ABOUT

Daniel Kaven (born 1977 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is an American architect and artist working in painting, film, writing, and photography. He is the founder of the architecture and design studio Daniel Kaven and William / Kaven Architecture. Daniel Kaven provides professional architectural and interior design services with an emphasis on high-end residential work. For inquiries, please use the Contact page.

Kaven’s has won a number of honors, including an Architecture MasterPrize; an International Architecture Award from the European Center for Architecture, Art, Design, and Urban Studies; and several distinctions from the AIA. He has served on architecture award juries and panels including Architizer A+ Awards and FRAME Awards, and his work has been published in outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, The Architect’s Newspaper, Dwell, Designboom, Wallpaper, Architectural Digest, Dezeen and Hypebeast.

Kaven is the author of Architecture of Normal: The Colonization of the American Landscape (Birkhäuser, 2022). The book is a visual and literary exploration of how evolving forms of transportation have dramatically shaped the built environment of the American West since the arrival of the Spanish in New Mexico, and has received coverage in journals such as Metropolis, GRAY Magazine, and Icon Magazine, among others. In 2022, Architecture of Normal won the GRAY Award for Best of Product Design.

Kaven is a Registered Architect in Oregon and New Mexico, and is certified by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards.

Kaven lives and works in Portland with his wife and 3 children.