What We Do Best

Look, designing a home isn't just about making pretty renderings. We sit down with you - really sit down - and figure out how you move through your day. Do you cook big family dinners? Work from home? Need space for the teenagers to hide away?

We've done everything from cozy laneway houses to sprawling waterfront estates across Metro Vancouver. Each one's different because every family's different. We handle the whole thing: initial concepts, dealing with city hall and their permitting maze, construction documents, and yep, we'll show up on site to make sure the contractors aren't cutting corners.

• Site analysis and feasibility studies
• Custom floor plans and 3D visualization
• Permit applications and municipal approvals
• Material selection and specification
• Energy efficiency integration

Commercial projects are a whole different beast. There's ROI to think about, customer flow, accessibility standards, and usually a deadline that seemed reasonable six months ago but now feels impossible.

We've tackled retail spaces, office buildings, restaurants, and mixed-use developments around Vancouver. The key? Understanding your business model first, architecture second. A coffee shop needs different bones than a law office, right? We get that.

• Retail and hospitality design
• Office space optimization
• Mixed-use development planning
• Building code compliance and safety
• Tenant improvement coordination

This is where things get really interesting. Vancouver's got some stunning old buildings that've seen better days, and honestly? They deserve another shot. Heritage work isn't about freezing a building in time - it's about making it useful again while keeping its soul intact.

We work with heritage committees, structural engineers who know their stuff about century-old timber, and craftspeople who can still do plaster molding the old-fashioned way. It's detective work mixed with architecture. Found original Douglas Fir beams under drywall once - made the whole project.

• Historical research and documentation
• Structural assessment and seismic upgrades
• Heritage designation applications
• Adaptive reuse strategies
• Period-appropriate material sourcing

Sustainability's not just a buzzword for us - it's kinda the whole point. BC's got crazy energy costs and we're all trying to do better by the environment, so why not build smart from the start?

We're talking proper insulation (Vancouver's damp, folks), passive solar design that actually works in our cloudy climate, rainwater harvesting, heat recovery ventilation... the works. And here's the thing - a lot of this stuff pays for itself in 5-10 years through energy savings. It's not hippie stuff anymore, it's just good economics.

• Energy modeling and performance analysis
• Passive house design principles
• LEED and Built Green certification
• Renewable energy integration
• Low-impact material selection

You can have the best-looking building in Vancouver, but if the inside doesn't flow right, nobody's gonna be happy. We think about how spaces connect, where natural light hits throughout the day, and yeah, where you're gonna put that oversized couch you love.

Interior planning isn't decoration - that comes later. This is about the bones: room sizes, ceiling heights, door swings, sight lines. Get this right and the rest falls into place. Mess it up and you're stuck with awkward corners and hallways that go nowhere.

• Spatial flow and circulation planning
• Furniture layouts and ergonomics
• Natural lighting optimization
• Storage solutions and built-ins
• Multi-functional space design

Here's where a lot of architects bail, but not us. We've learned the hard way that the best designs mean nothing if they're not built right. So we show up - boots on, hard hat on, coffee in hand - and make sure things go according to plan.

Construction's messy. Stuff comes up. Maybe the soil conditions aren't what the geotech report said, or a material's backordered for three months. We're there to solve problems on the fly and keep your contractor honest. Weekly site meetings, progress photos, the whole nine yards.

• Contractor coordination and scheduling
• Budget monitoring and cost control
• Quality assurance inspections
• Change order management
• Final walkthroughs and deficiency lists