Are you looking for a summer co-op position? Or a permanent position come May? Or maybe you just want to know more about the local professional community? Join us on January 21 from 6 to 8 p.m. for Firm Connections. This will be an opportunity for you to meet with firms to talk about the work they do and the employment opportunities they have. Each office will host a Zoom room and will run three drop-in sessions over the course of the night.
HCMA designs buildings, brands, and experiences that maximize positive impact. We start every project by asking ‘what’s possible?’, and invite you to help find the answer.
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Stantec Architecture champions Design Excellence, Delivered Brilliantly. Our attention focuses on Clarity, Purpose, Discovery, Performance and Craft in each of our projects, across the full spectrum of building and client types.
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DIALOG is an interdisciplinary firm with locations in Vancouver, San Francisco, Edmonton, Calgary, and Toronto. We bring expertise and perspective to complex projects where collaboration adds value. We are Landscape Architects, Architects, Urban Designers, Planners, Public Engagement Specialists, Engineers, Interior Designers, and Sustainability Consultants. We are passionate designers who believe in the power of built form to meaningfully improve the wellbeing of communities and the environment we all share.
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Acton Ostry Architects (AOA) is a leading Canadian design practice recognized for the creation of eloquent and innovative public institutional and mixed-use residential buildings. Our design approach thoughtfully reflects local topography, climate, culture, and history while incorporating new technologies and materials that contribute to the realization of buildings rooted in a considered, modernist idiom.
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Carscadden Stokes McDonald Architects is a collaborative, full-service architectural studio of ingenious pragmatists that are dedicated to designing and building structures that strike a fine balance between beauty and function. A team of 18 led by partners Glen Stokes, Ian Ross McDonald, and Emma Carscadden and Principal Armen Mamourian, we are proud to have made our name designing and building some of Canada’s most respected public facilities that change communities for the better.
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Perkins&Will collaborates with clients all over the world to provide integrated services in architecture, interior design, urban design, and industrial design. We’re passionate about human-centered design, and committed to creating a positive impact in people’s lives through sustainability, resilience, well-being, diversity, inclusion, and research.
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Connect Landscape Architecture is a recognized leader in the design and transformation of healthy vibrant communities. Our specialty is in the planning, design, and delivery of public and civic gathering spaces, places to work and socialize, to live, to rejuvenate and connect with. Our vision is simple – Connect people to nature through meaningful design. We pride ourselves on creating inspiring places and experiences for people. Our values are at the core of everything we do, our strength is in our people, and our 30 years of diverse and award-winning success is driven by the love and passion for our craft.
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LEES+Associates has been in practice for 20 years and has 15 staff, primarily in Vancouver, with satellite offices in Whitehorse and Toronto. We have a diverse practice with our primary focus being the public sector. Our core areas of expertise include landscape architecture and planning for cemeteries, memorials, parks, trails, and recreation.
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BENCH Site Design is a six-person landscape architecture practice in Kelowna, and was founded in 2012. As a small firm in a growing city in the Okanagan Valley, BENCH is involved in a unique mix of rural and urban project types, across all scales. Recently completed projects include the 60-acre biodynamic Phantom Creek Estates winery in Oliver, protected bikeways in downtown Kelowna, a trail network redevelopment plan for Summerland’s Giant’s Head Mountain, a 20-year master plan for Oyama Isthmus Park in Lake Country, and a suite of interpretive amenities along the 50-km Okanagan Rail Trail.
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We are a full-service planning firm with two decades of experience producing award-winning designs for projects throughout the Lower Mainland + beyond. Our dedicated team is located in Vancouver and Fort Langley, and delivers creative solutions through our integrated landscape architecture, civil engineering + urban forestry departments.
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PWL Partnership is an award-winning team of landscape architects, urban designers and site planners with a dynamic culture and extensive expertise. Since 1976, we have transformed built and natural environments into vibrant and memorable destinations in ways that honour the cultural, historic, and environmental attributes of a place.
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We believe that architecture has the potential to be a poetic expression of social justice. It is our view that every project is an opportunity to enrich local communities by integrating ethics and aesthetics. Our design philosophy is guided by our values and our intention to harmonize competing interests and challenge convention.
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We are an architectural and interior design firm based in Toronto, Canada, with offices in Vancouver and New York City. We collaborate and advocate for sustainable buildings that elevate and enrich communities through design.
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PFS Studio is a leading planning, urban design, and landscape architecture firm based in Vancouver, BC. Their international practice undertakes projects both for the public and private sectors throughout Canada, the United States, Europe, Southeast Asia and China. Over the past 30 years, the firm has received numerous awards, including more CSLA awards in the history of the Society than any other firm in Canada. This is a testament to the firm’s commitment to exemplary planning and design, demonstrating its ability to create iconic, memorable and engaging public spaces.
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Lang Wilson Practice in Architecture Culture (LWPAC) was established in Vancouver in 1999 as a multidisciplinary design firm. Ever since it has been operating at the intersection of architecture and culture bringing both local and international experience to every project. LWPAC specializes in innovative architectural design. We deliver integrated and holistic solutions to any project. We have worked on a broad range of projects – from single family homes to housing, art installation and public projects, and large scale urban planning. Our work has been exhibited and published around the world.
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Hapa Collaborative is a landscape architecture and urban design practice, deeply committed to the creation of connected and livable communities. We hearten the attachment between people and their environment by revitalizing forgotten spaces into ones buzzing with social energy, transforming them into dynamic and intricate parts of a larger, connected whole. This is the alchemy of what we do.
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Founded in Vancouver in 2005, MGBA has extensive experience in both Western and Eastern markets producing ground-breaking work in several sectors. With offices in Toronto, Vancouver, and Victoria, our Interior Design and Architectural teams provide project delivery solutions for national brands and corporations across Canada. Our team represents a unique synthesis of professional design, project management and technical experience in a complete range of project types, small and large. We pride ourselves in creating a culture defined by open collaboration and vertical integration.
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