Recognition
We are privileged to have the opportunity to design beautiful homes for wonderful clients and honored that our work has been featured in many reputable publications. We are humbled to receive acknowledgement for our contributions to the industry from our peers, however our greatest pride comes from the testimonials of our clients themselves.
Awards
- Top 10 Traditional Architects in The World – Institute of Traditional Architecture
- Top 50 Coastal Architects of 2020, Ocean Home Magazine, 2020
- Design Innovators Award, Serendipity Magazine, 2020
- Best of Houzz Winner: Design, Houzz, 2019
- Finalist, Design Innovator Awards, Serendipity Magazine, 2019
- Outstanding Achiever, Architecture, GOPIO-CT, 2019
- Finalist, “Architecture”: Stone Georgian, CT Cottages & Gardens Innovation and Design Awards, 2019
- The Best Architects in Connecticut, Home Builder Digest, 2018
- Professional Excellence Award, Society of Indo American Engineers and Architects (SIAEA), 2018
- Finalist, “Architecture”: Relaxed Sophistication in NYC, NY Cottages & Gardens Innovation and Design Awards, 2018
- Best of Houzz Winner: Design, Houzz, 2018
- Best of Houzz Winner: Service, Houzz, 2016
- Design Market Honoree, Serendipity Magazine, 2015
- Inducted into the New England Design Hall of Fame, 2014
- National Gold List, Luxe Interiors + Design, 2012, 2013
- Best Architect in Fairfield & Westchester, Serendipity Magazine, 2011
- 50 Design Names You Need to Know in Metro New York, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
- A-List Award Winner, Pool house design, 2011
- A-List Award Winner, Landscapes, 2011
- Palladio Award Winner, Exterior Spaces, Gardens & Landscapes, 2008
- Elected member of INTBAU College of Traditional Practitioners, 2007
- Featured on Redfin.com, 2022
Testimonials
It is with great pleasure and high regard that I write this letter regarding our home and the wonderful renovation that you and Wadia Associates completed for us.
I’m most please to write this letter of recommendation based on our experience with your design skills regarding the renovation of and addition to our home in New Canaan, Connecticut.
I am thrilled to be living in my dream house. Completed in 2002, our classic brick Georgian-style home is the product of years of personal vision and research, all brought to fruition by Wadia Associates.
My husband and I were hesitant to take on a project of this magnitude since we had never done anything like it before. We purchased a one-hundred year old stone house in need of renovation on Canoe Hill Road in New Canaan, Connecticut. With over 15 acres of property, it was extremely important for us to consider the natural landscape in the overall project. A friend recommended we consult with Wadia and Associates for the large project. We had a wonderful first conversation with Dinyar and it was immediately evident he and his team were the right people for the job.
I wanted to take a moment to thank you and your team for the tremendous work you did on our remodel in New Canaan. Your expertise and creativity have truly made our design vision come alive, and for that, we are eternally grateful.
Thank you so much for a great job at giving us our wonderful, wonderful apartment at 641 5th Avenue in New York. The design and decorating is just so beautiful that words cannot describe our gratitude. We think of you every single day and are just in awe of your genius.
Ever since I was a young girl I have admired your work. Growing up next door to you and Gool was such a special treat. I can remember Molly and I would come into your kitchen and Gool would always offer us all different kinds of Indian food. I also remember climbing up into your office above the garage, and seeing your drawing boards with exciting architectural plans. Who knew some day you would be designing a home for my family? What a dream come true.
We are sorry it has taken so long for us to write to you in appreciation for the home you designed and built for us. It is now just about ten years since we moved into our brand new home. We have not ceased to be amazed at how elegant the house is every time we enter our home. From the curb appeal of the brick-and-slate Georgian symmetry to the interior flow of the space to the intricate detailing and carefully thought-out placement of various functional elements, it is simply a marvelous home.
It is with great pleasure that I write this letter to recommend Wadia Associates for their careful, artistic and thoughtful design and detail of our beautiful new home. Like many design clients, we began the process with a great number of random ideas, but with no clear definition of the outcome of the whole package. By listening to our requirements, Dinyar and his project architect created a home so ideally suited to our entire family and so convenient to our lifestyle, it is difficult to imagine living anywhere else. We love our home and very much enjoyed working on its design with Dinyar.
It is my pleasure to write this letter of recommendation on behalf of Dinyar Wadia and Wadia Associates. My project began with many conversations based on living…. how does my family live, what is a priority, what is ideal, what is necessary, how do I envision waking up, describe ideal living, imagine my dream room. The process went smoothly from discussions to the drawing board to breaking ground. Dinyar was there every step of the way. The day we broke ground was one of the most exciting ever. The confidence we felt increased after our first meeting with our Project Manager, Warren Wilson.
It is an honor to recommend you to anyone who is truly interested in creating a timeless home of distinction. Your vast knowledge of classic styles of architecture, combined with innovation and creativity are reflected in the awesome job you have done for us. In this day and age of “spec home sameness” it is always a pleasure to come home to our unique “palace”.
I was very worried when we embarked on the journey to restore a home built in 1760. It seemed like a monumental task taking on a very old home to which nothing had been done for at least twenty five years before we purchased it and transform it into warm, cozy home for today’s living.
My wife and I live in an enchanting French Norman home, which one encounters only in France, surrounded by wonderful French gardens. No one believes that our home is just a few years old. The design, combined with sensitive and yet practical selection of materials, give it a timeless look. We adore our home and gardens. A hundred years from now it will retain its charm, just as the homes we visit in France.
I am pleased to provide a letter of recommendation for your and your associates. As you well know, Charlotte and I love our classic white Georgian and think very highly of the design, quality of construction and finished throughout the house.
About four years ago I retained Dinyar Wadia to remodel a substantial limestone and brick home and its guest house, which was originally designed for the Tagert family. Both needed extensive work since the previous owners had not spent a single penny on the estate for at least the last twenty-five years.
The house has turned out so well, and we just love what you guys did for us!! I had a surprise 75th birthday party for my Dad last weekend and everyone raved about the house renovation. Our family and friends thought it was wonderful and a true reflection of us; it’s warm, comfortable, approachable and so well done. John and I could not be happier.
We started working with Dinyar Wadia almost five years ago on the renovation of our house in Greenwich. At that time, we thought that we knew a great deal about design and construction as we had renovated several homes prior to moving to Greenwich. It is only now, after having lived in our house for two years, that we have come to understand the value of the services that Dinyar Wadia provides. Dinyar contributes to the design process not just his keen insight into the logical use of space, but the critical decisions about finishes that set our house apart from others.
I am delighted with the design of the Georgian home which Dinyar Wadia and Wadia Associates prepared for my property at the top of Round Hill Road. The style of the house and the functional aspects were seamlessly integrated with the building site and my requirements. Upon my approval of the preliminary sketches, Dinyar completed the schematic phase of the work, incorporating my comments into the process. I also received a beautiful watercolor rendering, which gave me a clear idea of what my house would look like when complete.
I write this letter to you firstly as a professional horticulturist, and secondarily as a man that has a great appreciation for fine design, building and craftsmanship.
Working on a house designed by John Russell Pope and built in 1917 was certainly a challenge that not many architects would dare to take on! We were so glad that you took this challenge and we cannot be happier with the results.
We want to extend our most heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to you and your entire team for designing and building our dream home – from the gorgeous design of the house itself to the intricate details of the interior design all the way to designing the gardens and landscape.
Paulette and I want to thank you for the incredible job you did for us on our new home. As I think back to when we started with a difficult piece of land, I am amazed by the beauty and practicality of the final design of our lovely home. The house looks perfect from the street and integrates well with the property. The layout and flow inside is great and adding a “secret passage” between the kids rooms really sealed the deal for our children.
I am pleased to recommend Dinyar Wadia and his associates for any bespoke architectural and construction project.
We are so pleased to be able to offer our recommendation and reference for Dinyar Wadia’s Architectural and General Contracting business. Dinyar and his team designed and built our house in New Canaan, CT.
We can hardly believe it has been two and half years since we engaged Wadia Associates to design the renovation our new (old) house at 58 Greenley Road in New Canaan. When we decided to purchase the property in June 2008, we did so knowing it would be an enormous challenge to restore a house in severe disrepair to its original spectacular state.
When we decided to renovate and expand our 1920’s English style home, we turned to Wadia Associates who had worked extensively on our house for a previous owner. We felt Dinyar’s familiarity with our house and his firm’s reputation for creative architecture and quality construction perfectly suited our needs and requirements.
It is with great pleasure that we write this letter of recommendation on behalf of Wadia Associates. Our experience in working with Dinyar Wadia and his team far surpassed our expectations in every respect. Dinyar’s vision, encyclopedic knowledge of architecture, unyielding ethics, quest for perfection, and insistence on client satisfaction reminded us every day that we made the right decision to work with his firm.
It is with great pleasure that we recommend Wadia Associates who designed our Edwardian home. From the first time we met Dinyar Wadia through the process of designing and constructing our home, he was most professional, knowledgeable and accommodating. His personal ethics and client service were impeccable. He was fully involved from the initial design work to the completion of construction and beyond. His staff is of the highest quality.
After interviewing several architects, seeing and comparing Dinyar’s work to others and based on the very positive feedback from our friends, we decided to retain Wadia Associates to design and build our home. His references were delighted with their homes and their working relationship with Dinyar. Like them, we too are very pleased with his design skills, his personal involvement, hands on managerial style and interest in our project from inception to completion.
I want to convey to you how pleased we are with the Wadia team. The house you designed and built on Smith Ridge Road a few years ago has given a great deal of pleasure and satisfaction to our entire family.
Four years ago my wife and I purchased a home, then under construction, from Dinyar Wadia. Before occupancy, some six months later, we worked very closely with Mr. Wadia on the many details involved in completing the house. He was always responsive, diligent and courteous. He also made certain his subcontractors were the same.
We consider ourselves fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with Wadia Associates. Dinyar, you have been instrumental in the amazing outcome of our project, an 80-year-old stone Tudor renovation with lots of unique detail which was once a manor house set on 18 acres in the Hunt Club neighborhood of Westport, CT. A very special friend, and former selectman of Greenwich, passed along your name as we had expressed to him our dissatisfaction with another firm that had presented us with over a year’s worth of disappointing designs.
I am pleased to be able to write this letter of recommendation regarding our experience with Dinyar Wadia and the team at Wadia Associates.
It is an understatement to say that we have had an exceptional experience designing, constructing, and decorating our home with Wadia Associates. Dinyar and his team of experts guided us through every aspect of building our home with architectural knowledge, vision, attention-to-detail, and a sincere willingness to listen to our ideas.
I am writing a letter of my highest regard and recommendation for Dinyar Wadia and his Architectural firm, Wadia & Associates. The restoration of our now 17,000 sq. ft. Elizabeth Style Manor was a magical experience thanks to the continued vision of Dinyar and his team. What could have been an extremely emotionally daunting and financially formidable project turned out to be a creative highlight of my life.
Working with Dinyar and his people in the reconstruction and renovation of the Victorian home we purchased a decade ago turned out to be among the most exciting, interesting and productive interludes of our forty years of married life. Dinyar has a designed for us a warm, friendly home, full of light and wonderful views.
Dinyar and his team are the epitome of a client-focused organization. In addition to bringing a brilliant aesthetic sense to my project, I was struck by how Dinyar approached the design process as a true partnership.
It is with much pleasure that I write this letter of recommendation for Wadia Associates. Ultimately the quality of an experience comes down to the people who shape it, as we were reminded time and again in our collaboration with Dinyar Wadia and his associates.
Robin and I wanted to send you and Wadia Associates a note to say thank you for designing and building our lovely home. The finished product was beyond any of our expectations. We love living in our home and are so pleased with the way you were able to make our vision become reality.
To Anyone Considering the Services of Dinyar Wadia,
It is certainly our pleasure to offer this reference regarding the architectural, interior design, landscape design, and general contracting services of Dinyar Wadia and his eponymous firm.
Please accept Patricia and my sincere thanks for helping transform our house of 12 years into a “home”. Although we have always loved our Ridgefield property, the house, as stately as it was with a rich history, felt more like an amalgamation of formal rooms than a family home.
It’s now been almost two years since we moved into our beautiful new home. I wanted to take a moment to thank you for the marvelous job you and your team did in designing and constructing such a special place for our family to live in.
We are pleased with the home that Wadia Associates designed and built for us and are happy to highly recommend their services. Dinyar’s design and construction team successfully integrated our new home onto the footprint of an older home which was removed.