Donald Lococo Architects

Donald Lococo Architects was a pleasure to work with! They understand and anticipate the questions. This was a complete Home restoration, and renovation taken down to the studs. The front was completely changed from entry and elevator while the back kitchen-great room were moved out to the west and south. We now have a modern, up to date, home with an indoor and outdoor feel.

Explosive creativity, unrelenting attention to detail, and a teamwork atmosphere are all traits which come to mind from the perspective of a General Contractor building a Donald Lococo Architects project. After well over a decade of experience working with Donald Lococo and his staff, it becomes evident that this is one of the most focused and talented Architecture firms in the Washington region. Being associated with Donald Lococo Architects has enhanced our success as a General Contractor, allowing us to be a part of numerous award-winning projects.

Before I met Donald I had already seen his beautiful work in Architectural Digest among other publications. His sensibility and fantastic understanding of both architecture and interiors led me to call him at the first opportunity to invite him to work alongside me with a prospective client. How wonderful it is to collaborate with a truly talented and personable professional. My experience with him and his team couldn’t have been any better. They took his lead to make our joint efforts a true success. I look forward to future collaboration with DLA.

My husband and I hired Donald Lococo Architects to help us update the house we bought from a family who had lived in it for 45 years. We asked for help with the kitchen/family room, master bath, and a bad traffic flow situation between the kitchen and living room. Donald immediately understood our vision for the 1910 house. He spent a lot of time asking us persistent questions about how we spend our time at home, challenging us to be sure that what we thought we wanted was what we actually wanted. He identified several creative solutions and his design meets all of our expectations. We could not be happier. He and his team (hat tip to David Moore!) are a real pleasure to work with.

We have had the pleasure of working with Donald and his wonderful team on several projects. Being in the trade for over 16 years, I have worked along side of many of the areas top architects and I can honestly say, I enjoy immensely working with Donald. His designs are always inspiring and in-line with the vision of his clients and he communicates well with the other members of the team. I highly recommend his services to anyone seeking high level of detail, great knowledge in architecture and construction as well as a good team work and communication.

I have been working with Donald Lococo Architects for the past few years as a marketing and social media consultant. I have gotten to know Donald's work first hand and having seen projects move from concept to completion, I don't hesitate in sharing that he is one the most talented architects I have had the pleasure of knowing. From modern to traditional, his work is unique and inventive yet rooted with personal details for each clients taste and lifestyle. Although Donald's work speaks for itself, we have made great strides in sharing Donald's talent with the design world and because of those efforts DLA has become somewhat iconic in branding and style. Donald's incredible talent, energetic personality, humble demeanor and unique architectural and design outlook set his work apart. Client or colleague, any person should consider themselves lucky to collaborate with Donald Lococo Architects.

Donald Lococo has an uncanny ability to turn people into houses. No other architect could have ever imagined our home. He might have met with us for month before he ever picked up a pencil. But from a blank piece of paper, the result is not only original and architecturally striking, but a home perfectly designed around our individual lifestyles, personalities, and habits. Donald is gifted with unique eye for landscape, setting, architecture, and interior that is a potent combination. He is passionately irreverent in both his approach and design, yet deeply respectful to the best of classic elements that give a home character. His attention to detail includes both the largest vantage points to the smallest of finishing details. He never stopped designing during the two year construction, continually improving and refining every surface and every angle. Supporting Donald, the DLA team has been a pleasure to work with and a lifesaver in navigating construction management process. They literally fought to ensure that every detail in our project was perfect. They conducted themselves as though we were their only client. Lococo is a natural talent. God forbid my wife ever allows me to build another house one day, but if I do, I won’t even consider another architect.

Every trade professional should be so fortunate to collaborate with a firm as talented and professional as Donald Lococo. Creating a home for clients is a balancing act and requires stamina for the many levels of detail inherent in the design process. Donald and his team are interested in new or different ideas from others while contributing their extensive experience and expertise. It is simply a pleasure to work with a firm that embraces the challenge of working as a group to create a stunning end result for the client. In the end Donald and his team made our windows & doors look terriffic.

As a landscape architect, I have had the pleasure of collaborating with Donald on a project in DC and can attest to his enthusiasm, attention to detail and innovative thinking. Donald is one of the best types of architects - one who can take a beautiful concept and be sure that that it is reflected through every detail. He also is simply a pleasure to work with!

Over the past year my husband and I have been working with a most gifted architect by the name of Donald Lococo. Working with an architect can be a very intimidating experience, not so with Donald Lococo. Donald is not only incredibly creative but he is also one of the nicest people you will ever meet. Donald takes the time to get to know his clients and he listens, really listens to your ideas and then interprets those ideas in the most amazing way. I am an avid gardener and really wanted to bring the feeling of incorporating the gardens into our home. Donald is doing this for us right now. We are currently renovating our kitchen, family room and powder room. Our home is now becoming an open, light filled space that we really want to live in. Donald originally trained as a concert pianist and it shows, he is truly an amazing artist and this can be seen in his love of architecture, nature and in his ability to combine both in a most creative way. Donald Lococo is totally dedicated to his work and is never too busy to have a conversation with his clients about the direction in which your project is moving. Donald's attention to detail is unparalleled. Once Donald's architectural drawings are approved and construction begins Donald remains completely involved in the project until it is completed to perfection!

Bethesda Systems had the pleasure of providing AV, lighting control, and systems integration for a 14,000 SF new home designed byDonald Lococo Architects. The home is an elegant design combining the Clients' passion for old and new world ideas in a home w/ state-of-the-art technology. To achieve this goal, Bethesda Systems, Donald, and his team worked hand-in-hand for over two years. Our daily interactions w/ Lococo Architects were professional, motivated, and respectful in every way of the home-owners, their budget as well as the architectural, interior design, and technology needs of the home. As a student of architecture myself I continue to marvel at Donald's keen sense of human scale, purpose, "commodity, firmness, and delight" manifest in this unique home. It was an honor to work on this project w/ Donald Lococo Architects. We look forward to working w/ them again. Thank you, Lynn Hopffgarten Bethesda Systems

Donald Lococo is an amazing architect. He has a very well developed eye for creating space into exactly what we wanted. He studied how we used the space and made it into a beautiful, flowing home. He knew instinctively where the flow of the house was and where we should improve it. We highly recommend Donald Lococo as an architect. We will work with him again!