The Griffin, Bridging Heaven and Earth 

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DANIEL LEE ARCHITECT

FINE CUSTOM ARCHITECTURE

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 Do you want to create something beautiful,

something meaningful and enduring as a part of your life,

or reflect the presence of God in our broken world?  I do.

 

  

Fine custom-designed architecture is like a canvas. It tells a story. With my clients I create custom-tailored hand crafted works of architecture that are fitted to my clients' wide ranging life needs and goals, driven by these and similar strong life passions.

The architecture we create is a real expression of how my visionary clients feel the universe and the architecture they aspire to live in was meant to be. Together we are pursuing and telling an eternal story. 

When our phones ring in my Alexandria, Virginia, office, I know I may be about to meet an amazing new visionary.

Here is how one such call began. "I want to build a French house," the caller said, "Not an American interpretation of a French house. Do you know the difference?"

I smiled! I spent most of my childhood in France, in Paris, and count French architecture among my many design passions. "Yes!" I said.

 

 

"I have the simplest of tastes. I am always satisfied with the best." - Oscar Wilde

That gentleman went on to explain at length his vision for a home that would draw from his own experiences visiting majestic France over the course of many years.  He wanted to capture in stone these experiences that had shaped who he had become over time, that drove his art and wine collecting, and he decided to trust my team and I with the execution of his vision from that important conversation forward. 

 

       

Several years later now, his dream home is fully realized, carefully assembled by the finest master craftsmen under my direction, and his family's love of France and life is displayed in every room and architectural detail. Their new home feels authentic in a timeless way...because it truly is authentic – in its materials, details and architectural form. Of more significance, their home reflects their life journey, love of beauty, and their dreams for a continued life together.  And it is spurring others to take the same journey of discovery with them.

 

  

 

I have been deeply privileged to help major visionaries and dreamers conceive and realize the architecture they have always wanted to tell and build.

Are you a dreamer and a visionary? Would you like to have an expert help you sieze your unique opportunities, express your own enduring story, help you explore your aspirations, time proven design strategies, cost disciplines, and construction methods? Do you want to create a custom design that you will truly enjoy sharing with those who matter to you most deeply, that will even be admired by those with a highly educated appreciation of fine architecture and art?

Every custom-tailored hand crafted work of architecture begins at the same decisive point, when a visionary finally steps forward decisively toward their dream, reaching out for help.  

I invite you to do just that - let your imagination engage the pages of this site, and then pick up the phone.  

       - Daniel E. Lee, Architect   

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