Daniel Simons

Daniel Simons, FAIA, is a principal with David Baker Architects. With more than 25 years of architectural experience and design leadership, Simons has focused on the field of sustainable multifamily housing.

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Design and Planning
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Adaptive Use
Africatown Plaza: Community-Led Design Roots Black Seattleites in Place
A recent project in Seattle—Africatown Plaza—demonstrates the alchemy of community collaboration and a development team’s commitment to creating a neighborhood that can thrive. Much can be learned from how the team prioritized people in the process to make a people-centered place.this process
January 9, 2026
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Daniel Simons
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Development and Construction
Innovative Financing and Construction Methods Speed Affordable Home Delivery at Tahanan Supportive Housing
This August, if things go as planned, 145 new apartments for formerly homeless adults will open in San Francisco, one of the country’s most expensive housing markets.
July 6, 2021
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Daniel Simons
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Development and Construction
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San Francisco
222 Taylor: Affordable Family Housing Takes Root in San Francisco’s Tenderloin
Public subsidies, persistence, and innovative design decisions helped create homes for some of the poorest residents of San Francisco.
June 18, 2020
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Daniel Simons
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Design and Planning
Constraints and Creativity Shape Affordable Housing for Seniors in Oakland, California
In the first two weeks after Lakeside Senior Apartments in Oakland opened its application process for residency last year, more than 2,400 applications poured in. Constructed to house very-low-income and formerly homeless seniors, the building had just 91 units to offer.
October 2, 2015
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David Baker
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