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From First Line to Final Permit.

Full service
Architecture

We specialize in commercial and residential projects — office, retail, restaurant, and housing — delivering coordinated schematic design through construction documentation. Consultant collaboration, code compliance, and permit guidance are integrated from day one.

Modern white building with classical columns and large arched glass windows showing interior staircases.
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Architectural floor plan and roof plan of a building showing walls, doors, stairs, and roof structure.
Vision made legible.

Concept Design

We develop early-stage architectural concepts that define spatial direction, massing, and project vision.

Through preliminary layouts, diagrams, and feasibility alignment, we translate client goals into clear design strategies for commercial and residential projects.

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Before you build, understand.

Site Feasibility

We evaluate zoning, code, and site constraints to determine development potential and project viability. Our studies include buildable area, FAR, setbacks, parking requirements, regulatory limitations, preliminary environmental review, LEED credit analysis, and diagrammatic massing — so you see the full picture before design begins.

3D architectural drawing of a building with roof and measurements on a grid layout.
Zoning/building code analysis
Isometric architectural drawing of a house with a carport and surrounding property lines.
Leed credit study
Environmental analysis
Wooden sculpture of stylized letters 'CYVV' on a beige floor in a minimalist room.
The practice behind the work

Services describe what CYVV does. The about page tells you who does it — and how they think. Meet Yi-Wei Chiou, the architect behind the practice, and the values that shape every project from first sketch to permitted set.