Polycarbonate Dock Building by Michael Green Architecture glows on Vancouver beachfront

June 16, 2018 Bridget Cogley 0

Vancouver firm Michael Green Architecture has built a boathouse for storing racing shells and sails and monitoring maritime activity, with translucent walls and garage doors. The Dock Building was built for the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club on a modest budget by the local architecture studio. The private recreational facility is formed of two connected masses, joined

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Diamond Schmitt creates white facades with pops of colour for Vancouver art school

May 16, 2018 Jenna McKnight 0

Canadian studio Diamond Schmitt Architects has completed a new home for the Emily Carr University of Art & Design, which features white facades that are meant to evoke a blank canvas. Located just east of Downtown Vancouver, the building serves as the new “campus” for the 93-year-old arts institution that formerly was located on Granville

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Avenue Road’s Vancouver showroom pairs industrial details with contemporary furniture

May 5, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Metal arches and rough wooden columns form an illuminated colonnade through design retailer Avenue Road’s new showroom in Vancouver. The 12,000-square-foot (1,115-square-metre) display space spans two floors in a 100-year-old building in the city’s trendy Gastown District. The new outpost is intended to help Avenue Road continue its mission to introduce the unknown European talent

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This New Building Features Wood That’s Been Framed Inside Glass Panels

April 16, 2018 Erin 0

Photography by Michael Elkan Photography   Arno Matis Architecture worked together with developer Buffalo Investment Canada, to design Aperture, a new multi-residential building in Vancouver, Canada. After two years of research and design, the architects were able to create a building with apertures that are framed with natural wood-in-glass.   Photography by Michael Elkan Photography […]

Angular white roof covers MJMA’s glazed aquatic centre in Vancouver

February 11, 2018 Bridget Cogley 0

Canadian firm MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects has completed a swimming centre for the University of British Columbia, which is surrounded by fritted glass and topped with a dramatic white roof. The multi-use Aquatic Centre was designed for both elite-level swimming and daily community use in Vancouver. Amenities for Olympic training, community access, students at University

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Slack’s Vancouver offices occupy warehouse repurposed by Leckie Studio

February 2, 2018 Bridget Cogley 0

Vancouver-based Leckie Studio has revamped an industrial building in the city for Slack, taking design cues from the original features and the Pacific Northwest climate. Leckie Studio Architecture & Design used the character of the existing structure to inform the design of the offices, the latest in a string completed for Slack as the cloud-based

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Slack’s Vancouver offices occupy warehouse repurposed by Leckie Studio

February 2, 2018 Bridget Cogley 0

Vancouver-based Leckie Studio has revamped an industrial building in the city for Slack, taking design cues from the original features and the Pacific Northwest climate. Leckie Studio Architecture & Design used the character of the existing structure to inform the design of the offices, the latest in a string completed for Slack as the cloud-based

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Campos Studio Have Designed A Shingle-Covered Laneway House In Vancouver

January 10, 2018 Erin 0

Photography by Ema Peter Photography   Campos Studio have designed a shingle-covered laneway house in Vancouver, Canada, for a family that would allow them to provide care for aging family members, while at the same time increasing density on the existing single family residential plot.   Photography by Ema Peter Photography At the rear of […]

Campos Studio Have Designed A Shingle-Covered Laneway House In Vancouver

January 10, 2018 Erin 0

Photography by Ema Peter Photography   Campos Studio have designed a shingle-covered laneway house in Vancouver, Canada, for a family that would allow them to provide care for aging family members, while at the same time increasing density on the existing single family residential plot.   Photography by Ema Peter Photography At the rear of […]

Campos Studio Have Designed A Shingle-Covered Laneway House In Vancouver

January 10, 2018 Erin 0

Photography by Ema Peter Photography   Campos Studio have designed a shingle-covered laneway house in Vancouver, Canada, for a family that would allow them to provide care for aging family members, while at the same time increasing density on the existing single family residential plot.   Photography by Ema Peter Photography At the rear of […]