--- Profile — Daniel Miskie, PhD
An architect, builder, and teacher.
Daniel Miskie is a licensed architect, licensed general contractor, and former tenured professor of architecture — a combination that has quietly shaped hundreds of Northern California homes and institutions over the last fifty years.
--- Biography
Fifty years of drawings, job sites, and students.
Daniel Miskie began his career in the mid-1970s with a dual appetite for design and construction — unusual then, nearly extinct now. He earned his PhD and went on to hold a tenured professorship in Architecture at Miami University in Ohio, where he taught design studio and construction theory for fifteen years.
In the late 1980s he moved west, took his contractor's license, and began a practice in Lafayette that would, over the next four decades, produce custom residences throughout Orinda, Lafayette, Piedmont, Walnut Creek, and Marin; a 64-home subdivision in the Oakland Hills; low-income housing that earned a HUD award in Richmond and Oakland; and civic work including St. Perpetua's social hall in Lafayette.
Still walks every site, and still takes on a small number of new engagements each year.
--- CHRONOLOGY
Five decades, in order.
Begins
First commissions in design & construction
Begins practicing at the intersection of architecture and building — an approach that would define every project to follow. Early residential and small commercial work in the Midwest.
Academy
Tenured Professor · Miami University, Ohio
Earns PhD and joins the Department of Architecture at Miami University. Teaches studio design and construction theory for fifteen years, mentoring hundreds of students now practicing nationally.
Hud Award
Recognized for affordable housing · Richmond & Oakland
Awarded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for design and construction of low-income housing delivered in partnership with state and local agencies.
Development
Montebello · 64-home subdivision, Oakland Hills
Architect and builder of record for Montebello on Terrabella Way — a sixty-four home development delivered through entitlement, design, construction, and sale.
Civic
St. Perpetua Social Hall · Lafayette
Designs and builds a new social hall and commercial kitchen for St. Perpetua Catholic Church on Hamlin Road — an institutional addition serving the parish community for generations to come.
Active practice · Consulting & selective commissions
Continues to accept a small number of custom residential, civic, and consulting engagements each year. Advises younger firms and owners on constructability, project review, and rescue.
Credentials
Licensed. Tenured. Delivered.
Licensure
Licensed Architect
State of California
Licensed General Contractor
State of California