3 Best Residential Architects in Durham, NC

Coby Linton is a brilliant architect and he has a wonderful team. He helped us create our dream house. Coby and another architect in his firm designed a gorgeous remodel for our 100-year old historic house. They brought it up to date while retaining its innate beauty and re-using as many materials as possible (e.g. every single door with hardware is original, although many were moved around). We also loved working with Coby and his team - they are charming and smart and lovely people - which makes the whole process that much more enjoyable! Linton Architects has an excellent reputation in Durham and we would highly recommend the firm to anyone (and have made such a reference, many times).

We worked with Linton Architects on a major renovation and addition to our 100+ year old mill house. Coby and his team were a joy to work with. They were professional, flexible and creative. Our builders commented numerous times on the quality of the drawings that they received. We would recommend them for any job, large or small, without any hesitation.

We hired Linton architects to design an extensive home renovation and were thrilled with the outcome. Not only did Coby and his team come up with great creative ideas, they managed the construction and even discovered errors the builder made. It made us sleep better at night knowing they were on our team and we'd work with them again in an instant.

Our experience with Ellen Cassilly Architect was excellent from start to finish. Ellen listened carefully to our vision as we described our ideal age in place home and her initial concept was very close to the final project design.. Ellen and Amanda were very open to our thoughts on minor changes and quickly incorporated those into the plans. We live a few hours drive from Durham so we did not have Ellen and her team over see the build but they remained available and helpful during the process for questions that came up. In the end, we love our new home and would recommend Ellen Cassilly Architect to anyone planning to build or renovate.

Ellen and Amanda were great, helping us to devise the basic plan for what we wanted to accomplish with a renovation and to see what other opportunities that opened. Ellen can see what’s possible in the bones of an older house so you open your old front door to a new place to live. She also helped us find the contractor who was right for our job. She and her team are with you through the process.

We worked with Ellen and her team to design and build out a bar/taproom concept. From start to finish, they were patient, thoughtful, and caring. They went above and beyond, were extremely knowledgeable about process and timelines, and were very diligent about executing the final vision on time and on budget. Can't recommend this team enough!