Studio G+S Architects

So pleased with the services provided by Sunny! Such an honest and professional individual. He really takes a vested interest in your project (in my case a master closet/​bathroom and room addition.) His attention to detail and «vision» when it comes to «laying out» a room is top notch. He went waaaaay above and beyond on our project. He’s the best! You won’t be disappointed in selecting them.

Ed designed a major remodel for us in San Francisco (new kitchen, new bathroom, major digging/​hard-​scaping into the hill in the back of the house). The design was wonderful, the colors and materials he picked blow everybody away. Ed also stayed on to analyze vet all of the construction bids and to help manage the general contractor. The general contractor was great– but I really feel Studio G+S Architects more than paid for itself in getting detailed drawings out to bid. We were fully permitted before we started, pretty much on time and on budget. The results were fantastic and beyond my expectations.
Our advice is don’t do anything without an architect, it definitely saves way more than it costs.
Could not be happier. Very good value.

We recently did a complete home remodel using Studio G&S. We live in Piedmont, so we were concerned about their strict building codes and requirements. Sunny and Ed have a lot of experience in Piedmont, so they had no problem creating the plans to their specifications so there were no surprises or additional costs tossed in after the fact.
In addition to knowing the system, they also worked closely with the contractor and acted more as the project manager then I had expected. I had always heard about how doing a major remodel would be a nightmare, however I was very delighted to see how smooth everything went as the planning was well done and executed perfectly. They were a pleasure to work with and made the entire process very satisfying.
In addition to designing an awesome house for us, Ed also provided a lot of design advice as far as tile, color, fixtures and furnishings… This added service was so extremely helpful for us since we had no design sense.
As a result, we have an awesome new house with many beautiful features. Ed took great pride in his work and it really shows with the final product. I highly recommend Studio G&S for their design skills, easy to work with attitude and attention to detail. They did a great job!!!

We came to Sunny and Ed to do a major overhaul of our Berkeley home — in the end, we more than doubled the square footage and created a space that our family really loves.
They listened carefully to what we wanted to achieve and they were sensitive to our concerns about budget. In fact, their design yielded bids right where we’d hoped they’d be. The design itself was (and now is!) even better than we’d thought was possible and we’d been trying to imagine what to do with this property for a decade.
Their price was fair and they were wonderful partners at every phase of the project. I really appreciated the patience with which they’d break out the roll of tracing paper and sketch alternatives for us to consider.
The permitting process is labyrinthine, but Sunny is skilled at navigating it. We made it through without a hitch, and I think that’s because they were fully prepared at the outset.
As we entered construction, they worked very well with our contractor to smooth out a few hiccups and kept things moving along on schedule. We introduced some scope creep (hey, let’s do that other bath too!), but they took it in stride and were very fair about billing.
As we got into finish work, Ed was an invaluable resource. We really like his aesthetic and so while he was always careful to remind us that his was just an opinion, we eagerly sought his guidance. Colors, lighting, metalwork, some last minute built-​ins — he was just great, and he shared many wonderful sources with us that we would never have found on our own. He also gently counseled us out of some bad ideas. When we decided we wanted to do something «fun» with the siding on the façade of the house, Ed produced a wonderful design involving panels of various sizes that echo the shape of the picture window they surround.
It’s now such a pleasure to putter around in the front yard, because passersby stop to say how much they admire it. Even one of the city inspectors brought his wife over on a Sunday afternoon to show her how the place turned out!
Thanks Sunny and Ed – you guys are the best.

We have wanted to remodel our kitchen since the day we bought our house eight years ago and always had a reason for putting it off. So when we finally decided to go for it we had some definite ideas about what we wanted. We just did not know how to make it happen. We interviewed several kitchen designers and a few architects that were recommended. It was pretty astounding to find how full of themselves some of these people are. Several seemed really unclear on the concept of whose kitchen it was they were actually going to redesign… listening to the client not really the forte of many among those we spoke to. Not so with Sunny Grewal of Studio GS.
From the first meeting we had with Sunny we could tell he was listening and really paying attention to what we had as an overall vision of our space. So when he sent over a contract for us to review with a very reasonable price for his work, it was almost a no brain-​er that he would be our architect.
Sunny and his partner Ed very quickly came up with several different design options that reflected exactly what we had envisioned. Not only did it look like he was listening, he really was. After just a couple of meetings tweaking the original designs they came up with we had a winner.
Sunny was always very responsive, calm and cool and worked really well with the contractor we chose.
We have a great space now and are really happy we chose Sunny and Ed to get us there.

I have worked with Sunny and Ed at Studio GS for about 4 years. The first project we did was the buildout of my office and they really proved to me that they would go above and beyond the call of duty for their clients. They handled everything and made it possible for me to NOT focus on the project.
Then we worked on a remodel of our house and they designed a simply layout for some additional space in our house that met all of our space needs and actually exceeded my expectations for a home office.
They were always responsive and went nice and slow when we starting talking about costs and trade-​offs for the best look and feel of the remodel.
Great Company.