3 Best Residential Architects in San Jose, CA

Having met and interviewed top local architects, I always find working with Eugene of Studio S Squared refreshing thanks to his expertise, creativity, and surprisingly humble and generous personality. These qualities are rare, as not all architects possess the patience, client service, and empathy required to work with end users. Eugene and Studio S Squared also have extensive experience working with developers, which keeps them attuned to the latest trends. I find Studio S Squared's integrated approach—combining architecture, interior design, and landscaping—both innovative and forward-thinking, with a keen eye for timeless, holistic design and a strong emphasis on collaboration and communication with the client.

We hired Eugene and his team to design our house in California while we were still living in Florida. Most of the design work was done over Zoom meetings. The design team at Studio S Squared were able to include all our requirements into a well designed home and with their methodical design process we have a beautiful bungalow home. Since all the process was during the pandemic we truly valued all the input from the design team. The whole process was enjoyable and I would recommend this group for someone seeking full architectural and design services.

We worked with Eugene, Jose, and the team to architect our 3200 sq. ft. modern dream home in Redwood City. We couldn't be happier with the end results and the contractor they referred to us (Greenberg Construction). The design of the house, permitting process, and transition into construction was seamless. The exterior architecture of the home was absolutely stunning - Jose is a visionary. Although we loved the interior design in SketchUp, many of the elements weren't reflected in the construction documents (sunken living room, recessed blinds) and the finishes came in well over the budget we specified, so we had to redo the interior design during construction. However, with that one caveat, we are very happy with the end result!

Anna is an amazing architect to work with. We hired Anna after our previous architect disappeared after doing half the job. We had a very difficult project as our home in Gilroy was considered historical a lot of loops to go through. After contact Anna we were able to meet and show her what we had and what we needed. Within less then a month she was able to submit them to they city and we got our permit. She walks you through everything constantly keeping in contact with you and the city until the permit is in our hands. What took the previous architect over a year Anna was able to do 100x quicker and more professional. The city was even very please with what we submitted with our previous architect to what we submitted with Anna. Hands down she is an amazing person and awesome architect and we would HIGHLY recommend to anyone looking for an architect!

We contacted Anna when we were considering building an ADU on our private property. Since we were dealing with a construction project for the first time, we appreciated Anna's help tremendously. She was super nice and professional, and the most responsive and helpful person that we spoke with during the pre-design phase. Her knowledge and experience in the field was very obvious from our first call, and she helped us to brainstorm and better understand our options and the feasibility of our ideas before we even hired her. Although it's our first time doing a project like this, we already figured out that finding someone as reliable as Anna in this field is difficult, if not impossible to do.

Our first architect didn't know how to do light industrial. I got in touch with Anna Purvis on Christmas Eve. She got right back to me! Once she had the job she kept going, she's the most responsive, detail oriented Architect I've ever worked with. She came out, met with all the people working on the job, resubmitted with all comments answered, and I got the permit with her first review! I'll be using her on all my future projects. She works on everything from multi-million dollar commercial projects and still takes residential projects.