How It All Started

Back in 2011, I found myself sketching building designs on napkins during a particularly rainy Vancouver evening. Sounds cliche, right? But that's honestly how this whole thing kicked off.

I'd just returned from a year working in Norway and Sweden, totally blown away by how they merge traditional craftsmanship with cutting-edge sustainability. The way those old timber structures stood proud for centuries while new builds integrated nature instead of fighting against it... that really stuck with me.

Vancouver felt like the perfect place to bring those ideas home. We've got the climate, the landscape, and honestly, people here actually care about building things that'll matter in fifty years, not just next quarter's profits.

Started small - a residential reno here, a consultation there. But word spread once folks saw we weren't just slapping together cookie-cutter designs. We actually listen, dig into what makes each site unique, and yeah, we push back when something doesn't make sense environmentally or structurally.

Now we're fourteen years in with a team that shares this obsession with thoughtful design. We've restored heritage buildings that were one permit away from demolition, designed homes that generate more energy than they use, and helped businesses create spaces their employees actually want to work in.