Collingwood Architectural Design

Our job is to prioritize your goals and curate structures and spaces that align distinctly with your ideals. Working in collaborative teams, we engage with our clients at their desired level of regularity—whether that means delivering periodic updates or having client involvement at all stages. In crafting highly personalized spaces that not only embody your desires but also deliver exceptional functionality, we are guided by your vision, your objectives, and your style. We are here to learn the language of your design and architectural aesthetic and help you breathe life into it. Ultimately, we have built our business on creating homes, chalets, and cottages that express the distinction and lifestyles of our clients.

A central tenet of the Madison Taylor Design approach is dedication to an integrated process. Through our unique integrated design workflow, we ensure that each element of your project is considered not in isolation but as part of a larger, unified whole. When our Madison Taylor architecture design team begins to conceptualize your Collingwood area dream home, chalet, or cottage, they take the long view, envisioning not just the buildings and structural aesthetic but considering important future elements such as the considerations critical to our interior design and décore teams and OALA certified landscape architects. Team members from all disciplines collaborate to create a cohesive, fully functional plan that accounts for all aspects of design and execution. It’s how we anticipate and address any potential problems before they materialize, and how we make sure that our clients come away with the architectural, interior, and outdoor spaces they’ve dreamed of.

At Madison Taylor Design, our success is built on a solid foundation: careful pre-planning. We take a proactive approach to the tasks of assessing and negotiating around things like property compatibility, zoning restrictions, and the implications of municipal regulations—all before our architects put their skills to work. Together, these seemingly mundane elements, if not properly attended to upfront, can sink a project, dash hopes, and consume large amounts of time and resources. While we like posting beautiful photographs of our Simcoe County area projects as much as the next design firm, we take pride in prioritizing this vital pre-planning phase. We want to be able to take those photographs sooner—and with fewer hurdles overcome—rather than later.

Every client we work with is an individual with their own priorities, preferences, and demands on their time. That’s why we tailor our services to meet the level of involvement that suits you. Whether you prefer us to take the lead, provide you with regular updates, and bring you in only on key decision-making, or you want to be hands-on all the way through the process of the design and development of your Collingwood area project, we’re good with it. Our dedication to flexibility in the process is just one of the ways we commit to an architectural design journey that is not only fulfilling for you but also, like the end product, completely customized.

An essential part of the pre-planning process involves securing the required permits to proceed with a project. At Madison Taylor Design, we have considerable experience with the necessary paperwork, procedures, and protocol to navigate this sometimes-tricky part of the journey. Our familiarity and history working on projects in the Collingwood area, with Simcoe County (& Grey County) Township planning departments, and the NVCA, means we understand how to work collaboratively with permitting authorities to reimagine alternatives and find creative solutions to potential roadblocks. And in situations where our clients are searching for the ideal lot, we’ll conduct pre-purchase assessments, enabling them to sidestep the disappointment and financial burden of purchasing a property that is incompatible with their end goals.