Feeling truly honoured to be a finalist for the Creative Leadership Award at tomorrow night’s Island Design Excellence Awards. I’m humbled to be in the company of such inspiring leaders — Mandy Farmer and Bronte Freeman. Thank you to Design Victoria for celebrating creativity and community on the Island. #designyyj
When I learned about the Building Equality in Architecture groups in Saint John and Toronto, I wanted to help start a similar group on Vancouver Island. After a successful launch, in 2020 at the Roxy Theatre, with the work of numerous volunteers, BEA West is now a flourishing volunteer-run group working to lift-up diverse perspectives in our local architectural community. www.beawest.ca #beawestconnect #teams #volunteers #diversity
I was honoured to hear that the Queenswood Childcare was the 2025 winner of the Outstanding Adaptive Reuse at the Vancouver Island Building Awards. As Project Architect with the Cascadia Architects team, our amazing project team included; UVic, UVic Prop, Aral, JEA&A, RJC, M3, AES, MDI, Western D&B, Ryzuk #cascadiaarchitects
#universityofvictoria #uvpceo #rjc_engineers #aes_engr #MDI_landscape #western_interior#ryzukgeotechnical #britkwasneyphoto
Beach Play was a competition entry for a social gathering space that brought the beach and theatre to Ship Point. This short-listed submission for Victoria’s Ship Point Pop-Up competition was a collaboration with Theatre SKAM, Craig Fulton, Heike Schmidt and Neil Barman. #nlbrmn #matthew5payne
Finding an inspiring project site can be key to the success of a project. As a culture club and place of connection, it was the perfect solution when we test-fit Kwench’s programming into Victoria’s old street car terminal. Pre-Design by Carrie Smart. Architect of Record MJM Architecture. #vision #placemaking #clubkwench #hansenbuiltdesign
Together on site at Brio’s project completion. I loved working with these brilliant and inspiring team members as project architect for Cascadia Architects. This project by Tri-Eagle Developments, designed by Cascadia Architects, brought 102 new rental units with on-grade bike parking and community gardens to the Shelbourne corridor. #rental #housing #cascadiaarchitects #trieagledevelopment
I love working with entrepreneurs on their space design when they are still shaping their brand. At dobosala cantina and ride thru, this meant being able to design the space, interiors and the signage for their new restaurant. This restaurant TI was completed with D’Ambrosio architecture + urbanism and Neil Barman.
#dambrosioarchitecture #jawlproperties #nlbrmn
I loved working with Calen and Jason and the team at Biophilia to realize this popular social gathering space in Cook Street Village. #socialpurpose #partnerships #biophiliadesign #bigwheelburger #cookstreetvillage
This LEED for Homes Platinum design balanced energy efficiency, affordability and flexible living space. Exterior insulation opens up a wood frame structure to great ideas, like mason jar storage. We stayed on budget with expert construction management by BoProject #wessnerhomes #MDI_landscape #LEED
