We designthe house.We build it.

Divanbeigi Design & Build is an architect-led firm in Toronto, Ontario. We draw and construct custom homes, rebuilds, facades and interiors across Toronto and the GTA.

Two-storey house at dusk with black cladding, stone piers and warm lit windows
TorontoBlack cladding and stone at dusk

Five stages. One firm on site for all of them.

The design and the build are not handed off. These photographs are from Toronto sites, in the order a house goes up.

  1. Excavator pulling down a brick bungalow with a glazed sunroom
    Demolition dayToronto
  2. Wood-framed house wrapped in sheathing behind a hoarding with building permits and the Divanbeigi Design & Build sign
    Framing in progressToronto
  3. Workers fitting a precast piece against a wall covered in Tyvek HomeWrap
    Precast over house wrapToronto
  4. Crew on a lift fitting black metal panels over blue self-adhered membrane
    Metal panel installationToronto
  5. Limestone house with columned portico, glass stair rail and a glazed garage door
    Portico, steps and garageToronto
Excavator pulling down a brick bungalow with a glazed sunroom
Demolition dayToronto
Wood-framed house wrapped in sheathing behind a hoarding with building permits and the Divanbeigi Design & Build sign
Framing in progressToronto
Workers fitting a precast piece against a wall covered in Tyvek HomeWrap
Precast over house wrapToronto
Crew on a lift fitting black metal panels over blue self-adhered membrane
Metal panel installationToronto
Limestone house with columned portico, glass stair rail and a glazed garage door
Portico, steps and garageToronto

Homes drawn and built in North York, Toronto and Pickering.

Black metal-clad and pale stone front elevation of a new house under a deep blue sky

Harnish Crescent, North York

A redesigned main elevation. Black metal cladding folds around the windows against pale stone, with a pair of white piers at the porch.

More exteriors

Tall white porch columns beside black cladding and grey stone
Low angle on limestone columns and a black-framed window against blue sky

Lord Seaton Road, North York

Cut limestone, black-framed windows and a columned portico. The living room has its own design board for the fireplace wall.

All of the work

Limestone house front with a columned portico seen through an autumn tree
Design board: brick-red stone fireplace wall with a lit square hearth and framed shelves

Millwork that divides rooms.

Walnut and white partitions, niche walls, fireplace walls, libraries and doors, drawn and built for each house.

Three dark wood niche boxes with lit alcoves set into a white hallway partition
01Hallway partitionPlaceToronto
Stacked walnut box frames rising from a fireplace to a coffered ceiling feature
02Walnut box columnPlaceToronto
Stacked dark wood frame with white vertical slats dividing a hallway
03Slatted partitionPlaceNorth York
Angled walnut panel behind a television above a sculpted marble fireplace
04Walnut and marble fireplace wallPlaceToronto
Library wall of white shelves and walnut panels meeting in a V under exposed beams
05Library wall unitPlaceToronto
Walnut partition with white slats and a matching mirror frame beside a door
06Partition and mirror framePlaceToronto
Walnut front door with inlaid geometric panels and a long black handle in a limestone frame
07Walnut entrance doorPlaceToronto

All interiors

Before Toronto: 46 buildings.

The catalog runs from 2000 to 2015: homes, towers, offices, shopping and trade centers, mostly in Iran, with projects in Sharjah and Sacramento. On 13 of them the firm was also the construction manager.

  • 7SabzAdministrative / Residential Complex2005
  • 13Tehran Municipality Administrative CenterAdministrative Center2004
  • 22Almas e GharbReception Hall2008
  • 28Boostan 1Residential Villa2003
  • 49KishOfficial Building2015

Browse all 46

Almas e Gharb, from the earlier catalog
Sabz, from the earlier catalog
Kish, from the earlier catalog
Tehran Municipality Administrative Center, from the earlier catalog
Karamian, from the earlier catalog
Sharjah Shopping Center, from the earlier catalog
Boostan 1, from the earlier catalog
Davalloo, from the earlier catalog
Shab Afrooz, from the earlier catalog
Walnut frame of a ceiling feature standing in an unfinished room with drywall above
On siteMillwork frame in place, Toronto

Kambiz Divanbeigi, Architect.

Kambiz Divanbeigi is credited as architect on every project in the earlier catalog, and as construction manager as well on 13 of them. The practice now works on homes across Toronto and the GTA.

Drawings, demolition, framing, the building envelope, millwork and finish are kept in one firm.

About the firm

Start with a call.

Tell us about the lot, the house or the room. Call +1 416 624 7569, or write to kambiz@divanbeigi.ca.

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