DGR Architecture + Interiors

We are remodeling our property in Piedmont, and love working with Donna. Her vision is creative, clear and inspiring, and her choices for each and every finish are perfect. In addition to her beautiful designs, Donna is a pleasure to work with - she has managed every aspect of the project with creativity and professionalism.

We started working with Donna in 2019 to make plans for major renovations to our 110 year old Bungalow in the Piedmont Avenue neighborhood of Oakland. She has been an absolute delight to work with throughout the project. She listened carefully to our wish list and all the problems with our current home that we hoped to solve, and came up not only with a design we love, but also a whole planned out/phased approach so that we can stage the work as time and budget allows. She worked hard to understand the code requirements for our old, non-conforming lot and existing structure, and incorporated that into overall design so that by the time she applied for our permits, she had everything lined up for the planning department, making approval seamless. She lined up engineers for us to work with, and arranged for us to get bids from several contractors. We're super excited to work with her as we move into the build phase of our project!!

We loved working with Donna on our major remodeling project. She is friendly and very easy to work with. She is very organized and has excellent project management skills which helped us complete the design and permit phase of our project well ahead our the schedule. As a parent herself, she thoroughly understands the needs of a family with small kids and advised us with lots of great ideas that was suitable, practical and worked well within our parameters. We would not hesitate to highly recommend Donna to anyone in need of quality work.

My wife and I could not have been happier with our experience working with Donna Roberts. Donna helped us envision our project, incorporating all the elements we asked for while making thoughtful suggestions of her own which we hadn’t imagined, particularly with the needs of our twins in mind. The end result was both beautiful and highly functional. She was also great at working with the planning commission, submitting such a complete and polished proposal that it got approved much faster than is the norm. Donna was always punctual and professional, while also warm, friendly, and genuine. We wouldn’t hesitate to work with her again on any future projects, and we will recommend her to any friends that need design work. Donna is the best!

Donna understood our aesthetic, our space, and our needs from the first time we met with her! We appreciated the options she gave us, with the pros/cons for each, and how she respected our final decisions. We were able to keep in touch easily, meet in person when needed, and keep the ideas and project moving forward. The end product was everything we wanted and more! We have had the opportunity to use the new space for a few months and can confidently say that Donna was the perfect person for our bathroom remodel and new roof top deck project.

Donna was stellar to work with. She was that wonderful combination of creative and planful, able to ideate and iterate on the design and always methodical with details and able to deliver on time. I would definitely work with her again and recommend her highly for any size project.

Donna was an amazing resource for our major home renovation (kitchen, bathrooms, deck). Her designs, advice and attention to detail throughout the project were amazing. I would especially encourage any clients to have her stay on for construction management, as she was invaluable through that phase!

Donna Roberts is an incredibly talented and professional architect. We hired her to design a multi-unit townhouse in Oakland, California. She provided us with several different options depending on the layout we preferred. She was very professional, thorough, incredibly organized and very detail oriented. Working with Donna was a pleasure.

Working with Donna was a pleasure. She's a talented architect with a great aesthetic sense, while also being professional, organized, and a great communicator. Donna consulted on a full house remodel for us after our original architect missed many details. She helped us confirm the best final layout for the home, select finishes, and advised us during the construction process. Would work with Donna again and would definitely recommend her for a full home design/redesign, project consultation and management.

Donna Gold Roberts is an excellent full service architect/designer! She had great ideas for our kitchen remodel and presented us with multiple options for our space. Her attention to detail is stellar and even the contractors that bid on her plans were impressed with her precise and clear drawings that compared the existing space to the proposed design. Donna also brought in a great engineer and our design and permit process with the city went very smoothly, no doubt due to her thoroughness. She is easy to communicate with as well as friendly, professional and reliable. Donna is also quite knowledgeable about current materials, trends and building codes. We would definitely hire her again for any future projects and wholeheartedly recommend her with confidence!

Donna was our architect for a large remodel (design phase is over, construction is about to start). We really enjoyed working with Donna, would definitely work with her again, and highly recommend her. She listened to our needs and our (somewhat quirky) taste, and then did an excellent job helping us design our kitchen, bathrooms, and master bedroom. She's full of good ideas for how to utilize space. She was very attentive to our needs as new parents, making good suggestions for ways to keep the house safe for the baby. We liked her design sensibilities and her attention to detail. Every time we would mention a change in person, she would incorporate it into the notes on the plans by the next review. Just a great experience all around.

We recently purchased a Bernal Heights property designed by Donna at DGR Architecture. We did not work with her on designing the property, but it was apparent to us from the minute that we walked in that it was done by a talented architect. The layout encouraged a beauty flow and lots of light. For a smaller property, it utilized space well and felt larger by including the view as much as possible. No detail was missed in this down to the studs remodel. We got in-touch with Donna because we had some questions on elements of the remodel. She was incredibly responsive and enthusiastic in her response - the type of professional we would choose to work with.