Dawn Christine
Founder & Principal Architect, Architect PLLC | Creator & Host, DesignTalkDCA | Co-Founder, Cross Pacific Design Group
Bio
Dawn Christine is a distinguished architecture and design professional whose career blends visionary creativity with technical mastery. As the founder and principal of Dawn Christine, Architect PLLC, she has built a reputation for delivering bespoke, experiential designs that merge form, function, and emotion to create spaces of lasting impact.
Over more than 25 years, Dawn has cultivated a signature approach that integrates architecture and interiors into a seamless, story-driven experience. This philosophy is embodied in her DCA Signature Design Process, a curated, seven-phase journey for elite clientele that transforms design into an immersive, collaborative art form.
Her work has earned both national and international acclaim. In 2020, her From Standard to Stately renovation received the Rethinking The Future Award in the Residential (Interior) Built category. That same year, her firm earned a BUILD Architecture Award, followed by the 2024 BUILD Award for Best Luxury Residential Architecture Firm North Carolina. She was also named among the Top 100 Luxury Architects of the World by the 2024 Luxury Lifestyle Awards. In 2021–2022, her Art of the Possible: Modern Farmhouse project won the International Property Award for Best Architecture Single Residence Americas.
Dawn’s work and philosophy have been featured in Business Leaders Review, where she is celebrated as a visionary in experiential architecture, crafting spaces that “resonate on a soul-deep frequency.”
Today, Dawn continues to lead her firm with an unwavering dedication to design excellence, sustainability, and innovation. Her career reflects a lifelong passion for architecture’s power to transform not only spaces, but the way people live, connect, and experience the world.
Personal Quote:
“Great design is born from investing in relationships uniting clients, contractors, and collaborators in a shared pursuit of excellence that elevates every project beyond expectation. - Dawn Christine”