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Architectural Arts
At Architectural Arts, our primary clients include landlords, property owners, property managers, tenants, and general contractors.
We are highly efficient at compiling the drawings and documentation required for submission to the building department, and we help expedite projects through the plan review and permitting process.
We specialize in space planning, guiding clients through the logic behind the layout of their tenant improvements. We take preliminary concepts and develop them into complete construction documents, working closely with engineers who are either selected by the client or retained by our team.
Our clients receive high-quality, punctual, and dedicated service, backed by more than 50 years of experience. We serve the greater Sacramento area, working with more than a dozen building departments and four fire departments.
Our services also include due diligence participation, pre-purchase building evaluations, and expert witness services.
We also enjoy model making, from rough study models to finished scale models and trial exhibits. Nothing captures attention quite like a handcrafted physical model.
Architectural Services
Practical Support for Commercial Spaces
Architectural Arts provides a focused range of commercial services to help owners, managers, and tenants move projects forward to success.
- As-built drawings and existing-condition documentation
- ADA / accessibility upgrades and code-conscious improvements
- Space planning, lease maps, and BOMA area calculations
- Interior design and finish coordination
- Construction documents and jurisdictional submittals
- Plan check expediting and construction observation
Learn More About
Peter B. Dannenfelser II
Born and raised in Sacramento, Peter graduated from Cal Poly – San Luis Obispo in 1978 with a Bachelor of Science in Architecture. His senior year was spent at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Peter has worked with four architectural firms since earning his architectural license in 1984, opening his own firm in 2003.
Peter’s areas of expertise include Commercial Space Planning, Preliminary Design, Design Development, Construction Documents, and Construction Administration.As president of Architectural Arts, Peter brings five decades of professional experience to his clients, is fully AutoCAD proficient, and has an outstanding team of associates available to assist on larger projects.
With a special interest in historic architecture, Peter served on the Citizen’s Advisory Board for the renovation of the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium.
Additionally, he has been the architect for the owner of the Elks Tower at 921 11th Street (built in 1926) since 2003.
Peter is a past president of the Rotary Club of Sacramento, which had 340 members during his year as president. He has traveled with his wife, Lori, on Rotary missions to Thailand, Cambodia, and Ethiopia, working on water projects that brought safe drinking water to people living in remote villages.
Peter just completed nine years of service on the Board of Directors at Fairytale Town.
In his spare time, he enjoys traveling, golf, playing the guitar, building and flying radio-controlled model sailplanes, and, most of all, wrestling with his grandkids.
He and his wife, Lori, live in a 1930s farmhouse in the Land Park neighborhood of Sacramento. They have six grandchildren, two great-grandchildren… and two cats.
Thank you for the opportunity to introduce Architectural Arts.
