New York Times ArchDaily NUVO Magazine Haeuser Magazine Portrait Magazine
Jade Alley in Architectural Digest ArchDaily IW Magazine
Ocean Home Magazine Top US Coastal Architects List
ArchDaily
Atlantic Citylab
Town & Country
Architect magazine
Residential Architect magazine
The Atlantic
