Limberlost Place has been awarded a 2026 SABMag Canadian Green Building Award. The 10-story mass timber's, net zero-ready building components include a thermally-efficient prefabricated building envelope, deep lake water cooling, rooftop photovoltaic panels and two soaring natural ventilation solar chimneys that draw air up and through the building.
Designed by @actonostry with @moriyamateshima
photos by Tom Arban Photography
Completed in 1900 by William Blackmore, the Flack Block was fully revitalized by AOA 110 years later: a steel-and-glass penthouse was added; interior brick walls, timber floors, and the historic elevator were restored; and the sandstone archway, removed decades earlier, was meticulously recreated using 80,000 pounds of hand-carved limestone.
13 years ago, AOA embedded the Cactus Club Cafe Coal Harbour within the green roof of the Vancouver Convention Centre. The project offers terraced dining with sweeping views of Coal Harbour, Stanley Park and the North Shore Mountains—and Bellinis.
photography by Michael Elkan
AOA’s Learning Commons insertion within Collingwood School has received the Jack Sigurdson Award. Thank you to Benchmark Architectural Woodworking for the exceptional craftsmanship & meticulous execution on both the Centre for Excellence in STEEM and Entrepreneurship & The Learning Commons.
project photography via @awmacbc & @benchmarkwoodworking@collingwoodschool #WoodworkingAwards #InnovativeDesign #Craftsmanship #ArchitecturalWoodwork #BCWoodworkers #JackSigurdsonAward #CreativeArchitecture
AOA is pleased to announce the continued growth of our Leadership Team. Please join us in welcoming Calvin Lau as Director of Finance; Molly Gray, Matias Grez, and Mehdi Hashemi as Associates; and Nebo Slijepcevic as Production Specialist.
Good Morning Stella! Located at the junction of Kingsway + East 12th, Stella integrates a street-level automobile dealership, a townhouse podium and a residential tower above. Happy 18 year Anniversary Stella - you've still got it!
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(the arial view of Stella, the Duke, & the Independent is courtesy of Realstar Management ~ thank you!)
Construction update for The Powerhouse Expansion Project at UBC's Sauder School of Business.
Designed in collaboration with @patkauarchitects Architects.
