"If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins."
Benjamin Franklin
Rommel Design Ltd. specializes in the design of custom homes, luxury residences, major renovations, duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes throughout West Vancouver, North Vancouver, Vancouver, the Sea-to-Sky Corridor and British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast. For more than 30 years, we have combined thoughtful building planning, advanced CAD and BIM technology, practical construction knowledge and permit-ready construction drawings to create homes that respond naturally to their site, views and surroundings. Our firm is particularly recognized for designing technically challenging hillside and waterfront residences, where careful planning, municipal approval experience and a deep understanding of the landscape result in homes that are timeless, highly functional and uniquely suited to their environment.
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AScT, CRD, Dipl T
Joe Rommel is the principal of Rommel Design Ltd. and a Certified Building Designer with the Applied Science Technologists and Technicians of British Columbia (ASTTBC). With more than 30 years of experience designing homes on Vancouver’s North Shore and throughout coastal British Columbia, he brings practical construction knowledge, municipal approval experience and a strong commitment to thoughtful residential design.
Joe Rommel is an award-winning building designer with more than 30 years of experience designing custom homes, luxury residences, major renovations, and multi-family housing (Duplexes to Fourplexes) throughout coastal British Columbia.
Born in Baden-Baden and raised in Gaggenau in Germany’s Black Forest region, Joe developed an early appreciation for craftsmanship, enduring design, and architecture’s relationship with the natural landscape. After moving to British Columbia, he graduated from BCIT with a Diploma in Building Technology and gained international experience working in Germany and at Houston’s Innova Design Center under the late Professor Karl Dittert.
As founder and principal of Rommel Design Ltd., Joe specializes in thoughtfully designed homes—including complex hillside and waterfront projects—that combine timeless architectural principles, practical construction knowledge, and energy-efficient design. His work has received multiple Georgie Awards and Heritage Design Awards in West and North Vancouver.
Joe is registered as an Applied Science Technologist, AScT, with The Applied Science Technologists & Technicians of British Columbia (ASTTBC) and holds the designation of Certified Residential Designer, CRD. He is also a member of the American Institute of Building Design (AIBD) and the Building Designers Association of British Columbia (BDABC).