Daniel Ziese

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Ziese Architecture, Inc.

Services:
  • New Building
  • Remodel
  • Restoration/Preservation
Residential Building Type:
  • Single-family home
  • Multi-family residential
  • ADU
Project size:
  • 2000 sq ft or Less
  • 2001 sq ft to 5000 sq ft
  • 5001 sq ft or More

Sustainability Expertise & Credentials

Sustainability Expertise: Yes
Sustainability Expertise & Credentials:

LEED AP. Adaptive reuse is among the most impactful sustainable strategies available — retaining existing structure, materials, and embodied energy rather than demolishing and building new. Ziese Architecture applies this principle across warehouse conversions, historic repositioning, and existing building upgrades. We also incorporate energy-efficient envelope design, passive strategies, and sustainable material selection across residential and commercial projects.

Fire Resiliency Experience: Yes
Fire Resiliency Experience Details:

Active fire rebuilds in Altadena, Malibu, and Pacific Palisades. Experience dating to the 2018 Woolsey Fire. Full process coverage: feasibility, insurance coordination, permitting strategy, plan check, and construction documents. Deep knowledge of LA City, LA County, Malibu, and Pacific Palisades jurisdictions. Current on fire defense design standards and 2025 expedited rebuild programs.

Ziese Architecture specializes in adaptive reuse, existing building repositioning, and complex permitting work throughout Los Angeles and California. For over two decades, the firm has navigated the entitlement machinery, code pathways, and regulatory frameworks that make existing buildings difficult — and that most architecture firms avoid. We take on the projects that require deep knowledge of change of occupancy, seismic Read more...