The design has to fit the site
Your lot has its own limits, and they shape what is realistic. We check those limits early so the design can be prepared for municipal review without avoidable redesign.
For homeowners, builders, and investors searching for a residential designer in Calgary and surrounding areas, Tricor provides design and drafting support for custom homes, infills, renovations, additions, and multifamily residential projects.
Calgary residential design since 1985
Residential design in Calgary and surrounding areas needs to balance the home you want with the lot, zoning, setbacks, height, parking, and approval path. Tricor helps homeowners, builders, and investors shape home design, renovation drawings, addition plans, infill layouts, development permit drawings, and building permit drawings around those constraints before decisions become expensive to change.
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What Tricor helps with
Early direction for layout, massing, and how the home sits on your lot.
New homes designed around your lot, budget, and approval path.
Smart use of inner-city Calgary lots, with infill design shaped around the neighbourhood, zoning, and review path.
Renovation drawings and addition plans for changing or expanding an existing home.
Duplexes, semi-detached homes, rowhouse projects, and multifamily residential design.
Drawings that explain your project to the City for development permit review.
Technical drawings built for the building permit stage.
An early check of what your lot will allow before you commit.
We answer City or municipal comments and revise drawings so your file can keep moving.
Your lot has its own limits, and they shape what is realistic. We check those limits early so the design can be prepared for municipal review without avoidable redesign.
Tricor helps clients identify approval factors before too much time is spent in the wrong direction, creating residential design and drafting work that is practical, coordinated, and ready for the permit path.
Tricor process
A better residential design process does not start with drawings alone. It starts with understanding the site, Calgary zoning rules, project goals, buildability, approval expectations, and the documentation needed to move the project forward with fewer surprises.
We start with your goals, your property, and your timeline, so the design has a clear brief.
We review what your lot allows before decisions get expensive to undo.
We develop a direction that fits your goals, your site, and Calgary's rules.
We turn the concept into clear drawings for review, pricing, or the next stage.
We prepare the development permit drawings or building permit drawings your project needs.
We handle City questions and revisions so your file keeps moving.
Residential project types
Tricor Design Group supports a range of residential design and drafting needs in Calgary, from custom homes and inner-city infills to duplexes, row housing, renovations, additions, and investor-led redevelopment projects.
Residential design FAQ
These questions help homeowners, builders, property owners, and investors understand how Tricor approaches Calgary residential design, drafting, permits, infill planning, renovations, additions, and approval-ready documentation.
The planning and drawings that get a home ready for permits and construction. That usually means site planning, floor plans, elevations, massing, and the drafting behind them. For a renovation or infill, it also covers how the changes fit the existing home and the lot.
Yes. We handle most Calgary homes: custom builds, inner-city infills, renovations and additions, duplexes and semi-detached homes, row housing, small multifamily, and investor redevelopment.
As early as you can, ideally before the design is final or a permit is submitted. An early look can catch lot or bylaw issues while they are still cheap to fix.
Yes. We prepare development permit drawings, building permit drawings, and supporting documentation matched to the stage your project is at and the review it needs.
Yes. Inner-city lots come with their own rules and neighbour context. We design infill and redevelopment that respects both and is realistic to approve.
Whatever you have: the address, what you want to build, a rough budget or timeline, and any property documents. Even a little helps us point you the right way.