Family’s are living in multi-residences under one roof – this means that the demands on our households have changed dramatically. Working with a variety of ages, heights, abilities, and needs requires careful planning and considerations.

Simple isn't boring

There’s a new wave of designing with a return to understated elegance. No need for the over the top, elaborately decorative rooms, just spaces that are authentic, historic, and artful. Simple is just as beautiful.

Farm-to-table

It isn’t what we use our kitchen for that’s changed, but rather how we use them. We’re focused on farm freshness and natural products that are safe and healthy. That means that our planning centres are different that out-of-the-box kitchens.

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The other day, I was chatting with @ArneSalvesen, a local Vancouverite and Certified Kitchen Designer who writes his own blog, Useful Spaces, and soon to be a fellow alumnus of the Brizo Blogger 19 (what a long title, I know, sorry,) and we were bantering back [...]

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Spanish designer, Jamie Hayón’s Information Centre for Groniger Museum makes my heart flutter.

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All photos by María Acayaba

It’s a bit of a groggy morning. I’m still reeling from my quick trip to New York and I had a rapid-fire day yesterday at an installation for one of my jobs. I usually sit with a coffee and read my blogs and sites before I [...]

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Re-creation of exclusivity: Brizo

On September 11, 2010 By

NEW YORK, NY – In this age of connection and re-connection, which ironically divides us socially but bridges us professionally, anyone can buy anything online. I once bought computer memory for a no-longer-made laptop that I actually ended up returning. I have friends who have bought Modern Revival furniture by special order, something that [...]

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I’ve been on this black & white kick lately. Everything I want to design has to have black & white. It’s a struggle, believe me, especially when clients want wood.

Living in a smaller West End space myself, I have to find unique and interesting ways to use space, and one way is with white. [...]

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Woodwards Building is destroyed September 30, 2006 and only the facade remains. Image source

Vancouver has an addition problem, and I’m not talking about our poorest postal code. It’s addicted to destroying everything that is old and vibrant about this city and building a new multi-residence in it’s place. Property [...]

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In the last 7 years, there has been a major increase in renovation and construction in Vancouver, BC and when Wall Street was dealing with the sub-prime mortgage fiasco, Vancouverites generally didn’t blink an eye. Some larger corporations were affected, and they laid off workforce that worked satellite out of Vancouver (some of these people [...]

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