Paul M. Donoho, Architect

I could not more highly recommend Paul Donoho. He is dedicated, prompt, helpful, and kind. His knowledge and expertise combined with his passion and love for helping create, have been a huge blessing in our moving forward with two major building projects. While our projects are still in process, the completion date is yet to be determined. However, I can say that what has been completed thus far has been highly professional and tremendously appreciated.

Paul has been wonderful to work with. He went above and beyond many times on our project. He is professional in all aspects and his drawings were amazing. Our church had an exceptionally large remodel with many components and he navigated the waters expertly.; he didn't leave anything to chance. It was truly wonderful to have Paul behind the project! I highly recommend Paul Donoho. His work is excellent and so is his character.

It's hard for me to know where to start in recommending Paul Donoho—I can't decide whether to first praise his work, or praise the quality of his character. I chose to hire Paul after seeing a home that he designed. That home was absolutely a work of art, and reflected the character of his clients beautifully. When Paul showed me this home, one of the things he pointed out was how he was able to source materials that were absolutely appropriate for the project, yet as economical as could be. This leads to Paul's character—he's forthright and honest. We hired him for an addition. He visited our site on a couple of occasions to get the feel of the place and make measurements. His presentations are super-clean, whether hand drawn or presented in dynamic perspective on computer. Paul's taste is impeccable—lines are clean and very well considered. My wife and I couldn't recommend him more highly.

Paul was easy to work with and excellent at incorporating our vision in to the project. He wrks with a user friendly contractual process with agreed objectives, completion dates and costs, so there are no bad surprises. Unfortunately we had to relocate before actual construction began, so the project was not completed.

I live on the mainland, so Paul designed a complete remodel of a master bedroom and bathroom remotely. He never set foot in my house. I sent him measurements and pictures. He listened to my needs very closely. He did what I asked, however he also proposed other designs. He came up with a much better design that I EVER would have imagined. He went above and beyond my expectations. He communicated with me consistently during the remodel as questions arose. I strongly recommend Paul for any remodel. It was an amazing experience.

We would highly recommend Paul Donoho to anyone looking for an architect to build their dream home. We met with several architects and selecting Paul was based on our observation that Paul was the one architect who really listened to what we wanted which was important to us. In reviewing a sample of Paul's project format it was obvious that Paul's organized. We hired Paul to draw our plans and we probably weren't the easiest to work with as we had Paul meet us at the site on numerous occasions to make sure what we wanted was perfect. Paul was attentive throughout and incorporated our specific needs as we progressed through the various design stages. Our only regret is that we moved out of state and our property is being sold. Although we never built our home, the wonderful experience in working with Paul in designing our home is that we first hired Paul, and someone we didn't know, as an architect and in the end he became our friend. If we ever decide to design another home we would definitely seek Paul's service.

Paul helped us with design for a remodel and we found him to be incredibly professional. He listened, gave feedback, and ultimately drew up fantastic plans. He's prompt and respectful. I can't recommend him highly enough.

Paul Donoho continues to exceed our expectations. He is extremely creative in his designs and ideas, detail oriented, is able to anticipate/foresee potential problems from topography to roofline. When we started our "journey" in building our dream home, we were well aware of the qualities and level of professionalism we wanted in an architect. We found those qualities in Paul. He continues to serve and guide us through our project, and consistently provides straightforward and honest feedback, including ways to best manage costs. He is very reliable and timely in completing the related "phases" as well. We could not have found anyone better!

Paul is very responsive, creative and realistic! We are working with him on a renovation and find his ideas spot on.

Paul Donoho recently designed my second restaurant, Noodle Club in the town of Kamuela on the Big Island of Hawaii. Paul always displayed professionalism with a keen eye for detail. His calm demeanor and prompt response to all involved with the project insured a smooth build out. I have referred friends to Pauls services and would not hesitate to use Paul Donoho for future projects.

Paul has been the architect for our remodel of our restaraunt and small grocery store. Paul is very professional and knowledgable in working with the county and what steps to take to get things accomplished. Very pleased with his work and would recommend him to anyone doing commercial or residential. Thanks Galahad

Our experience in working with Paul Donoho has been excellent. We had a very complicated project involving development of a 4 acre parcel that required an almost 100' long bridge to be built, and a challenging sloping building site - all within a development that had detailed CCRs being enforced. Paul designed the home of our dreams, and worked hard with the builder to create a home that was sensitive to the environment, elegant, modern, and rational in cost to construct. He paid very close attention to the engineering issues - as we had to deal with a slope, lots of retaining walls, and an infinity edge pool in a seismic zone with lots of activity (and the odd hurricane from time to time.) Building on the Island of Hawaii is not an easy task. There are a variety of complex issues to address including the ultra micro-climate weather patterns, seismic activities, the covenants and restrictions of the various developments, ever-changing county building codes (or the interpretation of those codes by the County), the very wide variances in the costs from various contractors, and the peak and valley of the tourism driven economy. The housing market is a very much boom or bust situation, and finding an architect with a track record of success, a reputation for great home build quality, and a an elegant aesthetic flair (who doesn't demand a quarter of a million dollar retainer) is tough, but we're really happy we met Paul and partnered with him to design our dream home in paradise. Now that we're living in the home, we love the way it "lives". He paid a lot of attention to our actual day to day living patterns, and created a home that feels very comfortable, takes full advantage of the local climate, and is environmentally sensitive in both the way it integrates to the land, and the materials used in construction. He took our inputs, requirements, and even crazy ideas, and turned them into reality. Thank you Paul!