THE CONSTRUCTION SOURCE CANADA DPAI was founded by Principal David Premi. After graduating college in 1985 and spending 20 years working for prominent Toronto architects, David decided to start a studio in his hometown of Hamilton in 2005. “Hamilton was always a city in its own right, so it has really good infrastructure. The idea was to help and participate in creating that infrastructure while fulfilling our mission of shaping the world. We’re about the impact. We’re about making positive contributions and a positive impact on our community,” David explains. One of the first large projects the firm landed was the renovation and re-imagination of the Hamilton Central Library and Hamilton Farmers’ Market – two of the city’s most important cultural institutions. “We were blessed with those projects, and they were very successful,” David recalls. “They helped to launch DPAI into a pretty high public profile. They won awards all over the world.” In the following years, DPAI took on some other highly impactful projects, such as remodeling the Theater Aquarius to suit the community’s changing needs. The firm also did some urban planning in downtown Hamilton and assisted in promoting intensification in some of the suburban areas by getting approval for a number eight or nine-story buildings. “We were blessed with those projects, and they were very successful,” David recalls. “Th helped to launch DPAI into a pretty high public profile. They won awards all over the world.”
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