CDA Architects

10/10/2025

CDA Architects is happy to announce a merger with Onyx Creative, Inc. Emphasizing innovation by collaboration, the combined team is excited to continue their long-established relationships and project partnerships. CDA brings talented design professionals and architects to Onyx Creative along with a strong regional presence in Texas.

The combined project portfolio and client list for CDA and Onyx Creative includes many industry leaders in the retail, grocery, and foodservice sectors, along with industrial and medical clients. The firm will maintain these client-focused relationships and is positioned for current and future growth opportunities.

Join us at Onyx Creative to see what's next.

Read more here: https://www.onyxcreative.com/blog/press-release-onyx-creative-inc-and-cda-architects-merger

07/31/2025

Happy National Intern Day!

Today, we're celebrating the incredible interns who are an integral part of the fabric of CDA Architects! Your fresh perspectives, hard work, and dedication are invaluable, and we're so grateful for everything you contribute to our team.

To show our appreciation, we honored each of our amazing interns with a book about their favorite architect. It's just a small token to recognize their passion and commitment to the field.

Thank you, interns, for being such an essential part of the CDA Architects family! We're excited to see all that you'll accomplish.

07/14/2025

Exciting times as we break ground once again—this time alongside our incredible partners, Merit Commercial Real Estate and Halff Associates. Big things are happening in the Valley, and we’re thrilled to help shape its future. Stay tuned—something extraordinary is on the way!

06/19/2025

The final Blog post in our 30th Anniversary Celebration...who has helped and where we are going...there is much More to Come.

We ended the last blog recapping our favorite projects over the last thirty years.  If you missed that BLOG, go back and read it first to understand why we chose our favorite projects and see if you were involved with any of them.  If you’re just starting here…I would encourage you

06/16/2025

The 30 year celebration continues. Read along our new Blog post to find out which of our projects was the staff favorites and why.

Last week we shared thoughts about the diversity of our projects over the last thirty years.  If you missed that BLOG, go back and read it first to understand our beginnings.  If you’re just starting here…I think you will still catch on fast.  As I approached these Anniver

06/10/2025

We're proud to share a multi-part Blog as CDA Architects celebrates 30 Years of Service and Architecture this month. Click the Blog link below and join our President, Ray Duerer, through the written journal of our history, and come back often this month as the Blog will continue through our past...our favorite projects...and our future.

This story is really about the last 30 Years of CDA Architects, but it has its roots long before the fateful summer of 1995.  In 1974, Charles Chambliss started an Architecture Firm that would bear his name and begin serving Grocery and Retail Clients out of a small office in North Houston.

05/18/2025

Stuart Allison and his lovely wife had the pleasure of joining Fred Dally and Rusty Deborde at the Dally+Associates table for the 2025 AIA Design Gala. Great company, great conversations, and an unforgettable night connectioning outside the office celebrating the design community.

05/14/2025

In Today's DID YOU KNOW...

Did you know that CDA Architects has a significant amount of experience in Industrial Buildings? Coming Soon to the Tomball Business & Technology Park is a nearly 200,000 SF New Ground-Up Building which we designed, in addition to the interior office and fabrication shops for two clients that fabricate sheet metal duct work and accessories. It sits on approximately 18 Acres and will soon start shipping materials all over the country from this location. We'll post more about it after it wraps up and opens...but if you have any Industrial building goals, reach out to us and we can help make them a reality.

12/25/2024

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of the friends and family of CDA Architects. We are thankful for you and wish you and yours the best of times this Christmas and into the New Year.

11/29/2024

11/26/2024

Thanksgiving came early to CDA Architects as we gathered for our annual potluck. From all of us to all of you ~ a very Happy Thanksgiving!