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President’s Message

Looking Ahead Scott Kemp Architect AIBC FRAIC RIBA LEED AP AIBC Council President

The start of a new year is always an

ideal time to ponder the past, plan for the future, and reflect on the present.

Perhaps this is especially true now.

In autumn 2013, AIBC Council unveiled its new 2014-2018 Strategic Plan, which outlines goals for the institute over the next several years.

This provides a powerful anchor for council’s upcoming work, and I look very much forward to the process that lies ahead. Now that our vision is formalized, we can begin the implementation phase.

The strategic plan is an initiative driven by council, but its effects will be shared and enjoyed by all practitioners, as well as the public at large. Council’s goal is that this document will provide an umbrella-like platform to guide the institute’s work in a productive and clear fashion. In essence, it’s a comprehensive five-year plan that clearly prioritizes how and where council should place its efforts.

You may wonder: does the institute really need a strategic plan? Why now? My response would be that all organizations benefit from clear direction and agreed-upon priorities.

In the case of the institute, it’s been many years since we’ve introduced a fully formalized strategic plan. Quite simply, the time has come to re-assess our needs, while re-focussing on the institute’s primary mandate as a regulator in the public interest.

The strategic plan initiative began back in January 2013. A committee consisting of both AIBC Council and staff was formed to discuss the matter in detail. We then hired consultant Scott W. Fitzsimmons, who is based out of the Vancouver office of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, to facilitate the development process over the next three or four months.

Scott’s expertise in the not-for-profit sector, performance management and strategy development / execution matched our needs well, and we were able to identify our desired goals, initiatives and measurable outcomes.

We were also able to specify which participants would need to be involved as the plan moved forward.

As a result of our efforts, council was able to introduce the new strategic plan in a preliminary phase at the June 1, 2013 AIBC Annual Meeting held in Vancouver. Council reviewed the plan again later in the summer, and then formally approved it on September 19, 2013.

I’d like to take this opportunity to briefly summarize some of the highlights of our new strategic plan – including its five major goals. Under each goal, I’ve identified a couple of the associated strategic initiatives, as well as some of the anticipated outcomes.

Goal #1: Modernized Regulatory Regime This goal is meant to modernize the regulatory regime governing the profession of architecture in B.C. through engagement and dialogue with stakeholders. The goal here is also to strengthen policies, bylaws and rules surrounding the institute and the profession. Through a series of strategic initiatives such as stakeholder engagement, it is hoped that this goal will result in a number of positive outcomes for the public and the profession.

Among them: increased clarity and vibrancy surrounding the profession; public protection; and streamlined administration.

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Goal #2: Vibrant Membership With this goal, council aims to build a diverse, inclusive, active and engaged membership base while strengthening the profession and providing value to society. The strategic initiatives that will help get us there include reviewing the Internship in Architecture Program as well as developing approaches to better engage and energize the existing membership. Through these efforts council hopes to better serve members and the public by fostering a culture that is relevant, informed, engaged and connected.

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Goal #3: Regulatory Identity This goal is focussed on articulating the AIBC’s role in self-regulation of the profession in such a way that members and government understand and value the institute’s core regulatory purpose. The strategic initiatives we will employ include continued proactive engagement with relevant government entities,

members and post-secondary architecture students. It is expected that such initiatives will result in clarity and understanding of the role and services provided by the AIBC, while also supporting the institute’s function in upholding high standards within the built environment.

Goal #4: Public Interest Outreach The core of this goal involves elevating the public’s understanding of the profession; it is also geared toward ensuring that the AIBC’s role and value as related to the built environment is clear. By defining public interest advocacy (and where it begins and ends for the AIBC), and proactively managing public dialogue and policy development opportunities, we aim to create a stronger AIBC voice and influence with the hope of nurturing better relationships between the public and the profession.

Goal #5: Institutional Excellence The goal here is to continuously improve all aspects of how the AIBC functions. This includes aspects related to culture, inclusivity, finance, transparency, governance, accountability and program delivery. To this end, council will examine its own governance, incorporate principles of sound board management, and develop a council performance plan. It is expected that such measures will help to ensure that the AIBC remains a sustainable resource for all members and the public.

The goals, initiatives and outcomes listed above are just a taste of the many ways in which the new strategic plan will assist the institute as it moves forward in the coming years.

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You might have noticed that there are many inter-connections between the goals, initiatives and expected outcomes referred to above. Indeed, all aspects of the plan are meant to complement and support each other.

I urge you to take a few moments to review the document in full online.* This will provide you with a better understanding of its scope and significance. I also invite you to consider the ways that you might participate in the process and benefit from the outcomes.

At this stage, council has instructed AIBC Executive Director Michael Ernest Architect AIBC to incorporate the strategic plan at the operational level. There is much work ahead, and I look forward to being a part of it alongside my fellow councillors.

Being on council is my way of giving back to the profession, and it’s my pleasure and privilege to do so in the public interest.

With best wishes for a positive and productive New Year,

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Regent Park Aquatic Centre MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects North Vancouver City Hall mcfarlane green biggar ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN UBC Faculty of Arts Buchanan Courtyards Renew PUBLIC: Architecture + Communication LG Merit Award Recipients:

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Surrey City Centre Library Bing Thom Architects Inc.

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Environmental Learning Centre, North Vancouver Outdoor School McFarland Marceau Architects UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences / Centre for Drug Research & Development Saucier + Perrotte Architectes and Hughes Condon Marler Architects AIBC Special Jury Award Recipients:

UBC University Boulevard Transit Shelters PUBLIC: Architecture + Communication AIBC Innovation Award Recipients:

LG Medal Award Recipients:

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*Editor’s note: The 2014-2018 Strategic Plan is online at: http://aibcenews.wordpress.com/.

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Monad LangWilson Practice in Architecture Culture Inc.

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Earth Sciences Building Perkins+Will Canada Architects Co.

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2013 AIBC Architectural Awards Submissions

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AIBC Lifetime Achievement Award: Kiyoshi Matsuzaki Retired Architect AIBC

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AIBC Lifetime Achievement Award Richard Henriquez Architect AIBC

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AIBC Special Certificate of Recognition Adam Policzer Retired Architect AIBC

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AIBC Scholarship Program

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Keys to Success in the Profession of Architecture

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Askew’s Uptown Supermarket Allen + Maurer Architects Ltd.

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The Boundaries of Professional Standards

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Tarrant County College, Trinity River East Campus Bing Thom Architects Inc.

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The Corner Office: Executive Director’s Message

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Energy. Environment. Experiential Learning DIALOG Alberta Architecture Engineering Interior Design Planning Inc. with Perkins+Will Canada Architects Co. architectureBC 7

About the AIBC Architectural Awards Each year, the Architectural Institute of British Columbia showcases the best in B.C. architecture through its awards program. While honours are given out in a number of distinct award categories, there is one common element: Excellence.

Program Goals • To promote excellence in architectural practice.

• To celebrate the achievements of B.C. architects.

• To recognize the role of AIBC members in B.C.’s built environment.

• To support AIBC members as architectural leaders provincially, nationally, and internationally.

Award Categories Submissions are accepted in the following award categories: • The Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia Awards in Architecture (“The LGs”) - established to recognize excellence in completed architectural projects led or designed by AIBC members. Firms, clients and lead design architects associated with chosen projects are honoured for their achievements in one of two award levels: Medal or Merit. Each eligible project submission is judged individually on how it reflects excellence in architectural design and practice.

• AIBC Innovation Award recognizes achievements that are not strictly ‘architectural’, but that have • To encourage public interest in B.C. a direct bearing on the future of architects and architecture.

architecture in such areas as design, building technology, use of materials and stainability.

• AIBC Emerging Firm Award – recognizing the development, success and contributions of emerging architectural firms. It is given to firms that have shown exemplary promise, clear vision, and defined goals in the practice of architecture. It also celebrates and encourages newly-established firms that have embraced broader, modern types of practice reflecting the changing nature of the profession.

(Note: No Emerging Firm Award was granted in 2013)

In addition to the established categories, the awards jury may choose to grant an AIBC Special Jury Award, selected from all entries that recognizes exceptional achievement.

Any and all selections are decided by the annual awards jury. The number of awards in each category is not guaranteed.

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as winners in the 2013 AIBC Architectural Awards, announced in October. A total of 13 projects

by British Columbia architects were selected from 63 award nominations across four award categories. Three firms collected two awards for their outstanding projects: Allen + Maurer Architects Ltd.; Bing Thom Architects Inc.; and PUBLIC: Architecture + Communication.

The greatest distinction for B.C. architects is the Lieutenant Governor’s Award. On the evening of the awards gala, the AIBC was privileged to welcome the Honourable Judith Guichon, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, who awarded medals for this exceptional level of achievement to the firms of MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects, mcfarlane green biggar ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN and PUBLIC: Architecture + Communication.

Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia Award in Architecture – Medal Level

AIBC Special Jury Award • Askew’s Uptown Supermarket by Allen + Maurer Architects Ltd.

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by MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects

• Sloan / Berkes House by Allen + Maurer Architects Ltd.

• North Vancouver City Hall by mcfarlane green biggar ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN

• Tarrant County College, Trinity River East Campus by Bing Thom Architects Inc.

• UBC Faculty of Arts Buchanan Courtyards Renew by PUBLIC: Architecture + Communication

• Energy. Environment. Experiential Learning by DIALOG Alberta Architecture Engineering Interior Design Planning Inc. with Perkins+Will Canada Architects Co.

Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia Award in Architecture – Merit Level • Surrey City Centre Library by Bing Thom Architects Inc. • Environmental Learning Centre, North Vancouver Outdoor School by McFarland Marceau Architects • UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences / Centre for Drug Research and Development by Saucier + Perrotte Architectes and Hughes Condon Marler Architects

• UBC University Boulevard Transit Shelters by PUBLIC: Architecture + Communication

AIBC Innovation Award • Monad by Lang Wilson Practice in Architecture Culture Inc. • Earth Sciences Building by Perkins+Will Canada Architects Co.

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Regent Park Aquatic Centre

Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia Award in Architecture – Medal MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects architectureBC 11

“It elevates the civic standard to which we should all aspire. It encourages the mandate of that space - to be healthy and active. It makes you want to know more about the space.� - Juror Comment

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“You feel like you are swimming outdoors.”

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“They reframed what a community can be.”

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Seen as a central component of Regent Park’s revitalization efforts, this multi-purpose swimming pool facility makes a bold statement.

Several statements, in fact. One distinguishing characteristic is “dorsal fin” of skylighting that bisects the aquatics hall. Above, a green roof and cisterns for site water stewardship – smartly appropriate for an aquatic centre. Visually, the design team opted for a “see through” approach to enhance the notion of open, inviting public space. In another bold move, it is also the first facility in Canada to adopt the singular use of universal change rooms.

Firm: MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects Lead Design Architects: Viktors Jaunkalns Architect AIBC OAA AAA MRAIC

David Miller OAA MRAIC Completion Date: 2012-11 Location: 640 Dundas Street E, Toronto, ON, Canada Client Name: City of Toronto

Architectural Team Members: Ted Watson Architect AIBC OAA AAA MRAIC LEED AP

Troy Wright OAA MRAIC Jeanne Ng OAA MRAIC LEED AP Siri Ursin OAA Kyung-sun Hur Chen Cohen ARIDO IDC Electrical & Mechanical Engineer: LKM Consulting Engineers Structural Engineer: Blackwell Engineering General Contractor: The Atlas Corporation Landscape Consultant: PMA Landscape architectureBC 15

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North Vancouver City Hall

Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia Award in Architecture – Medal mcfarlane green biggar ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN

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This renovation and expansion project presented the challenge of building upon a complex 1970s heritage building while at the same time accommodating for 20 years of future growth and expansion. The design team also took on aggressive sustainability targets. Central to the solution: wood. This project celebrates the innovative use of wood as an aesthetically pleasing and economical means of minimizing the building’s environmental footprint. It is as much about people as place, intent on bringing about a fundamental shift in office culture for city administration.

The result: an integrated, flexible working environment, inviting to the community and in keeping with North Vancouver’s commitment to sustainability.

Photographer: Martin Tessler

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“The composition is incredibly resolved and composed. Well done.�

- Juror Comment

Photographer: Martin Tessler

Photographer: Ema Peter

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“This represents the best of BC architecture: a modernist building that uses wood to create incredible warmth.�

- Juror Comment

“It is very transparent. It fulfils the purpose of the building and what transpires inside in an elegant way, and it is inviting.”

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Photographer: Martin Tessler

Architectural Team Firm: Members: mcfarlane green biggar ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN Tracey Mactavish Architect AIBC MRAIC LEED AP

Lead Design Architect: Michael Green Architect AIBC

Asher deGroot Architect AIBC Jordan Van Dyck Architectural

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Technologist AIBC LEED AP

Completion Date: 2012-07

Lydia Robinson MA(Hons) MSc MArch Stephanie da Silva M.Arch IA AAA Jing Xu Intern Architect AIBC MArch Susan Scott Architect AIBC

Location: 141 West 14th Street North Vancouver, BC, Canada Client Name: City of North Vancouver

Civil Engineer: Hub Engineering Electrical Engineer: BLC Engineering Inc. Mechanical Engineer: AME Consulting Group

Structural Engineer: Equilibrium Consulting General Contractor: Stuart Olson Dominion Contractors Ltd. Code Consultant: GHL Consultants Landscape Consultant: Space 2 PlaceDesign Inc. Sustainability Consultant: Recollective Transportation Consultant: Bunt & Associates

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UBC Faculty of Arts Buchanan Courtyards Renew Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia Award in Architecture – Medal PUBLIC: Architecture + Communication

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The University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Arts Buchanan Courtyards Renew is a project of PUBLIC: Architecture + Communication, Vancouver. Built in the 1950s, the Buchanan Block at UBC has long been the historic home for the university’s Arts and Humanities programs. Despite its history,

“They did many things with one simple move. Simplistic elegance. It is so hard to be simple sometimes. The ultimate sophistication is simplicity. ” - Juror Comment

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something was missing.

The solution was to be found through a fresh take on the block’s stagnant twin courtyards. Visit it today, and a towering pavilion of white concrete immediately demands one’s attention.

Your eye then travels downward to a serene reflecting pool. Previously abandoned, it is now central to a

new integrated storm water recycling system. Adjacent wood-andsteel benches and glass-and-steel canopies complete an irresistible environment for student convergence and engagement. The renewed courtyard gives UBC’s Arts faculty a long-needed sense of identity. It also provides a masterful example of public space architecture.

“It is somewhere between sculpture and architecture … a simple gesture that has a big impact on the things around it. It makes the space whole.” - Juror Comment

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“It makes me want to spend time in that area, and that is a sign of good architecture.�

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Firm: PUBLIC: Architecture + Communication Lead Design Architects: Brian Wakelin Architect AIBC AAA

Architectural Team Members: Bob Greig Architect AIBC, LEED AP Chris Forrest Intern Architect AIBC, BTech, LEED AP

John Wall Architect AIBC AAA OAA

Susan Mavor MGDC David Zeibin Architect AIBC,

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Completion Date: 2011-08

Civil Engineer: Stantec

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Location: Electrical Engineer: University of British Columbia Acumen Engineering 2329 West Mall Vancouver, BC, Canada Mechanical Engineer: Stantec Client Name: University of British Columbia Structural Engineer: Fast + Epp

General Contractor: Scott Construction Group Landscape Consultant: PFS Studio Prime Consultant, Masterplanning & Landscape Architects: PFS Studio Fountain Mechanical: Vincent Helton Industrial Design: 3D Services Theatrical Lighting: EOS Lightmedia

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Surrey City Centre Library

Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia Award in Architecture – Merit Bing Thom Architects Inc.

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The City of Surrey is undergoing a remarkable transformation, and the new Surrey City Centre Library takes that transformation to new heights. The four-story structure boasts a captivating contemporary design. Its edgy exterior gives way to a cathedral-like interior distinguished by a spiraling staircase that carries users to a multitude of gathering spaces. Constructed to LEED Silver standards, it is awash in natural light, creating an idyllic environment for discovery, contemplation and community. And aptly so, as the project was built upon an extensive community engagement process.

The result is a truly welcoming and inspiring community facility, a stunning piece of architecture that has already earned landmark status. “There is an underlying elegance to it, and simplicity with a dramatic shape.� - Juror Comment

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“They picked one clean move and did it really well.”

- Juror Comment

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“It’s animated and almost kinetic. It has a physical impact … it makes you want to move.”

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Firm: Bing Thom Architects Inc. Lead Design Architect: Bing Thom Architect AIBC FRAIC AAA, OAA AIA

Completion Date: 2011-08 Location: 10350 University Drive, Surrey, BC, Canada

Civil Engineer: CitiWest Consulting Ltd. Electrical Engineer: Applied Engineering Solutions Mechanical Engineer: AME Consulting Group Structural Engineer: Fast + Epp

Building Envelope Consultant: Morrison Hershfield Code Consultant: LMDG Building Code Consultants Cost Consultant: LEC Quantity Surveying Inc. Geotechnical Consultant: exp Services Inc. Formerly Trow Consulting Engineers Ltd.

Client Name: City of Surrey

Surveyor: McElhanney Associates

Landscape Consultant: Philips Farevaag Smallenberg

Architectural Team Members: Michael Heeney Architect AIBC

General Contractor: Stuart Olson Dominion

Traffic Consultant: Bunt & Associates

Formerly Dominion Fairmile Construction Ltd.

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Venelin Kokalov MENG Ling Meng MCIP RPP PHD Urban Planning

Acoustic Consultant: Brown and Strachan

Project Management: Turnbull Construction Services

Shinobu Homma Architect AIBC MRAIC

Francis Yan Architect AIBC MRAIC OAA RIBA HKIA LEED AP

John Camfield Lisa Potopsingh MArch Marcos Hui MArch Robert Sandilands Architect AIBC CP Nicole Hu Architectural Technologist AIBC LEED AP

Eileen Keenan RIBA LEED AP Dan Du Architect AIBC LEED AP Harald Merk DIPL-ING ARCH (FH) Michael Motlagh BSC ENG

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“I love how light it is on the land and how it lets the forest continue under. � - Juror Comment

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Environmental Learning Centre, North Vancouver Outdoor School

Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia Award in Architecture – Merit McFarland Marceau Architects

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“It will become even more fantastic as it ages. �

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“It would be so cool to be in that space and be up in the trees …

It is the ultimate tree house.”

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The ELC, as it is affectionately called, is the first step in an ambitious master plan to revitalize the North Vancouver Outdoor School in Brackendale. In keeping with the essence of a centre for environmental study and discovery is a playful tree house design that cleverly contains multi-purpose learning spaces, administrative offices, a kitchen and dining area, a multi-purpose hall, exhibition space and a nature gallery.

Of note: the decision to elevate the main floor, resulting in a tree-level vantage as well as extensive covered outdoor teaching areas that bring to life the nature connection.

Firm: McFarland Marceau Architects

Civil Engineer: Dave Matsubara

Lead Design Architect: Larry McFarland Architect AIBC

Electrical Engineer: Jim Jay, A.Sc.T, LEED AP

Completion Date: 2012-06

Mechanical Engineers: Kevin Anthony; Graeme Terris

Location: 2170 Paradise Valley Road Brackendale, BC, Canada

Structural Engineer: Robert Malczyk, P. Eng

Client Name: North Vancouver School District

Construction Management & General Contractor: Dennis Rossi Code Consultant: Frank Mattia, A.Sc.T

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Photographer: Marc Cramer

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UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences / Centre for Drug Research & Development

Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia Award in Architecture – Merit Saucier + Perrotte Architectes and Hughes Condon Marler Architects

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“It’s playful, evocative and creative. ” - Juror Comment

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The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Centre for Drug Research and Development at the University of British Columbia is a collaborative effort by Montrealbased Saucier + Perrotte and Hughes Condon Marler Architects of Vancouver. The striking six-storey building has been purposely designed as a gateway to the southeast edge of the UBC campus. Conceptualized around the healing qualities of nature, its arboresque design features a ground floor that is open, airy and inviting, branching up to functional spaces highly conducive to research and learning. Targeting LEED Gold standards, the sophisticated design speaks to the university’s global reputation for excellence in pharmaceutical research and learning.

“You have to be impressed with the thought that went into this design. It is amazing.”

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“One has to applaud the architecture and the boldness of the project. It will push people in ways that other projects don’t. ” - Juror Comment

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Firms: Saucier + Perrotte Architectes and Hughes Condon Marler Architects Lead Design Architect:

Architectural Team Members Continued: Rachel Lacey (HCMA) BTECH Joel Legault (S+P) Charles Leman (HCMA) Architect

Architectural concept/design:

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Gilles Saucier (S+P) Architect AIBC, Kourosh Mahvash (HCMA) M.St. OAQ, OAA, FRAIC

(Cantab), M.Arch.II, LEED AP BD+C

Completion Date: 2012-09

OAQ, LEED AP BD+C

Location: 2405 Westbrook Mall Vancouver, BC, Canada Client Name: UBC Properties Trust Architectural Team Members: Design and Construction Team:

Gilles Saucier (S+P) Architect AIBC, OAQ, OAA, FRAIC

André Perrotte (S+P) Architect AIBC, OAQ, OAA, FRAIC, LEED AP

Roger Hughes (HCMA) Architect

Yutaro Minagawa (S+P) Architect Greg Neudorf (S+P) Carl-Jan Rupp (HCMA) Architect AIBC, SAA, OAA, MRAIC, BDB, DIPLING, LEED AP

Marc-André Tratch (S+P) Craig West (HCMA) Intern Architect AIBC Eli Wolpin (HCMA) Intern Architect AIBC Nicolas Worth (HCMA) ARB Vedanta Balbahadur (S+P) Architect OAQ, LEED AP BD+C

Civil Engineer: Core Group Consultants Structural Engineer: Glotman Simpson

Electrical Engineer: Applied Engineering Solutions (AES) Mechanical Engineer & Laboratory Design: Stantec General Contractor: Ledcor Landscape Consultant: Perry + Associates Building Envelope Consultant: Morrison Hershfield Wayfinding Consultant: Smart Design Group Architectural Concrete: UCC Group Lighting: Tripped On Light

AIBC, AAA, SAA, OAA, FRAIC, LEED AP

Bill Uhrich (HCMA) Architect AIBC Craig Lane (HCMA) Architect AIBC David Moreaux (S+P) Architect Patrice Begin (S+P) Architect OAQ Darryl Condon (HCMA) Architect AIBC, AAA, SAA, OAA, FRAIC, LEED AP

Charles Alexandre Dubois (S+P) Architect OAQ

Dominique Dumais (S+P) Architect OAQ

Nicko Elliott (S+P) Paul Fast (HCMA) Architect AIBC Melissa Higgs (HCMA) Architect AIBC Olivier Krieger (S+P) Architect LEED AP BD+C

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“This building is simple, not shouting.

It’s a gorgeous little piece.”

- Juror Comment

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A Special Jury Award for “Atypical

Approach to a Typical Program Type” goes to Askew’s Uptown Supermarket

by Allen+Maurer Architects Ltd., Pentincton. Part of a bigger plan for the interior town of Salmon Arm, this grocery store is a stepping stone for future growth in a community where growth is much needed. Rather than simply facilitating commerce and cars, it takes a modern approach to energy use while also featuring traditional building materials reflective of the local economy. In transforming a longstanding family business, the design team also recognized and built upon its special place at the heart of this small-town community.

Photographer: Martin Knowles

Askew’s Uptown Supermarket AIBC Special Jury Award: For Atypical Approach to a Typical Program Type Allen + Maurer Architects Ltd.

Photographer: Florian Maurer

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“The design team built it so that it is more than just a luxury grocery store … it is about the community.

Someone loved this building. ” - Juror Comment

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Firm: Allen + Maurer Architects Ltd. Lead Design Architects: Florian Maurer Architect AIBC MRAIC LEED AP

Chris Allen Architect AIBC MRAIC LEED AP

Completion Date: 2012-07 Location: 2701-11th Avenue NE, Salmon Arm, BC, Canada

Client Name: David Askew,

Mechanical Engineer: Cobalt Engineering

President Askew’s Foods

Architectural Team Members: Nick Neisingh, Intern Architect AIBC Sean Kimberley, Architectural Technologist AIBC, LEED AP

Civil Engineer: Gentech Engineering Inc.

Structural Engineer: Fast + Epp General Contractor: Exel Construction Ltd. Landscape Consultant: Eric Reynard, BCSLA

Electrical Engineer: Cobalt Engineering

Photographer: Martin Knowles “This project brought a design focus to a program type that we don’t typically see.”

- Juror Comment

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For Engagement of Site, the Sloan

/ Berkes House by Allen + Maurer Architects Ltd., Pentincton. This single-family home in Naramata nearly dissolves into its winecountry surroundings. It features three distinct but connected spaces, each thoughtfully integrated with its lofty locale. The central building is airy and open, perched on the ridge; a second, nearly invisible within the hillside and under a grass roof; while the third is also elegantly burrowed into the rise. The choice of raw, rugged building materials only enhances the earthy feel.

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“There is a sense of surprise about how the architects made use of the site section and combined it with the experience of the dweller.�

- Juror Comment

Sloan / Berkes House

AIBC Special Jury Award: For Engagement of Site

Allen + Maurer Architects Ltd.

Photographer: Les Berkes

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Photographer: Florian Maurer

“The material palette reflects the landscape and 52 up architectureBC will hold in that environment.�

- Juror Comment

Firm: Allen + Maurer Architects Ltd. Lead Design Architects: Florian Maurer Architect AIBC MRAIC LEED AP

Chris Allen Architect AIBC MRAIC LEED AP

Completion Date: 2012-07

Location: 171 Village Heights Place, Naramata, BC, Canada Client Name: Catherine Sloan Les Berkes Architectural Team Members: Florian Jungen, Intern Architect AIBC Sean Kimberley, Architectural

Structural Engineer: Fast + Epp General Contractor: Artifex Design Build Ltd. Landscape Consultant: Allen+Maurer Architects Ltd.

Technologist AIBC, LEED AP

“There is a full engagement and utility of site.�

- Juror Comment

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Bing Thom Architects Inc., Vancouver receives this award in recognition of “Buildings Making Space”. The project: Tarrant County College - Trinity River East Campus in Fort Worth, Texas. Building on the architect’s earlier master plan for the city of Fort Worth, this new campus offers more than just a place of learning. Its design speaks to interaction and engagement. From courtyards and fountains to pathways and waterfalls, the campus conveys an interconnectedness that extends to the surrounding environment. It takes full advantage of its unique riverside locale. Though it’s a long way from Vancouver to Texas, the architectural subtleties and sensitivities ring familiar.

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Tarrant County College, Trinity River East Campus AIBC Special Jury Award: For Buildings Making Space Bing Thom Architects Inc.

“This project is largely about the usage of the open space between the buildings, and how people manoeuver between the buildings.

There is a layering of experience.�

- Juror Comment

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“This is about making space rather than simply defining it.�

- Juror Comment

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Firm: Bing Thom Architects Inc.

AAA, OAA, AIA

Architectural Team Members Continued: John Camfield Amirali Javidan MArch LEED AP Bibianka Fehr DIPL-ING

Completion Date: 2011-07

Lisa Potopsingh MArch Nicole Hu Architectural Technologist

Lead Design Architect: Bing Thom Architect AIBC, FRAIC,

Location: 300 Trinity Campus Circle, Fort Worth, Texas, USA Client Name: Tarrant County College District Architectural Team Members: Michael Heeney Architect AIBC FRAIC RI(BC) LEED AP

Venelin Kokalov MENG Ling Meng MCIP RPP PHD Urban Planning

Francis Yan Architect AIBC MRAIC OAA RIBA HKIA LEED AP

Shinobu Homma Architect AIBC

INTERIOR ARCH (FH)

Acoustic Consultant: Talaske Building Envelope Consultant: Heintges Code Consultant: LMDG with Schirmer Engineering

AIBC LEED AP

Michael Motlagh BSC ENG Cost Consultant: Matthew Woodruff Architect AIBC Busby Berit Wooge DIPL-ING INTERIOR ARCH (FH) Geotechnical Consultant: Kleinfelder Civil Engineer: URS Corporation Landscape Consultant: SWA with Studio Outside Electrical & Mechanical Engineer: Traffic Consultant: Summit Consultants, Inc. Kimley-Horn Structural Engineer: Project Manager: ARUP with Jaster-Quintanilla Parsons General Contractor: Austin-ConReal

MRAIC

Photographer: Craig Kuhner

“The definition of public space.”

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“This building encourages learning and dialogue.

Even the projection screen is translucent.

The small details really make it special.

They have put learning on display.�

- Juror Comment

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Photographer: Tom Arban

Energy. Environment.

Experiential Learning

AIBC Special Jury Award: For Animating the Program

DIALOG Alberta Architecture Engineering Interior Design Planning Inc. with Perkins+Will Canada Architects Co.

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The Energy Environment Experiential Learning Building at the University of Calgary is a collaboration between Perkins+Will Canada and DIALOG. The fivestory EEEL, as it has come to be known, is one of the largest LEED Platinum Certified laboratories in North America. Unlike many campus structures, the motivation behind this building was always about the students. And it shows. It boasts all the characteristics of an optimal learning environment: interactive, flexible, smart, efficient, and alive. At the heart of the structure is a social stair, an informal setting for gathering, socialization and introspection. The multifaceted building also serves to unite a collection of disparate, preexisting campus buildings, creating a sense of connectedness and shared purpose as suits a post-secondary institution.

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“With its integration of inside and outside space, it is a jewel box.�

- Juror Comment

Firm: DIALOG Alberta Architecture Engineering Interior Design Planning Inc. with Perkins+Will Canada Architects Co. Lead Design Architects:

Architectural Team Members: Perkins+Will:

Aneta Chmiel Architect AIBC, LEED AP

Alex McCumber Intern Architect AIBC, LEED AP

Perkins+Will:

Rick Piccolo MRAIC, LEED AP

Architect AAA, MOAA, FRAIC, AIA,

Sören Schou BCID, LEED AP Eric Stedman Architect AIBC,

Peter Busby C.M., Architect AIBC, BCID, LEED AP BD+C

DIALOG:

Jim Goodwin Architect AAA, OAA, NSAA, Architect AIBC, FRAIC

Electrical Engineer: Stebnicki + Partners Mechanical Engineer: DIALOG

BD+C

Structural Engineer: RJC Engineers and DIALOG

LEED AP DIALOG:

Rob Adamson Architect AAA, OAA, NSAA, FRAIC

Completion Date: 2011-09

Ken Johnson Architect AAA Robert Jim Architect AAA, MRAIC,

Location: University of Calgary PP120, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB, Canada

Madeleine Schmidts DID Robert Veniere Dipl. Arch.Tech.

Heather Glendenning

Client Name: University of Calgary

Civil Engineer: AECOM

LEED AP

MEVDS(ID)

Eric Brassard Dipl. Arch. Tech, LEED AP

Tim McGinn P. Eng, LEED AP Peter Atkinson Architect, AAA, LEED AP

General Contractor: Ellis Don Construction Owner Representative: Jon Greggs Acoustic Consultant: FFA Consultants in Acoustics and Noise Control Ltd. Audio Visual Consultant: Sharps Audio Visual Building Envelope Consultant: Building Envelope Engineering Inc. Code Consultant: Senez Reed Calde Interior Design Consultant: DIALOG Landscape Consultant: 02 Planning + Design Project Management: Duke Projects Inc. Elevator Consultant: Vertech Elevator Services Inc Quantity Surveyor: Spiegel Skillen + Associates Ltd.

“The architect really listened to what the client wanted and then produced it.”

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“The honeycomb acts as a space frame platform but also a sculpture. The light and the shadows make the shelters poetic, experiential and temporal.�

- Juror Comment

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UBC University Boulevard Transit Shelters

AIBC Special Jury Award: For Experiential Architecture

PUBLIC: Architecture + Communication

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“It is a beautifully crafted structure. The design team thought about everything down to the nail.” - Juror Comment

The University Boulevard Transit Shelters at the University of British Columbia are created by PUBLIC Architecture + Communications in Vancouver. They are subtle as far as architecture goes, easily overlooked. But were you to stop and consider the artistry and impact of the two curious transit shelters along University Boulevard at UBC, the magic emerges. The shelters themselves share a lineage with the Katsura trees that grow nearby. Most striking is the intricate wood-and-glass “canopy” that provides shelter. Creatively constructed, they bestow not only structural integrity, but also lasting visual interest. Add sunshine, and the intricate nature-like pattern overhead is replicated under foot – a delightful change from the usual, mundane bus stop.

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Firm: PUBLIC: Architecture + Communication

Client Name: UBC Properties Trust

Civil Engineer: Core Group Consultants

Lead Design Architect: John Wall Architect AIBC, AAA, OAA,

Architectural Team Members: Christopher Sklar Intern Architect

Structural Engineer: Fast + Epp

LEED AP

Completion Date: 2012-12

AIBC, M.ARCH, LEED AP

Brian Wakelin Architect AIBC AAA

General Contractor: Joe Ross

MRAIC LEED AP

Location: University of British Columbia, University Boulevard

“This is an atypical approach to a typical program type. ” - Juror Comment

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“This is about prototype housing, about the dialogue that architecture elicits.�

- Juror Comment

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Photographer: Nic Lehoux

Monad

AIBC Innovation Award

Lang Wilson Practice in Architecture Culture Inc.

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Firm: Lang Wilson Practice in Architecture Culture Inc. Lead Design Architect: Oliver Lang Architect AIBC Completion Date: 2012-01

“There really is a true mix between sectional and elevation that we need to see more of.� - Juror Comment

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Location: 3351 West 4th Ave, Vancouver BC, Canada Client Name: Intelligent City Capital Corp Architectural Team Members: Lang Wilson Practice in Architecture Culture Inc.

Electrical Engineer: Cobalt

General Contractor: Trasolini Chetner with CASA

Interior Design Consultant: LWPAC

Mechanical Engineer: Perez

Building Envelope Consultant: JRS

Landscape Consultant: Space2Place

Structural Engineer: Fast + Epp

Code Consultant: LMDG

Sustainability Consultant: Recollective

Surveyor: Hermon Oke

Geotechnical Consultant: GeoPacific

Monad is a project of Lang Wilson Practice in Architecture Culture, Vancouver.

Like its name, Monad is unique, concise and impactful. The design team set out to create a paradigm shift, a viable housing alternative that also addressed the cultural, social, environmental and economic realities of a modern city. It succeeded. With an adaptable, affordable model that embraced prefabrication while still allowing customization, Monad re-imagines both the structure and the essence of condominium living.

“Prefab is being used a lot, but the use of prefab here had a point and a social impact.�

- Juror Comment

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Photographer: Martin Tessler

“I love the use of wood in the structure generally, and the staircase especially stands out.�

- Juror Comment

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Earth Sciences Building

AIBC Innovation Award

Perkins+Will Canada Architects Co.

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“This building takes the technology of wood a step further than we’ve seen.”

- Juror Comment

The University of British Columbia’s Earth Sciences Building, by Perkins+Will Canada Architects, is a showcase for science. It houses state-of-the-art teaching and research spaces for three academic departments while also providing highly visible lab space and an impressive gallery for the Pacific Museum of the Earth. The building is also a testament to wood. It stands as the largest solid wood-panel building on the continent. Of particular note is the five-storey atrium awash in natural light and distinguished by a free-floating solid timber staircase made from a seamless folding “ribbon” of rigid glulam stringers—the first of its kind in the world. Already it has become an important part of UBC’s campus community, as intended.

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Firm: Perkins+Will Canada Architects Co. Lead Design Architect: Jana Foit Architect AIBC,

Architectural Team Members: Peter Busby C.M., Architect AIBC, Architect AAA, MOAA, FRAIC, AIA, BCID, LEED AP BD+C

LEED AP BD+C

Aneta Chmiel Architect AIBC,

Completion Date: 2012-08

Jeremiah Deutscher LEED GA Jörk Grävenstein Dipl.-Ing. Arch.

LEED AP

(Germany), LEED AP BD+C

Location: Herman Kao Architect AIBC, LEED AP; 2207 Main Mall, Sören Schou BCID, LEED AP University of British Columbia, Eric Stedman Architect AIBC, LEED AP Vancouver, BC, Canada Client Name: University of British Columbia “This is not simply architecture; it’s engineering as well. A fantastic team effort.”

- Juror Comment

Civil Engineer: Core Group Consultants Electrical Engineer: Acumen Engineering Mechanical Engineer: Stantec Consulting Structural Engineer: Equilibrium Consulting Construction Management: Bird Construction General Contractor: Bird Construction Owner Representative: UBC Properties Trust Acoustic Consultant: Brown Strachan Audio Video Consultant: Mc Squared System Design Group Building Envelope Consultant: JRS Engineering Code Consultant: GHL Consultants Ltd. Geotechnical Consultant: GeoPacific Landscape Consultant: Eckford Tyacke & Associates Laboratory Design: Maples Argo Architects Commissioning Authority: Airmec Systems Ltd. Hazardous Materials Abatement: ACM Environmental Corp.

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The AL13™ Difference

System Overview

AL13™ has changed the game. Our metal panel system is cut to fit and snaps together on site, cutting costs, while reducing lead times and installation. The system does not require any prefabrication and can be installed on any type of structure.

The AL13™ system differs from other ACM systems in being a tab-over design. The panels are secured by the snap-lock fasteners.

Panels are not welded or formed during construction. This allows for each panel to expand and contract across a broad temperature spectrum without causing buckling or oil-canning.

Distribution

The tab-over design is unique to AL13™, consisting of five different aluminum extruded profiles. The panel spacers and extrusions work together to create a pressure equalized rain screen, allowing any moisture to exit. Installation is simple and allows the configuration to be tailored on site. No more waiting for prefabricated panels.

AL13™ has national distribution, which creates a larger and more competitive installation base while reducing material lead times.

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2013 AIBC Architectural Awards Jury

(from left to right) Craig David Long Former Digital Editor, MONTECRISTO and NUVO magazines Media / Public Representative Kelly Riopelle Intern Architect AIBC M.Arch B.A.S. GBL Architects Inc. Intern Architect Representative Andreas Kaminski Architect AIBC LEED AP Principal, a|k|a architecture + design (Squamish) Architect AIBC from Another Region Walter Francl Architect AIBC FRAIC P.Eng LEED AP Principal, Walter Francl Architecture Jury Chair / Architect AIBC / Past Winner Ruth Baleiko AIA LEED AP Principal, The Miller Hull Partnership LLP (Seattle) Architect from Other Jurisdiction W.E. (Bill) Everitt Chief Operating Officer, Southern Interior Construction Association Practitioner from Another Discipline Bruce Knapp Architect AIBC, Architect AAA SAA MAA OAA AANB Managing Principal, B+H Architects Architect AIBC / Innovation

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Other Submissions The following pages feature entries not selected for the 2013 AIBC Architectural Awards. All images courtesy of the submitting architectural firms; used with permission.

Biological Sciences Complex Acton Ostry Architects Inc.

Cactus Club at English Bay Acton Ostry Architects Inc.

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Christ Worship Centre Acton Ostry Architects Inc.

Hillel House Student Centre Acton Ostry Architects Inc.

Stuart Bish Photography & Studio Del Artek Architecture

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Gambier 1 BattersbyHowat Architects Inc.

Gambier 2 BattersbyHowat Architects Inc.

Tolmie BattersbyHowat Architects Inc.

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18 West Hastings Burns Block Microlofts Bruce Carscadden Architect Inc.

Capilano University, Nat and Flora Bosa Centre for Film and Animation Cannon Design Architecture Incorporated

Black Hills Wine Experience Centre, Oliver, BC CEI Architecture Planning Interiors

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Lefebvre-Smyth Residence CEI Architecture Planning Interiors

Terravista Vineyards, Naramata, BC CEI Architecture Planning Interiors

Uptown Shopping Centre Chandler Associates Architecture Inc.

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Surrey Fire Hall No. 14 Chernoff Thompson Architects

Brentwood College School Visual Arts Centre Christine Lintott Architect

Stz’uminus Secondary School David Nairne + Associates Ltd.

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Yunesit’in Health Center David Nairne + Associates Ltd.

Allard Hall Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia Diamond and Schmitt Architects Incorporated

Brown Family House of Learning, Thompson Rivers University Diamond and Schmitt Architects Incorporated

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Hilltop House Don Stuart Architect Inc.

Revitalization of Hotel Georgia Endall Elliot Associates Architecture Urban Design

800 Yates Street, ‘The Atrium’ F.M. D’Ambrosio Architect Inc. dba D’AMBROSIO architecture + urbanism

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Reliable Controls Headquarters F.M. D’Ambrosio Architect Inc. dba D’AMBROSIO architecture + urbanism

Dunbar Laneway House Frits De Vries Architect Ltd.

Paris Block:Paris Annex Gair Williamson Architect Inc.

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Burnaby Central Secondary School Grant + Sinclair Architects Ltd.

Gordon Smith Gallery & Education Services Centre Grant + Sinclair Architects Ltd.

James Park Elementary School Grant + Sinclair Architects, Ltd.

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Ucluelet Aquarium Helliwell + Smith • Blue Sky Architecture Inc.

Lynn Valley Town Centre & Library Henriquez Partners Architects Urban Designers

Jasper Place Library Hughes Condon Marler Architects

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Steveston Fire Hall Hughes Condon Marler Architects

UniverCity Childcare Centre Hughes Condon Marler Architects

SEVEN35 Integra Architecture Inc.

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Outma Sqilx’w Cultural School Iredale Group Architecture

Skwachàys Healing Lodge Joe Y. Wai Architect, Inc.

Surrey Nature Centre Matthew Woodruff Architecture Inc.

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Boneyard Operations Centre Matthew Woodruff Architecture Inc.

(Note: Matthew Woodruff Architecture Inc was architectural prime consultant for this project.

The contractual prime consultant was Associated Engineering)

Bioenergy Research and Demonstration Facility, University of British Columbia McFarland Marceau Architects Ltd.

KOKKO MGA | Michael Green Architecture

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Centre for Digital Media Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership Architects Designers Planners

Tula House Patkau Architects

Student Services Building, University of Texas Dallas Perkins+Will Canada Architects Co.

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Vale Living with Lakes Centre Perkins+Will Canada Architects Co.

Pop Rocks: Soft Urban Boulder Field Pop Rocks is an equal collaboration between:

AFJD Studio (Joe Dahmen & Amber Frid-Jimenez) & Matthew Soules Architecture

Centennial Beach Day Use Facility PUBLIC: Architecture + Communication

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Georgia Green Eco-Fourplex SHAPE Architecture Inc.

Nanaimo General Regional Hospital Emergency Department and Psychiatric Services Stantec Architecture Ltd.

Canada Education Park Campus Phase II, University of the Fraser Valley Stantec Architecture Ltd.

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AIBC Lifetime Achievement Award Kiyoshi Matsuzaki Retired Architect AIBC The AIBC Lifetime Achievement Award was established by the institute specifically to recognize current or former B.C. architects who have made exceptional, sustained and significant contributions to the profession of architecture and its public appreciation in the province through an outstanding, careerlong body of work.

Kiyoshi was born in Shanghai, China and raised in Tokyo, Japan. He later moved to the United States to study architecture at Rhode Island School of Design. In 1972, together with his wife Eva, he relocated to Vancouver.

He initially spent some time working for McCarter Nairne and Partners before joining Arthur Erickson Architects where he remained for 14 years.

He then became a principal at Matsuzaki Wright Architects. In 1998, Kiyoshi and Eva established their own firm, Matsuzaki Architects Inc. Kiyoshi was associated with numerous award-winning projects throughout his career, most notably the University of British Columbia’s C.K. Choi Building, which earned the Lieutenant Governor Innovation Award of Excellence in 1998.

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Photographer: Tessa Matsuzaki very active volunteer and advocate for his profession. This included two terms on AIBC Council as well as being part of numerous boards, committees and panels. He sat on both the AIBC Design Panel Committee and the Vancouver Urban Design Panel, and contributed as a Syllabus Program Mentor and a University of British Columbia Thesis Design Mentor. Kiyoshi also served as Vice-President of the Export Council of Canadian Architecture.

In 2003, he was elected to the RAIC Board of Directors, and was named RAIC President in 2007. He retired in January of 2011, having remained a loud voice in support of emerging professionals and the younger generation.

Kiyoshi passed away on December 23, 2012. He is survived by his wife Eva, daughter Tessa and son Martin.

AIBC Lifetime Achievement Award Richard Henriquez Architect AIBC The AIBC Lifetime Achievement Award was established by the institute specifically to recognize current or former B.C. architects who have made exceptional, sustained and significant contributions to the profession of architecture and its public appreciation in the province through an outstanding, career-long body of work.

He has been bestowed with numerous other honours, including RAIC Governor General’s Awards, AIBC Lieutenant Governor’s Awards, and an honorary Doctorate of Laws from Simon Fraser University.

A third-generation architect, Richard’s commitment to his profession and community includes time spent on AIBC Council as well as the Vancouver Heritage Advisory Committee and Gastown Historical Area Advisory Board. He was a driving force behind the Vancouver Urbanism Society and was instrumental in the establishment of UBC SALA’s downtown satellite location.

Photographer: Phillip Chin Photography

Born in Jamaica, Richard was educated at the University of Manitoba followed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he received a Master’s in Architecture and Urban Design. He joined the Vancouver firm of Rhone & Iredale before going into practice with colleague Robert Todd in 1969. In 1977, Richard established Henriquez Associates Architects, Urban Designers, known today as Henriquez Partners Architects.

Richard’s lengthy list of exemplary projects includes Vancouver’s Gaslight Square, the Environmental Sciences Building at Trent University, the Justice Institute of British Columbia, Sinclair Centre, the Michael Smith Building at UBC, and the iconic Eugenia Place Tower (the one with the tree on top). In 2005, Richard was awarded the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada’s Gold Medal, the most prestigious award for lifetime achievement in Canadian architecture.

Over a career that has spanned five decades, Richard has come to be recognized as one of the country’s most creative, imaginative architects.

He has his own extensive archive within the Canadian Centre for Architecture. In addition to his career achievements, he has also made a name for himself as an artist with multiple exhibitions to his credit.

Richard and his wife Carol, founder of Arts Umbrella, have two children who have inherited their creative genes: son Gregory, an architect; and daughter Alisa, an artist. If not immersed in a new building project or emerging sculpture, Richard is apt to be found waist-deep in a stream, fly rod in hand. architectureBC 95

AIBC Special Certificate of Recognition Adam Policzer Retired Architect AIBC The AIBC Special Certificate of Recognition was established by the institute specifically to recognize those individuals or firms who have made an exceptional, sustained and significant contribution to the practice or profession of architecture through volunteer activities.

Adam’s life has been a remarkable

journey. He was born in Hungary in 1938, on the brink of World War II. Having managed to survive Nazi concentration camps, in 1946 he found his way to Chile to live with his father. There, he graduated from the School of Architecture in Santiago and quickly began to pursue his chosen career. His talent eventually saw him recruited to government service within the housing ministry.

Chile’s climate of political unrest and military upheaval, however, led to Adam being imprisoned again.

After a year in confinement, in 1975 he managed to immigrate to Canada where his family settled in Vancouver.

Following two years of Canadian training, Adam was able to resume his career as an architect. He joined the firm of Peter Cole Architects before starting his own practice. In 1988, he teamed with Julio Gomberoff to establish Gomberoff Policzer Architects, which became known for its innovative approach to housing solutions.

Adam has been a dedicated volunteer throughout his career, both at the AIBC and within the local Latin American community. He was actively involved in the AIBC’s 96 architectureBC

Sketch by: Adam Policzer oral review process for more than 15 years, and spent seven years as part of the institute’s Alternative Qualifications Committee. Over that time, he contributed significantly to the development of the assessment techniques and interview protocols that formed the basis of the AIBC’s Broadly Experienced Foreign Architect Program, a model for what is now in place across the country.

Perhaps Adam’s greatest legacy is the mentorship he provided to countless new and would-be architects, using knowledge, wisdom and encouragement to guide them to career success, and in doing so having a profound impact on the AIBC. Adam truly joined the ranks for the retired this past January. He and Irene, his wife of 50 years, have three children. He is an ardent reader and a dedicated supporter of the Vancouver International Film Festival.

2013 AIBC Scholarship Program Each year, the AIBC is pleased to fund scholarships to exemplary students in the University of British Columbia’s Master of Architecture Program as well as the British Columbia Institute of Technology’s Architectural & Building Engineering Technology and Architectural Science programs, recognizing academic standing and progress. Recipients for 2013 include:

University of British Columbia School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture AIBC Medal - awarded to an outstanding student in the graduating class who has demonstrated excellence in academic work as well as in design and who holds the promise of making a contribution to the profession of architecture: • Kathy Chang Additional Scholarship Recipients: • Andrew Carnochan • Eleonore Leclerc • Amirhesam Mohtasebi • Katrina Szekely • Matthew Young

British Columbia Institute of Technology AIBC Achievement Award: • Jayleen Chivers AIBC Achievement Award in Architecture: • Noah Covington-Jarvis AIBC Achievement Award in Architectural Science: • Michael Townshend AIBC Award in Architecture: • Ryan Williamson AIBC Award in Architectural Science: • Pera Hardy

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Project Name: Maple Ridge Animal Shelter

Project Lead Architect: Jim Meiklejohn Architect AIBC,

Landscape: Site 360 Group Inc.

MRAIC, LEED AP

Client: British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (BCSPCA) Client: District of Maple Ridge Quality Surveyors: Spiegel Skillen & Associates Firm: Meiklejohn Architects Inc.

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Design Team: Shirley Ng Dip Arch Tech Vince Fernandez B. Arch Jim Oliver Dip Arch Tech

Surveyor: Di Giovanni Land Surveys Geotech: Levelton Consultants Ltd.

Structural & Mechanical: Stantec Consulting Ltd.

LEED Commissioning: Inland Technical Services Ltd.

Electrical: Falcon Engineering Ltd.

LEED Coordinator: Stantec Sustainability

Civil: Mcelhanney Consulting Services Ltd.

Animal Architecture It’s a simple fact: when designing any space - big or small - an architect must carefully consider the client’s wishes and needs. The architect must also seek to meet the end-user’s requirements, as the client may or may not be the intended project inhabitant. This needs evaluation process typically involves a series of lengthy conversations, consultations and design concept reviews.

But what happens when the end-user isn’t a human being? What if the intended inhabitant can’t speak, review design drawings, or voice its concerns? Such is the case with animals. Here in British Columbia, a fascinating animal architecture niche is slowly taking shape – and it’s changing the way we think about architecture and its importance for all living creatures. Through the design of environmentally and socially responsible animal shelters, B.C. architects are helping to create inviting, safe spaces where animals in need can receive the shelter, care, medical attention and love necessary for their very survival.

What follows is an overview of two animal shelter projects designed by B.C. architects. In each case, the architects involved have a deep-rooted love of animals that has helped to guide their work. Read on.

Maple Ridge Animal Shelter

JM: The collaboration was excellent.

We have developed a close working The Maple Ridge Animal Shelter relationship with the SPCA and have includes some of the most groundbeen getting involved in several of breaking animal welfare design their fundraising events as well as features currently available. According shelter design. They have also been to the design team at Meiklejohn helpful making connections when Architects Inc., this project boasts we tour other shelters in the Lower “shared ‘apartments’ for dogs to Mainland, Alberta and California increase socialization; communal (Palm Springs has a great new shelter). indoor-outdoor areas for cats; designated areas for temperament and AIBC: Did you grow up with pets? behaviour assessments; a sophisticated How did this project resonate with ventilation system to reduce the you on a personal level? spread of airborne disease; and a large multi-purpose room for training, JM: We grew up with shelter cats. education and other community uses.”* Actually, our first animals were Irish It also happens to be the first LEED Setter dogs, which are very social and Gold accredited animal centre in Canada. my father loved them. But we lived too close to a public beach at Skaha Lake It’s an impressive feat, and one which in Penticton. It became a challenge for makes the design team extremely proud. our parents to keep the dogs as they The AIBC recently spoke with the kept breaking loose to be with people project’s lead architect Jim Meiklejohn at the beach. In the end, our family Architect AIBC, MRAIC, LEED switched to cats and that was it. We AP and his brother Cal Meiklejohn saved scores of cats from a sad ending.

Architect AIBC, FRAIC, LEED AP to uncover how the shelter came to Cal Meiklejohn: That’s right. Every fruition, what the design challenges couple of years, we would go to the were, and how their love of animals SPCA and get a couple of cats. In the helped to shape the final result. old days, if animals weren’t adopted, they would be put down. We felt good AIBC: How did your firm get rescuing these cats, and for the most involved with this project? part they were good pets.

Jim Meiklejohn: Our involvement with the British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (BCSPCA) started when we were hired to design a replacement animal shelter in Penticton, B.C. That was back in 2006. That project eventually led to more work with the BCSPCA, like the Maple Ridge project.

AIBC: What was the collaboration like between your firm and the SPCA?

AIBC: What was most inspiring about the Maple Ridge Shelter project?

JM: Finding new solutions to old problems that hadn’t been tried before. This is nerve-wracking because one never knows if they will really work. Working with the people at BCSPCA was also an inspiration.

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CM: In this project, we tried to really listen hard. We asked our clients: what are you trying to do? What works? What doesn`t work? Some animal shelters are more successful than others. If you’re not listening or paying attention to the experts that do this stuff for a living, the project won’t be very successful.

AIBC: Can you talk about the sustainability aspect of this shelter?

JM: The target for this project was LEED Gold. This was not an easy task. As it turns out, this project became the first certified LEED Gold shelter in Canada. It was interesting because another shelter in Winnipeg was also targeting Gold but we found out later that it was awarded LEED Silver. But quite aside from the LEED rating, there’s a more basic reality. Animals are part of the human experience and our basic civilization.

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human. The issue of ‘sustainability’ is probably more about social and cultural sustainability than materials, efficient use, or energy. Animal shelters are a secure environment probably similar to a cross between a hospital and prison. While it’s not an easy thought to grasp, we have to design for a situation where the patient doesn’t get to talk.

CM: We try to convince our clients that sustainable approaches are best for the planet and our long term operations. It’s important for the people that support the BCSPCA to see that they are supporting sustainability and the animals. Also, it’s important to think about the long term functioning of the building.

Animals need fresh air and sunlight.

Animals are like kids in daycares.

They’re crawling around, touching things, rolling around and licking things. We want to be sure they don’t come in contact with toxic materials.

AIBC: How did thinking of animals as “end users” of this project affect your design process?

JM: This was great and we really worked closely with BCSPCA on this aspect. Dogs are often very frustrated when housed alone in shelters and where they can see people and other animals but are prevented from interacting. This can lead to lots of barking. We have seen this first-hand in other shelters, and we know that dog barking is a major issue for animal shelters. Another factor is that dogs can get bored. We worked hard to create kennels that could accommodate ‘paired’ dogs. The kennels also feature raised platforms that allow a variety of ways for pets to occupy their small spaces. Cats love sun and they love to have a place of their own; we tried to accommodate that as well.

AIBC: Would you say animal welfare design is an emerging trend in the design community?

JM: Tough question. It is still quite a specialty. Most shelters in Western Canada are designed with the assistance of experts based in the United States. What I can say is that learning about animals, socialization, cleaning, and infection control is very important. This must be balanced against the structure’s presentation to the public as an adoption center and shelter. Animal shelters are similar to hospitals in many ways but multiple species must be taken into consideration.

CM: I agree. Being able to have an environment that’s really conducive to the animals’ well-being is important – as is creating an environment that’s pleasant for their caregivers. In the end, a successful shelter is a good piece of architecture that’s a pleasant experience for all who use it.

AIBC: The Maple Ridge project was somewhat modeled after another facility your firm designed for Penticton, wasn’t it?

JM: Yes – our firm designed both facilities. Maple Ridge came a few years later and is similar. But there are also some major differences. Since the Maple Ridge shelter is adjacent to a park, the municipality required that we incorporate a residential suite over the shelter to improve the habitation and supervision of the overall site. We have also designed shelters in Surrey, Powell River and (most recently) in Delta.

AIBC: How did you learn to design animal shelters?

CM: We started by looking at other buildings related to animals. And as previously mentioned, we asked our clients a lot of questions and learned a lot along the way.

AIBC: What kind of feedback do you get about the Maple Ridge Animal Shelter?

JM: We have had very good feedback from the facility. We pioneered a couple systems for both accessing and washing down kennels that we (and the BCSPCA) are quite pleased with.

These systems are being copied in other shelters. This shelter has also been toured by municipalities from across B.C. and beyond. On one visit we met an American veterinarian visiting from California who was touring the building. Hearing positive feedback from someone from out-ofcountry touring our shelter design was really great.

AIBC: Any future plans for animal welfare projects?

JM: Last year, we completed a new shelter for the Municipality of Delta where we won a “designbuild” competition with Humphrey Construction. We are working on a couple of other sites for BCSPCA and hope they will be even better.

AIBC: Anything else you’d like to share?

JM: Natural light is key. While it’s important for almost all occupied spaces, there is something about bringing natural light into an animal shelter that seems a bit more like a “mission.” Also, the people we have met in the design process are unique.

Meeting the people who volunteer their time and money to help animals is quite special and unlike any other client group with which we have ever worked.

CM: As much as we would like to be hired with unlimited budgets, everyone who hires us has a need. If we can get down to their need, it gives us the freedom to do what we need to do. I think that’s one of the reasons why we’ve managed to be somewhat successful. In the end, it’s about the client’s needs, and in this case, the animals. If you can do that, that’s good architecture.

The British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is dedicated to protecting and enhancing the quality of life for domestic, farm and wild animals in B.C. It offers a wide range of services including cruelty investigations, emergency rescue and treatment, sheltering and adoption of homeless and abused animals, humane education, advocacy, farm animal welfare, spay/ neuter programs, and wildlife rescue and rehabilitation. Learn more at: http://www.spca.bc.ca/.

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Project Name: Centre for Animal Welfare

Building Size: 13,000 sq.ft approx.

Floors: 1

Client: Municipal

Design Team: Steve McFarlane Architect AIBC AAA

Location: British Columbia - Lower Mainland

Nick Foster RIBA Gerry Reibling Architect AIBC, M. Arch Kevin Kong MASLA, B.Arch Lydia Robinson MArch LEED AP

Material: Roof - Cross Laminated Timber; Walls - Masonry; Floors Concrete; Heating - Radiant

Firm: office of mcfarlane biggar architecture + designers inc.

Sustainability: Targeting LEED Silver

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Centre for Animal Welfare The Centre for Animal Welfare is a B.C. project scheduled to be completed within the next two-tothree years. Designed by the office of mcfarlane biggar architecture + designers inc., the project has already gone through a feasibility study as well as the schematic design process.

In the words of the design firm, this project aims to “serve community needs for the next 30 years. The architecture aims to showcase today’s ‘best practices’ in shelter design, animal care, and sustainability with an emphasis on community education and adoptions. The building is carefully designed to be inviting to the public, while discretely accommodating the functional and durability needs of Animal Control services. The design of the public façade consists of layered screen elements; unifying the building within its natural setting, giving privacy to the animals, and assisting the building to achieve its LEED sustainability objectives.”* The AIBC recently caught up with Steve McFarlane Architect AIBC AAA FRAIC LEED AP, a principal at office of mcfarlane biggar architects + designers inc., to get his insights on this project. Unsurprisingly, the architect’s love for animals serves as a meaningful backdrop to this project.

AIBC: Where is this project based?

Steve McFarlane: It’s in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland.

Unfortunately we’re not at liberty to say where just yet as preparations are still underway for a presentation to council.

AIBC: How did your firm become involved with this project?

SM: We have been involved in several animal welfare projects and were invited to submit a proposal.

AIBC: Does this project resonate with you on a personal level?

SM: Very much so. Animals have always been a part of my life and engaging in projects that focus on their welfare is a simple extension of that. The relationships between people and animals are a fundamental part of our society in so many ways.

Designing and building high quality buildings that focus on animal welfare is another way that we feel we can improve the quality of our communities.

AIBC: What have the challenges and rewards of this project been thus far?

SM: We find a common challenge regarding our animal shelter projects.

Ensuring the entire project team is in alignment regarding the project’s approach toward animal welfare is critical – it underpins all decisions.

As architects, this involves ensuring the decision-making team is informed as to the benefits of adopting best practice methods. The team also has to understand how these best practices inform the building’s design and its long-term operations. This usually involves people adjusting their perceptions regarding what an animal shelter is. We’ve come a long way from the pound / bylaw facilities built over 40 years ago; today we’re moving towards modern shelters that focus on animal welfare and public education.

As architects, this means our design communication and presentation skills are really put to the test. We need to communicate the critical design issues succinctly and effectively to ensure informed decisions are made.

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AIBC: How did thinking of animals as “end users” affect your design process?

SM: The design process involved considering both animal and human occupant’s needs. The interface between the two can be said to be the most important moments of the project. The animal’s spatial needs were an interesting challenge as each species required particular social, safety and disease control considerations. The product of this is a diverse set of design solutions.

AIBC: Can you summarize some of the project’s sustainability features?

SM: A big part of our thinking is to “future-proof” the building by focusing a lot of design energy on spatial flexibility and modularity.

This ensures spaces can be used for a variety of purposes, and the building can easily expand in the future, if necessary. Materials have to be both

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durable and economical over their lifespan. We’ll be pursuing LEED Silver certification ultimately, but will enhance this further with several passive strategies to reduce energy consumption even further.

AIBC: How are animals and sustainable design linked in your mind? Why is being green important to animal welfare?

SM: There are several places where good sustainable building practice and best practices for animal welfare overlap. The variety of conditioned, unconditioned and tempered spaces required within the animal shelter and connections to ample fresh air and exterior animal spaces means the building lends itself to a passive sustainable design approach.

All of the usual building performance issues are equally relevant with animal shelters as they are with other building

types, so I don’t see shelters being anything exceptional. The same issues apply with regard to economy, energy efficiency, durability, and so forth. Of course, we never lose sight of the fact that the shelter is also a work place for people, whether staff or volunteers, so human comfort is just as important.

To make the place comfortable for the animals, we need considerable insight into their various behaviors so that the design can address them properly without contributing additional stresses.

The more important connection rests with social sustainability. The educational role these facilities can play with regard to increasing the public awareness of animal issues and challenges is really promising and can have a profound effect on reducing demand.

AIBC: Is animal welfare and architecture an emerging trend in the design community?

SM: I think there are several municipalities locally that understand that good design can equate to good value. There appears to be a growing awareness that the old bylaw enforcement model of pound-type facilities creates stressful and unhealthy environments for animals resulting in low adoption rates and euthanasia.

The new thinking is that good design focusing on the animal’s health and welfare provides benefits beyond happy, healthy animals. Good design results in significantly higher adoption rates, better educated public and lower bylaw enforcement requirements.

The greatest irony in animal welfare architecture is that a well-designed animal shelter is an empty one!

AIBC: Any future plans for animal welfare projects?

SM: For sure. We’re dealing with a couple of other municipalities right now for the initial stages of their

animal welfare projects, and we have some renovations underway with the City of Vancouver Animal Shelter.

AIBC: What is most inspiring about working on animal shelters?

SM: It’s always inspiring for us to be involved in projects that can have such a positive impact on their communities. We’re excited that the typology is evolving beyond shelter precedents set in the 1960s and ‘70s.

Current best practices are much more considerate of the animal’s welfare. I think it’s great that this type of facility is seen as an opportunity to reach out and improve public awareness of animal issues. We’re moving well beyond the historic model as marginalized care facility for abandoned or stray animals.

The passion and resourcefulness that our client and shelter staff has demonstrated is remarkable and that has certainly inspired us to provide the best animal facility possible.

AIBC: Are you an animal lover yourself?

SM: Very much so - and the same is true for virtually everyone else in our practice, whether the connection is with dogs, cats, horses, or the occasional fish. It may sound funny, but always we ask any folks interested in joining the practice about their attitude toward animals – whether they have fears or allergies and so forth, because we often have dogs in the studio and likely always will. Dogs in particular have always been a part of my life. My grandparents bred terriers as a hobby on their farm and some of my earliest memories involve the excitement of being chased by a dozen or so puppies out back when I was two or three.

AIBC: Anything else you’d like to share?

SM: There are some common messages that I really believe in.

Consider adopting your pets from shelters or only support reputable breeders after confirming they adhere to best practices. Avoid buying pets as gifts or spontaneous purchases.

Encourage your friends and family to think long and hard before taking on the responsibility of owning and caring for an animal. Consider animal shelters as an absolute last resort not as a bailout when a pet becomes inconvenient.

For me, ultimately the animal shelter project we’re working on now has reaffirmed the value people hold for their pet companions. We all share a passion to create healthy, empathetic environments for our animals, and that’s inspiring.

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Ronald McDonald House BC

“The House that Love Built”

Original Firm:

mcfarlane green biggar ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN (mgb) Project Completed by: MGA | MICHAEL GREEN ARCHITECTURE Project Lead Architect: Michael Green Architect AIBC Lead Designers: Justin Bennett MArch, LEED AP Natalie Telewiak Intern Architect AIBC, LEED AP

Kristen Jamieson DID Jordan van Dijk Architectural Technologist AIBC, LEED AP

Mingyuk Chen LEED AP, BScArch Seng Tsoi MRAIC ASLA Adam Jennings B.A. (Hons) Architecture Nick Foster RIBA Jing Ziu Intern Architect AIBC

Contractor: ITC

Client: Ronald McDonald House BC

Status: Under Construction (To be completed Spring 2014) Construction Method: Construction Management Cost: $22 million Size: 73,000 sq ft.

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Construction of the new 75,000 square

foot Ronald McDonald House BC is well under way. This project will serve out of town families with severely sick children receiving medical treatment at the BC Children’s Hospital.

“For the last five years my team has had the honour of designing a new house for Ronald McDonald House BC, an organization I have come to really love. Ronald McDonald House is an independent charity serving the families of sick children when they are relocated for medical treatment. The house provides a home away from home.” Michael Green Architect AIBC, project lead architect.

The House will serve more than 70 BC and Yukon families at one time and include common spaces, kitchen and dining areas, fitness facilities, library resources, office areas, educational space and outdoor play areas.

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The new facility will incorporate the most current building systems available to provide for a safe environment for all children including those with compromised immune systems.

The House also provides a warm,

welcoming environment where parents can relax, prepare hot meals and share their concerns with other parents in similar situations.

“Concentric rings were incorporated within the design of the building. They represent a metaphor for what Ronald McDonald House is: concentric rings of support around the children. Ronald McDonald House is a micro community; it is a beautiful model of sharing and building strength through community design. It provides support for families and encourages support during what can be an otherwise lonely and isolating experience. This project is not just about building a house – it is about building a community.” Michael Green Architect AIBC, project lead architect.

The 22-million dollar project uses a hybrid CLT (cross laminated timber) + TJI structure. The design is based on four interconnected houses each serving roughly 18 families. The house features an innovative wood structure, and is expected to gain LEED Gold Plus Certification.

Upon completion in May 2014, Ronald McDonald House BC is expected to serve more than 2,500 families a year.

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Keys to Success in the Profession of Architecture Words of wisdom from our professional colleagues

What are your top five keys to success in the profession of architecture?

Alfred Waugh Architect AIBC, MRAIC, LEED AP Principal FormLine Architecture and Urbanism Inc. What was the best career advice that was ever given to you?

In my partnership with Peter Busby, Peter stressed the need to have a clear vision of what you want to achieve in your career and to then dedicate yourself to that vision. Your vision should be definable, graspable, easy to understand, one that you believe in and that has integrity.

What do you think the future holds for the next generation of practitioners?

The future holds so many choices as there are so many ways to construct buildings. The biggest challenge for the next generation is to be aware of a tendency to become self-indulgent.

We need to focus on the real issues that are facing this world of 7 billion people and incorporate solutions into our designs. Ask yourself, “How you as an architect will address issues like global warming and the reduction of carbon emissions?”

1. You need persistence and the belief that you can make a positive contribution to the larger environment as a whole.

What is the best way to keep the profession meaningful and vibrant?

2. This profession takes a lot of personal commitment and true success is not defined by financial gain.

Community engagement. There is a disconnect between the value of what we do as designers and the public’s idea of what we do. We need to create more avenues for public access in order to have means of engagement where the public can participate in the creation of the built environment.

We need to show the public how this form of engagement can make a difference rather than allowing for developers to take this lead. We need participation from citizens; allowing for them to have a platform for input and for architects to be there engaging with them to create a meaningful relationship that is developed rather than just a profession that is giving advice.

3. Build in a respectful way with our natural environment. The First Nations people embody their buildings with spirit through ceremony. These traditions embody an inanimate object with meaning which allows that built object to become a part of the community.

Squamish Lil’Wat Cultural Center - Photographer: Gary Fiegehen

4. Success for me is at the end of the project when the owners of the building have value in the work that has been done.

5. Architecture is not about beating your chest and saying you are a great designer. Architecture is about the positive contributions you can make to society as a whole.

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Danica Djurkovic Architect AIBC LEED AP Director of Facilities Planning and Development Real Estate and Facilities Management City of Vancouver

What was the best career advice that was ever given to you?

My parents told me “to lead by example.” I tell my children, “If your work helps to make the world a better place, then it is worthy.” Also, “do something that makes you happy. This is the only way that you can contribute to the collective happiness.”

What do you think the future holds for the next generation of practitioners?

The future is very exciting because there are many different ways that architects can help to resolve social issues, climate issues, economic and any other future challenges. It is the role of architects to come up with different solutions that are outside of the box. We are known for our strong critical thinking skills and for using these skills to create the best options to move forward into the future. We must keep our responsibility to society at the forefont of any given project and look at the larger impact of each of our decisions.

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What is the best way to keep the profession meaningful and vibrant?

What are your top five keys to success in the profession of architecture?

The best way to keep the profession meaningful is to continue in helping to find practical solutions for our society and the world challenges of the day.

Diversification of the profession will allow us to stay vibrant. I strongly believe that diversity brings quality.

1. Passion.

2. Hard work.

3. Commitment and persistence in the constant search for betterment and creativity.

4. Strong sense of responsibility to the public.

5. Being genuine, humble and openminded.

BC Ferries Tsawwassen Retail Building - Photographer: Michael Elkan

Farouk Noormohamed Architect AIBC Principal FNDA Architecture Inc.

What are your top five keys to success in the profession of architecture?

What is the best way to keep the profession meaningful and vibrant?

1. Trust your intuition. It is your best guide to produce buildings that have emotion in them.

Trust your intuition. If you do, then you will always have a continuous source of inspiration and vibrancy.

Architecture is a profession of passion and has the potential to be a powerful instrument of change. We as architects have to try to bring benefit to society.

2. Architecture affects the lives of people and as such it is more than just the design of buildings; there should be a sense of harmony, cultural relevance and care for the five senses.

3. Listen to your clients, but more importantly educate them to what is the best architecture.

4. Attention to detail. Every aspect of the project matters. No matter the size of the project it always demands your serious attention.

What was the best career advice that was ever given to you?

When I was starting my practice, one of my clients told me a story: “Do you know the difference between a good architect and a great architect?

A good architect goes into a store and finds a 50 dollar tie and pays 50 dollars for the tie. A great architect goes into the same store and buys a 5 dollar tie and you think it costs 50 dollars.�

What do you think the future holds for the next generation of practitioners?

There is a tremendous opportunity.

The world is beginning to recognize that good design matters.

5. Never design buildings that you will be ashamed of or regret. They will stand longer than you will. You owe it to society to complete it right.

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Rosa Salcido Architect AIBC, LEED AP (BD+C) Principal Vivid Green Architecture Inc.

What are your top five keys to success in the profession of architecture?

1. Perseverance.You must not give up.

What was the best career advice that was ever given to you?

“Whatever you do, do it with class.”

This complements the profession of architecture because your work is visible, so wherever you put your stamp, make it something worthy.

Also, we should always keep on learning and push our limits, like a rubber band…keep on stretching yourself. Push yourself to be at the forefront of your profession.

What do you think the future holds for the next generation of practitioners?

The future holds new systems, technologies, building materials and presentation tools. We have to stay educated and current by not closing ourselves off to what is new.

Sustainable design will be a rule rather than the expectation. Remember, sustainability doesn’t have to be expensive. It can be economical - you just need to approach it from a new angle.

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What is the best way to keep the profession meaningful and vibrant?

This is challenging because you can remain vibrant in your own studio, but how do you do this in your community? We must actively engage with the public to gain more exposure.

I have found motivation by travelling to see what other architects are doing around the world. It brings excitement and meaning to my work. Open your mind up to new possibilities.

2. Confidence. Believe in yourself.

Architects have a lot of education and experience, but when we stand in front of a client we can be a bit shaky. Have confidence that we are the experts in our field.

3. Resourcefulness. Architecture is such a wide topic that it is impossible to know it all, but it is important to know where to find the answers to your questions. Go to your colleagues and help one another.

Don’t be scared to ask for support.

4. Share your knowledge with the younger generations. Be open to mentorship and pass on your knowledge. This ensures that we will have skilled, dedicated people for the future of the profession.

5. Listen to your clients, staff and associates. Talk less and listen more. Listening allow you to better understand the needs of the client and validate them in your projects.

(You need these five things together to become a whole and successful person in the profession.

Through all of the five things you must be positive so you can keep moving forward with inspiration.)

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Professional Conduct and Illegal Practice

The Boundaries of Professional Standards

Thomas Lutes Barrister & Solicitor Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel

I’ve always found some of the most enlivening conversations about professional regulation to be those held with students – of architecture, law, planning and more. Students, already freighted with the ‘great expectations’ of being the so-called future of their professions, are keenly interested in understanding (and challenging) the standards of competency and professional conduct they will be taking on once registered.

The sleepiest three-hour class can generally be brought to life by raising the spectre of whether the regulator has any place in the bedrooms, barrooms and computers of the professions. Invariably, the key concepts and terminology used to label disciplinary matters – such as professional misconduct, conduct unbecoming and incompetency – lead down rabbit holes of their own. After lively debate, the safe destination tends to be the fact that it is the profession itself that sets its own standards (often by bylaws, rules and practice guidelines), except those few specific matters that might already be enshrined in statute.1 Such concepts and labels matter to us as professionals. They help give meaning to the ethical, professional and technical competency boundaries each profession expects of its members. They define the boundaries of authority for a regulator with respect to investigations and disciplinary outcomes.

In modern professional regulation, the notions of ‘professional misconduct’ and ‘unprofessional conduct’ are often considered to be synonymous and tend to refer to unacceptable behaviour (or omission) that takes place (or doesn’t) while the professional is practising his or her profession. Usually, professional misconduct is differentiated from ‘conduct unbecoming’ by the latter’s emphasis on behaviour that occurs while outside the professional sphere that in some way brings the profession into dishonour or disrepute.

The issue of ‘incompetency’ in the practice of a profession generally means conduct or a pattern of professional practice that falls below an accepted level established by the profession itself. In some ways, competency is about the nuts and bolts ability of a professional to do the job at a technical or knowledge-and skills-based level.

Not surprisingly, the concepts often co-mingle. Some commentators subsume all of them under the umbrella of ‘professional misconduct’.

BC’s Health Professions Act blends two of the three main concepts through these definitions: “professional misconduct” includes sexual misconduct, unethical conduct, infamous conduct and conduct unbecoming a member of the health profession; “unprofessional conduct” includes professional misconduct.

For example, the Architects Act establishes specific requirements for the use of an architect’s seal.

This ‘statutory standard’ is supplemented and informed by an AIBC bylaw and council ruling, as well as institute bulletins.

A different approach is taken in the Legal Profession Act, which doesn’t define misconduct, but does give conduct unbecoming the following meaning: “conduct unbecoming a lawyer” includes a matter, conduct or thing that is considered, in the judgment of the benchers, a panel or a review board, (a) to be contrary to the best interest of the public or of the legal profession, or (b) to harm the standing of the legal profession; The lawyers’ governing legislation then sets out the kinds of complaints and findings against its members that the Law Society has authority to address: professional misconduct; incompetency; conduct unbecoming; or a breach of the Legal Profession Act or the profession’s rules (roughly equivalent to bylaws).

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Readers of the United Kingdom’s Architectural Registration Board conduct notices will be aware of other terminology: the UK makes findings of “unacceptable professional conduct” against its members, leading to everything from reprimands to the ominous term “erasure” from the Register of Architects.

Here in B.C., the Architects Act is almost 100 years old. It has been updated and amended many times over the decades – including as recently as 2012 with the consensual resolution provisions. The Act does not define professional misconduct, conduct unbecoming or incompetency. It does, however, establish a basic disciplinary framework, including the range of findings that a disciplinary committee may make following a disciplinary hearing: 50 (1) At the conclusion of an inquiry ordered under section 46 the disciplinary committee may make one or more orders under subsection (3) if it considers that a member, architectural firm, licensee or associate (a) has been unprofessional, (b) has contravened this Act or a bylaw, (c) has been negligent or guilty of misconduct in the execution of a duty of office, (d) is incompetent or unfit to practise architecture or is incapable of practicing architecture, or (e) Is an architectural corporation that has ceased to meet the applicable qualifications for registration under section 26 (2) or (3).

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This section provides the institute with a reasonably broad range of options to deal with professional standards, complaints and discipline.

In practice, the reference to ‘unprofessionalism’ in subsection (a) has been applied as a combination – as with the health professions – of professional misconduct and conduct unbecoming.

The reference to contravention of the Act or bylaw in subsection (b) raises the practical question of whether breaching an AIBC bylaw might also be considered “unprofessionalism”, conduct unbecoming or incompetency. AIBC Bylaw 34.5 requires architects to “refrain from any act which would reflect unfavourably on the profession as a whole”, which of course sounds a lot like the ‘conduct unbecoming’ definitions discussed above. AIBC Bylaw 30.1 mandates that architects “shall act with reasonable care and competence, and shall apply the knowledge, skill and judgment which are ordinarily applied by architects currently practising in the province of British Columbia” … the reference to “competence” establishing it as a foundation of professional practice standards.

Those institute bylaws found in the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct are seen by the profession and the public as the primary source for the profession’s values, standards and rules of behaviour.

The Code of Ethics is not exhaustive, of course. Bylaw 30.1’s admonition that members are expected to practise with the “knowledge, skill and judgment” ordinary applied by architects does not establish more

specific standards for technical competency in specialized areas, such as building envelope design or with respect to contract administration.

Those standards are shaped by AIBC documents, particularly bulletins and practice notes, and by the ‘culture’ of standards within the profession as they evolve.

This all ties back to the point about the ‘safe place’ for professional regulation being the profession’s own paramount role in setting, monitoring, assessing and enforcing standards.

In the simplest terms, addressing an allegation of incompetent practice against any professional involves evaluating the level of practice in a particular circumstance against the expected standards. Those standards may be apparent through legislation, bylaw, rule or published practice standards. Very often, however, fellow professionals are asked to give evidence about the standards of the day. Such peers also comprise the majority of disciplinary committee or panel members for the disciplinary process of almost every profession.

The courts still give a high degree of deference to professional regulators’ disciplinary panels when applying standards, precisely because it is the professionals themselves who are expected to establish them and judge their own.

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AIBC Registration Update The following reflects amendments to the AIBC registry for the period of July 2012 – October 2013.

MEMBERS NEW LICENSED MEMBERS

By Internship Bettina Balcaen Megan Chalmers Vivian Chang Elena Chernyshov Jenny Chow Andrei Chisinevschi Asher De Groot Jeffrey Doble Paul Fast Karen Fedoruk Sylvie Gagnon Jay Gillman Roger Green Ronald M. Hart Ivan B. Ilic Mona Jahedi Timothy Kindrat David Kitazaki Elisabeth Kwan Horace Lai Yiju Lee Jennifer Lippa Fang Liu Douglas Luteyn Andrew MacLean Michael Mammone Jason E. Minard Sanaz Mani 118 architectureBC

Igor Nardin Dragana Osghian Jozef Pavlic Adrian Politano Antonio Puerto Gerry Reibling Adriana Shum Heather Spinney Scott Staniul Pamela Ubeda Andrea van Niekerk Ivan Velikov Calvin Wang Rufina Wu Jing Xu Jinyong Yum David Zeibin

By Canadian Reciprocity Peter James Atkinson (Alberta) Darrel Gordon Babuk (Alberta) Vaidila Banelis (Ontario) Jean-Daniel Bernier (Quebec) Brigette Bilodeau (Quebec) Paul Blaser (Saskatchewan) Atef Boulos (Ontario) Christopher Browne (Ontario)

Mark Burkart (Alberta) Darren Burns (Manitoba) Kathleen Busby (Alberta) Peter Carter (Ontario) David S. Cheetham (Alberta) Arnold See Chun Chan (Alberta) Brian L. Curtner (Ontario) Ann Daniel (Ontario) Nunzio DeSantis (Ontario) Alireza Famili (Alberta) Greg Faulkner (Ontario) Andrew Filarski (Ontario) Robert John Forest (Ontario) Maxime-Alexis Frappier (Quebec) Caroline Gagnon (Quebec) Benjamin T. Gardner (Alberta) Gordon Gill (Ontario) Jason-Emery Groen (Ontario) David Hamilton (Alberta)

Russell Holden Hazzard (Ontario) Brett Parker Hotson (Alberta) Kai Hotson (Ontario) Mark Edmond Humphreys (Ontario) Viktors Jaunkalns (Ontario) Christopher Alan Laing (Alberta) Robert La Pierre (Quebec) Yue Li (Ontario) Patrick MacLeamy (Ontario) Paul Marques (Ontario) Alan Brechin McFarlane (Ontario) C. Walker McKinley (Alberta) Luis Francisco Medina-Medina (Ontario) Farhad Mortezaee (Alberta) Victor Joseph Muego (Alberta) Gary James Mundy (Alberta) Derek Newby (Ontario) Daniel H. Noble (Ontario) Peter Osborne (Alberta)

Harry A. Pellow (Ontario) Jerald Peters (Manitoba) Katherine Robinson (Alberta) Thomas H. Robson (Ontario) Amanda Turner Ross (Manitoba) Warren Schmidt (Manitoba) Michael Saul Shugarman (Alberta) Renato Silvestri (Quebec) Tara Simmer (Saskatchewan) David C. K. Sin (Ontario) Jamie Smiley (Quebec) Adrian D. Smith (Ontario) John Stark (Ontario) Jeremy H. M. Sturgess (Alberta) Claudina C. E. Sula (Ontario) Stephen R. Teeple (Ontario) Bernard E.W. Turkewitsch (Ontario) Frank W. Vanbetlehem (Ontario) Vincent Van Den Brink (Nova Scotia)

Martin A Veenhoven (Alberta) Douglas Walter (Manitoba) Edward Watson (Ontario) Craig A. Webber (Saskatchewan) Frank Grenville Weis (Ontario) Carolynn D. Wilson (Manitoba) Leo C. Zerjav (Saskatchewan) Nickolas Zigomanis (Ontario)

By U.S.A. Inter-recognition Taichi Azegami (Nevada) Bradley T. Barker (Indiana) Joe Chauncey (Washington) James L. Escobar (Idaho) Stephen J. Fautsch (Minnesota) Glenn Gardner (Washington) Eric Grigel (Arizona) Jeffrey J. Gunning (Texas)

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By U.S.A. Inter-recognition Robert C. Rice (Missouri) (continued)

By Alternative Qualifications

Travis W. Hans (Virginia) Kent Hanway (Idaho) Sean Hegstad (Washington) Jian J. Hei (Pennsylvania) Hector Hocsman (Florida) Alexandru F. Ionescu (Conneticut) Brian R. P. Johnson (Washington) Brian R. Johnson (Minnesota) Laura Killam (Washington) Lydell Jason King (Washington) Dan Misri (Pennsylvania) Juan Nunez (Oregon) Michael O’Leary (Washington) Raymond Peloquin (Massachusetts) Preston S. Potratz (Washington) Troy H. Ransdell (Texas) Glenn E. Ratajczak (Arizona)

Saeed Akhavan Dominador Daplas Hank Kampman Yehia Madkour Armin Maerkl Regina Maerkl Namrta Mathur Jiang Mu Shida Neshat-Behzadi Ali Shakarchi Gus Spanos Omar Take Y Koda Michael Thorpe Emanuele Trinca Colonel Shoghig Tutanjian-Attal Diane Valentine Wentao Zhou

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Robert Ritner (California) Sian Roberts (Washington) Jason W. Santeford (Texas) Michael J. Smith (California) Daun P. St. Amand (California) Joseph M. Stevens (Maryland) Ellen Stoner (Illinois) Kassra Tavakoli (Washington) Todd Tierny (California) Joyce R. Troost (California) Thomas Vitous (California) Steven J. Wagner (Washington) Rochelle D. Wallis (Nevada) Bryan D. Webb (Colorado) Joseph Wicentowich (Colorado) Nicholas P. Zalany (Ohio)

By Reinstatement Paul Anderson Thor Arnold Robert Billard Douglas Cardinal John Chislett Barbara Dewhirst Richard Klopp Kimly Mangum Michelange Panzini Jerry J. Phillips, Jr.

LICENSED MEMBER RESIGNATIONS To Previously Registered Member Carole Ann Arnston (Reinstatement) Stephen Burland John Downing Jeana Malick Bozurka Pejcic-Morrison Dean Russell Mark Scheurer William Steinberg Jing Xu

To Retired Architect Linda Baker Michael F. Brown Wilbert Bruegger Mary Brunet Philip Burrowes Carlos Castellon Gen Chanady Ronald Dies Lawrence Doyle Costanzo Gabriele Raffaele Greco Alan Hodgson Robert Hutnik Robert B. McDonell William Parneta Adam Policzer Robert Powers David Sze David Weiser Kenneth P.K. Wong

To Full Resignation Dwight Atkinson George Brandt Larisa Brodsky Peter S. H. Clark Deanna Clarke Rodney Cottrell Gianni DeBortoli Robert Di Maio Robert Elsworthy Kevin Evernham Girish Ghatalia Michael Hall Drummond Hassan John Holmes Jessica Hutchison Eric Lagerberg Peter Lattey Yuen-Ming May Lee Tomas Machinowski Neil Mackenzie Lionel Merson Pawel Mikolajczak Thomas Nahachewsky Peter Olynyk David Parker Robert Pashuk Carl E. Peterson Kathryn Quinn David Rodgers Alex Ryou Mark Scheurer Andreas Schneider John Stewart David Suttle Tom Sztuk William Valentine Robert Young

DECEASED MEMBERS Nicholas Bawlf (Former Member) Sandy Hirshen Gregg Lutz Edward Maifredi Kiyoshi Matsuzaki Helen O’Toole Herwig Pimiskern Clyde Rowett Frank Tofin Kanau (Kon) Uyeyama John Woodworth

NEW CERTIFICATES OF PRACTICE Altusworks Architecture AMB architecture Inc. Arcnet Design Architecture Bennett Architect Inc. Benssen Design Studio Architecture + Urban Design Inc. Bohlin Grauman Miller Architects, Inc. Breakhouse Architecture Cascadia Architects Inc. Charles Durrett Architect Checkwitch Poiron Architects Inc. Coupland Kraemer Architecture + Interior Design Inc. d.WG Design Studio, Architecture and Urban Design David C. Norback, Architect David Sin Architect David Zeibin Architect architectureBC 121

NEW CERTIFICATES OF PRACTICE

Scott Architecture Sean Best Architect Shauna Noyes Architect (continued) Shugarman Architecture and Design Inc. DEM Architecture Ltd. Simcic + Uhrich Architects Denis Bruneau Architecture Siu Architecture + Design Duel Architecture Inc. Stark Architect Dwell Design + Architecture Tamon Architecture Inc. Equine Architecture, P.C. Thomas Lee Architecture Eric Poxleitner Architect Tony Osborn Architecture FAAB Architecture + Design Inc. TRB Architecture and Interior Green Ridge Architecture Design Inc. HDR Architecture Associates, Inc. URS Architects & Engineers Helen Pang Architecture Canada Inc. Inspired Architecture Vanbetlehem Architect Janet Lutz Architect VC Architecture Inc. JB Larano Architecture Inc. Wonderland Architectural Jinyong Yum Architecture Office Inc. Jordan Kutev Architect Inc. Zacharko Yustin Architects Inc. JSA Sport Architecture Zimtor Architecture JW Architecture Kent A. Hanway Architect M3 Architecture Inc. FIRM NAME Marko Simcic Architect CHANGES Michael John McCall, Architect Middleton Architect Arno Matis Architecture Inc. Moore Architecture Inc. Formerly: Iconstrux Northern Sky Architecture Inc. Architecture Ltd. Padley Architecture + Consulting Inc. B + H Architects Inc. Parkin Architects Western Ltd. Formerly: B + H Quadra Architecture BuntingCoady Architects Inc. Radiant City Architecture Inc. Renato Silvestri Architect Bregman + Hamann Roger White Architecture Inc. Architects Ronald Awde, Architect Formerly: B + H Architects RTKL Architects Canada Inc. 122 architectureBC

Chernoff Thompson Architects North Formerly: Bryan Chernoff Thompson Architects Francl Architecture Inc. Formerly: Walter Francl Architecture Inc. Grout McTavish Architects Inc. Formerly: Clive Grout Architect Inc Kato Martyn Architects Formerly: Ron Kato Architect NSDA Architects Formerly: Neale Staniszkis Doll Adams Architects Peter Johannknecht Architecture Inc. Formerly: Architect Peter Johannknecht SNC-Lavalin Architects and Engineers Inc. Formerly: Genesis Network Architecture + Engineering Inc. Studio B Architects Formerly: Plan B Architects Tony Osborn Architecture Ltd. Formerly: Tony Osborn Architecture

CHANGES FROM CLOSED FIRMS ACTIVE TO INACTIVE

NEW TEMPORARY LICENCES

David S. Rodgers Architect Inc.

David Argo #201203 ID Workshop Inc. Collab. Arch: Richard Newell Architect AIBC Project: Winery, Lillooet, BC

CHANGES FROM INACTIVE TO ACTIVE Endall Architecture Inc.

NEW INACTIVE FIRMS Andrew D.Tankard Architect Ltd. Ben Checkwitch Architect Inc. Cartier Architecture Interior Design Inc. D.J. Edmunds Architect Ltd. Elaine Jong, Architect Inc. Gary James Mundy Architect Ltd. Mark Hentze Architect Inc. Martin Nielsen Architect Inc. Martin P. Jones Architect Ltd. Molly Y Chan Architecture Inc. NKC Architect Inc. Paul Anderson Architecture Inc. Peter Hildebrand Architecture Inc. Peter Osborne Architect Ltd. Wallace K. Ewert Architecture Inc.

Alan James Hodgson, Architect Architecture Building Culture Brian Hulme, Architect Ltd. Carlos S. Castellon Architect Inc. Carman Kwan Architect CJP Architects Ltd. Craig Edward Simms: Architect D + D Architecture David S. Rodgers Architect Ltd. David Weiser Architect David Yustin Architect David Zacharko Architect Ed Cepka Architect Eileen Fletcher, Architect Frank W. Musson Ltd. Gen Chanady, Architect HDR Architecture Canada, Inc. Holst Architecture P.C. John Marchant Architect Ltd. K.G. Terriss Architect Kalamalka Architecture Ltd. Linda Baker Architect Inc. Martin Architecture Michael Hall – Architect Ray Wolfe Architect Rob Young Architect Robert Di Maio Architect Robert Elsworthy Architecture Robert Powers Architect Inc. Ron Dies Architecture Schneider Architecture (Aug 2012) Spatial Dynamics Architecture & Interior Design Water Street Architecture Inc. Y.M. May Lee Architect

Carl Blanchaer #201215 WZMH Architects Collab. Architect: Alora Griffin Architect AIBC Project: CIBC Retrofit, Prince Rupert, BC Carl Blanchaer #201301 WZMH Architects Collab. Arch: Alora Griffin Architect AIBC Project: CIBC Branch Retrofit, Prince George, BC Matthew Burl #201310 John McAslan + Partners Collab. Arch: Gregory Borowski Architect AIBC Project: Masterplan for Royal BC Museum Thomas Christofferson #201209 Bjarke Ingels Group Collab. Arch: Joost Bakker Architect AIBC Project: Residential High Rise

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NEW TEMPORARY LICENCES (continued)

Harry Gugger #201216 Harry Gugger Studio Collab. Arch: Selwyn Dodd Architect AIBC Project: The Exchange

Neil Denari #201311 Neil M. Denari Architects Inc. Collab. Arch: Martin Bruckner Paul Katz #201314 Architect AIBC Kohn Peterson Fox Associates P.C. Project: Feasibility Study for Collab. Arch: Mark Whitehead High Rise Condos Architect AIBC Asdrubal Franco # 201213 Domoarchitecture Collab. Arch: Jeremy Woolf Architect AIBC Project: Retail space renovation in Vancouver International Airport Asdrubal Franco #201213 Domoarchitecture Collab. Architect: Michael Burton-Brown Architect AIBC Project: Interior renovation to retail space at YVR Carlos Gonzales #201214 Ardicon Projects Collab. Architect: Robert Salikan Architect AIBC Project: Townhouses, Surrey, BC R. Craig Goodman #201302 CS&P Architects Inc. Collab. Arch: Ron Kato, Architect AIBC Project: Automobile Showroom Renovation Robert Goyeche #201211 Rounthwaite Dick & Hadley Architects Inc. Collab Arch: Craig Taylor Architect AIBC Project: New Operations Centre & Works Yard for City of Surrey 124 architectureBC

Tom Kundig #201305 Olson Kundig Architects Collab. Arch: Jim Meiklejohn Architect AIBC Project: Naramata Lakehouse, Naramata, BC Tom Kundig #201308 Olson Kundig Architects Collab. Arch: Stuart Lyon Architect AIBC Project: Grandview-Woodland Community – mixed use building Bruce Kuwabara #2011313 KPMB Architects Collab. Arch: John Wall Architect AIBC Project: School of Design – Kwantlen University

Allan Orton # 201307 NFOE Inc. Collab. Arch: Jory Faibish Architect AIBC Project: Preclinical Discovery Centre Harry Pellow # 201212 Pellow + Associates Architects Inc. Collab. Arch: Jordan Levine Architect AIBC Project: Multi-use commercial/residential development Donald Schmitt #201217 Diamond And Schmitt Architects Inc. Collab. Architect: David McIntyre Architect AIBC Project: Expansion of Trades and Renewal Building at Okanagan College Eric Toker #201208 Toker + Associates Architecture Industrial Design Ltd. Collab. Arch: Dennis Voigt Architect AIBC Project: Teck Corporation Offices

Eric Toker #201309 Stephane L’Ecuyer #201304 TLA Toker + Associates Architecture Collab. Arch: Mark Ritchie Industrial Design Ltd. Architect AIBC Collab. Arch: Matthew Woodruff Project: Retail store Architect AIBC renovations – Richmond Centre Project: 56000 sq. ft. Interior Design Michael O’Leary #201312 Alain Voyer #201202 CTA Inc. Alain Voyer, architect Collab. Arch:Ted Murray Collab. Arch: Alora Griffin Architect AIBC Architect AIBC Project: Whole Foods Store Project: Gas & fume treatment Burnaby centres

NEW TEMPORARY LICENCES (continued) Jan Willemse #201210 Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects LLP Collab. Arch: Patrick Cotter Architect AIBC Project: Mixed-use high rise development

TEMPORARY LICENCES CANCELLED OR COMPLETE Todd Colbourne #201109 Colbourne & Kembel Architects Inc. Collab. Arch: Darryl Condon, Architect AIBC Project: New warehouse building at CFB Esquimalt, Victoria, BC Vassos Demetriou TL 7427 Demetriou & Associates, Architects Collab. Arch: Nick Bevanda, Architect AIBC Project: Res. Multi-family project 400 units & improvements (Greata Ranch), Peachland, BC Carlos Gonzales #201214 Ardicon Projects Collab. Arch: Robert Salikan Architect AIBC Project: Townhouse project, Surrey, BC Peter Pascaris #201007 Queens Quay Architects International Inc. Collab. Arch: JeremyWoolf, Architect AIBC

Dominique Cameron Julian Carnrite (reinstatement) Brendan Casidy Melvin Castro Donald Schmitt #8143 Diamond & Schmitt Architects Tomasz Cerejeski Collab. Arch: David McIntyre, (Reinstatement) David Cha Architect AIBC Elaine Chan Project: Faculty of Law Building at UBC 13,590 sq. m. Kathy Chang Pai Lun Byron Chiang Jonathan Choo Donald Schmitt #200902 Diamond & Schmitt Architects Sarah Christianson Collab. Arch: David McIntyre, Olena Chytra Tijana Corluka Architect AIBC Colin Crabbe Project: New library at Thompson Rivers University, David Cromp Mary Cuk Kamloops, BC Jessica Cullen ASSOCIATES * Piers Cunnington (Reinstatement) NEW INTERN Shane Czypyha ARCHITECTS Patrick Danielson Spencer DeMille Purdy Mina (Elisa) Ahn Robert Denvir Leila Araghian Jamie L. Dobson Omer Arbel (Reinstatement) Navid Fereidooni Orod Aris Andrea Flynn (Reinstatement) Emma J. Artis Sylvie Gagnon Gregory Aunger (Reinstatement) Usman Aziz Jessica Gingell Magali Bailey Kali Gordon Meghdad Barani-Najafabadi Lamont Gouws Matthew Beall Bruce Greenway Bryan Beca Seyed Mehdi Hashemi Milos Begovic Sinan Hussain Justin Bennett Orianne Johnson William Blair Alexandra Kenyon Thomas Bocahut Seyedtorfeh Ketabchi Annie Boivin Eizaburo Kibayashi Sarah Brar Tillie Kwan (Reinstatement) Charles M. Britton Agnes LaPointe Tyler Brown (Reinstatement) Samantha Bruegger Danielle Lawson Dallas Buchannon Eleonore Leclerc (Reinstatement) Julien Leger (Reinstatement) Alex Buss Arthur Leung Marie Caillier Wai Yan Leung Project: Renovations to H&M store, Vancouver, BC

* As of January 1, 2014, the AIBC is transitioning to three classes of associates: intern architects, architectural technologists and retired architects.

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NEW INTERN ARCHITECTS (continued)

Philippe Lew Victoria Lloyd David Long Sindhuja Mahadevan Chad Manley Tina Lisa Matthiesen Ryan McClanaghan Andrew McConnell Kelly Minto Rance Yan Ki Mok Abhilasha More Natalia Mulekova Ryan Nelson Benjamin Nielsen Tadhg Nihill Earl Wayne Palchinski (Reinstatement) Earl Peng Song Peng Sylvie Redden Gasser Rezeika (Reinstatement) Jacquelyn Richard Jamey Richards Stephen Rowe Emmanuel D. San Miguel Hassan Sayed Stefan Schulson Pamela Shaw Jeff Shen Vicki Skovle Amir Soodbakhsh Scott Standerwick Luke Stern Michelle Reyes Tan Pooyan Tajadod Mahsa Tashakor Michael Thicke Khanh Tran (Reinstatement) Kati Upton (Reinstatement) Aaron Urion Carey van der Zalm 126 architectureBC

Graeme Velhurst Sofia Villarreal De Lara Karl Vinge (Reinstatement) Nicholas Waissbluth Katrina Walters Kerri West James Wu (Reinstatement) Maryam Yahyavi Kathryn Young Ningxin (Sophia) Zhu

NEW ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGISTS Eamonn Bourke Cyndi Condon Moore Corey Grobe Paul Jardine Arthur Mak George Mak Jak New Jeffrey Pepperdine Antonio Rigor Erlund Teichroeb Phaedra Williams Lukas Wykpis Jin Zhang

NEW INTERN ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGISTS Jessie Abraham Daryl Alexander Tom Beattie (Reinstatement) William Chan Justin Connell (Reinstatement) Rob Gleeson Paul Jardine Albert Lam Randal Laverty Shawn Lee Stephen Leung Joy Li

Derek Matthews Jak New Jeff Pepperdine Svetlana Sharipova (Reinstatement) Jimmy Sira Jin Zhang Xun Zuo

NEW ARCHITECTURAL GRADUATES Marie C Caillier Layla Pirelahi

NEW STUDENTS Tai Adler Mahbod Ahmadi-Bidzi Victoria Andrievska Ryan Bashore Jesse Basran Shawn Bellamy Alison Burgess Brendan Callander Andrew Carnochan Minnie Chan Ewing Choi Cristina Craiu Sarah Cree Luisa Milady De Los Santos Michael Dimock Taylor Fahy Claudio Ferreira Beverleigh Foster Lindsey Fryett Rory Fulber Avishai Gilad Andy Guiry Pera Hardy Siri Hermanski James Jaboon David Klocek Stephen Leung Yan Luo Todd MacMurchy

NEW STUDENTS

John Chislett (Retired Architect) (continued) Piers Cunnington (Intern Architect) Heba Maleki Stephanie da Silva Stephanie Matkaluk (Intern Architect) Zeinab Mobini Brad De Abreu Joel Nelson (Intern Architectural Technologist) Aaron Petruic Marianne Enhorning Anthony Roach (Intern Architect) Jossy Sandjaja Sylvie Gagnon Joomi Seo (Intern Architect) Fotoohi Sepideh Harley Grusko Narelle Sookorukoff (Intern Architect) Shiloh Sukkau Larraine Henning Katrina Szekely (Intern Architect) Evan Taurins Wlodek Jankowski Avery Titchkosky (Retired Architect) Johanna Tsai Frank Kardux Ryan Turner (Building Designer) Obi Vattanawong Graeme Lindsay Carlos Felipe Velasco (Building Designer) Khat Vesal Richard Linley Stefan Walsh (Previously Registered Member) Xi Wang Edward MacKinnon Enoch Wong (Retired Architect) Todd Mahwinney ASSOCIATE (Student-Syllabus) RESIGNATIONS John Mayell (Retired Architect) Shahla Adineh Ruriko Numazawa (Intern Architect) (Intern Architect) Henry Ahking Freda Pagani (Previously Registered Member) (Retired Architect) Bryan Beca Marnie Pardee (Intern Architect) (Intern Architect) Joshua Berube Robert Ross Parker (Building Designer) (Previously Registered Member) Robert Billington Jochen Rommel (Retired Architect) (Residential Designer) Eric Boettger Frederick T. Sale (Building Designer) (Building Designer) Carlitos Borja Warren Schmidt (Architectural Technologist) (Intern Architect) Tom Bowen Ouri Scott (Retired Architect) (Intern Architect)

Arie Smits (Retired Architect) Danny So (Architectural Technologist) Jason Stoll (Intern ArchitecturalTechnologist) Natalia Tcherniak (Intern Architect) Tysa Mayla Tenebro (Intern Architect) Bradley Toews (Architectural Technologist) Michael Tynan (Residential Designer) Stefania Violante (Intern Architect) Bartholomew Voorsanger (Retired Architect) Julian Wang (Intern Architect) Susanne Wogiatzis (Architectural Technologist)

DECEASED ASSOCIATES Lynda Ursaki (Intern Architect)

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CONTINUED FROM P. 132 • In order to assist community needs for sensitive growth and change, some seven dozen architects representing the AIBC “speak out” by providing their independent, enlightened expertise on Advisory Design Panels across the province. This voluntary contribution, under published, agreed terms of reference (Bulletin 65), is highly respected and fundamental to project designs being accepted within their neighborhood contexts.

The AIBC president and executive director (or their designates on council and within the operation, respectively) are the institute’s spokespersons, as a matter of policy and good governance, including consistency of message.

However, individual architects (in whatever situations we choose) and architectural firms have much to say by virtue of their work, their actions in the community, and how those are approached.

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Attend an industry workshop on what appears to be a technical issue and discover how quickly your architectural overview of connected issues attracts appreciation. Join a local group concerned with finding the optimal balance among various development pressures and learn that your experience, which you are pathologically unable to suppress, earns a degree of deference. Talk with an elected official … well, the good ones are genuinely interested in your informed, apolitical perspective and will turn to you in time of need.

“So,” she said, “you’re an architect; what do you think of the (fill in the blank) scheme?” The myth would have you demur on the grounds that you couldn’t ethically criticize a colleague’s work for fear of disciplinary consequence. The reality is that informed, un-conflicted criticism - constructive and factbased - is not only permitted but encouraged in the interest of healthy public dialogue.

From the AIBC’s vantage point, it is important, when we have something to say from an informed basis, that we do so. Yes, limited resources inevitably require us to prioritize, but being clear about our regulatory identity and being effective in reaching out to the public are two of the primary objectives of the AIBC’s 2014-2018 Strategic Plan.

Those objectives are aspirational; our task is to determine how to bring them to fruition. Rest assured that means we will have something to say.

The related challenge is to listen to what you have to say and, by virtue of meaningful engagement with you, become more confident about the AIBC’s voice.

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The Corner Office Michael A. Ernest Architect AIBC Executive Director

SOMETHING TO SAY …

Do we? Have something to say?

As a professional organization, regulating and comprised of professionals, among our root expectations is one that we have something to “profess” of genuine interest and import, i.e., to express openly what we believe.

They convey standards, rules and valuable advice on a variety of topics ranging from professional behavior through election process and from design panel protocols to fee determination. They are foundational.

These formal documents are not, however, designed to put forward input, feedback or objective views on topical or emerging matters.

Is that a reasonable expectation?

Do we do that? Do we do that often enough? Do we do it well? Who gets to do that? Who is the audience?

Does it matter? How do we get better at it?

”Speaking out” is reasonably expected of the AIBC from all quarters: the public at large; government; industry; and the profession itself. It comes with the territory, being in a leadership role; deemed to have uncommon knowledge and insight; and able to share informed opinion free of conflict or vested interests. More to the point, it’s an obligation that aligns with our unique privileges to title and practice bestowed under statute.

Let’s be clear: the AIBC’s “document suite” of bylaws, codes, tariff, bulletins, contracts, guides and practice notes while much adored for plot lines, character development and dramatic effect - doesn’t quite cut it. Yes, these documents are necessary, highly informative and useful, even to consumers outside the profession.

This message is not focused on advocacy. It is focused on making public statements (literally and figuratively) that advance understanding and assist progress.

We do that. When we do that (perhaps not often enough), we do it well and with effect. Here are but a few examples:

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• In support of a broad initiative to address long-standing inequities in the law as to risk and liability allocation, the AIBC expressed its views and recommendations in a published “white paper” acknowledged as a strong factor in bringing about amendments to the Limitations Act that reconciled, inter alia, liability periods and trigger points.

• Regarding a government initiative to enhance sector-specific economy, the AIBC, in collaboration with its counterpart engineering organization, conducted independent review of pertinent factors and provided its views and recommendations in a published “white paper” acknowledged as a strong factor in shaping the regulations and codes that now enable six-storey woodframe construction.

• In response to the regrettable reality of under/unemployed broadly educated foreign architects facing credential-based barriers to registration and application of their abilities, even during periods of skills shortage, the AIBC elected to develop, implement and then promote nationally a competencybased registration program. It not only enriched our professional community but also was the central impetus behind what is now the national Broadly Experienced Foreign Architect program, acknowledged as an excellent example of an initiative by the profession aligned with public policy. This was reflected in its pilot program being funded by both the British Columbia provincial and the federal governments.

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The Architectural Institute of British Columbia is a self-governing body dedicated to excellence in the profession of architecture for the benefit of the public, the profession and the environment.

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