This 13,380 square foot multi-use building situated in Squirrel Cove on Cortes Island, BC is set to accommodate the administration and health care requirements of the Klahoose First Nation.
The site is considered semi-remote and the design response is sensitive to using materials and building systems suitable for a challenging location. Construction utilizes a heavy timber post and beam structural frame, sip exterior wall and roof panels with cedar board cladding metal standing seam metal roo
The site of the former and historic Hudson Bay department store is in the process of being renewed and reborn as a dynamic sector at the northern edge of Victoria’s downtown core. The initial comprehensive master plan seeking increased density and change of use represented one of the largest and most significant Rezoning Applications in Victoria’s history, and was achieved following an extensive community and City consultation program, an engaging process which ultimately achieved the unanim
The Block - R design concept demonstrates an unique community where nature is fully integrated into daily living. Mountain views, walking paths, wetlands and watercourses and a village green are all incorporated into the neighbourhood plan for a lifestyle that connects closely with nature and outdoor life as well as giving easy access to downtown Squamish and the estuary.
A Seniors Resource Centre is contained by the Village Square, and features on-site underground parking for both residents
Cathedral Place is the first entirely new office development in downtown Vancouver to significantly address the architectural heritage of its site. By doing so, it won the support of a City Council that was under intense pressure to stop the project. The building provides the class A commercial space required by The Shon Group within a masterful array of architectural features that express the site’s history, as well as its contemporary context.
Cathedral Place was designed to fit its site
Located opposite Oppenheimer Park in the centre of the former "Little Tokyo" or Japantown, the Tamura House (Tamura Building) was one of the 13 heritage buildings to be renovated / upgraded as part of the SRO Renewal Initiative project. This Class "A" heritage building designed by Townsend & Townsend, illustrates an exuberant Edwardian Commercial style that became the hallmark of the transient and enigmatic building architects.
Significant heritage elements include:
Re-creation of or
