VIA Architecture
Vancouver, BC
Company Overview
Founded in 1984, VIA Architecture (formerly Baker McGarva Hart Architecture) has become a global player in the design of special environments for people. From our offices in Vancouver, BC; Seattle, WA; and Shanghai, China; our firm has worked on projects in Canada, the USA, Russia, China, Malaysia, and Mexicoranging from retail kiosks to billion dollar rapid transit systems. We are registered to provide architectural services in British Columbia, California, Arizona, Washington and Hawaii.
VIAs unique range of work straddles many client cultures. The common thread is our clients aspirations for leading edge creativityfor making places that respond with delight in their interaction with users. Grounded in the worlds of planning and public art, as well as architecture, VIA excels in commissions that require innovative pioneering, to which we bring equal measures of scientific rigor and poetic imaginationoften achieving award-winning results.
Our primary specialities include:
Mixed Use Development Multifamily Residential Hospitality & Resorts Planning & Urban Design Mass Transportation Systems Renovation & Restoration Interior Design Sustainable Building & Infrastructure Urban Landscapes
Community building is the hallmark of VIA Architecture;
creating environments that people love to be in, from gallery, museum, and church, to home and caf, and including the bench outside the railway station. From this attention to the delight of the small, leads the path to truly rich building at the scale of the city.
At VIA Architecture, we seek to make the world a better place, sustaining economic, environmental and social vitality. Our process toward city building is guided by our passion for architecture that is the right building in the right place, and whose detail, by celebrating humanity, enriches the poetry of everyday life.
Company Information
Physical Address
301-1050 Homer St
Vancouver, BC V6B 2W9
CA
Mailing Address
301-1050 Homer St
Vancouver, BC V6B 2W9
CA
Additional Details
Legal Name: VIA Architecture
Number of Employees: 35
Total Sales ($CDN): $100,000 - $200,000
CA
VIA has adopted innovative drafting and 3-D modelling software to produce accurate, useable, and beautiful drawings and images.
SketchUp is a 3-dimensional modelling program that we use at the early stages of our projects. Features include:
fast, accurate 3-dimensional models real-time analysis from any view point precise shadow analysis animations and walk-throughs for presentation
Revit is a revolutionary program that integrates production of high-quality drawings with 3-dimensional modelling. Unlike traditional CADD software, Revit constructs a 3-dimensional model of the building from which coordinated plans, sections, elevations and renderings can be generated. Features include:
High-quality permit and construction drawings unprecedented levels of drawing coordination real-time changes to entire drawing set compatibility with consultant software shadow analysis photorealistic colour elevations precise, up-to-date scheduling
With these tools at our fingertips, we provide extremely high- quality products, maximize efficient design and problem solving time, and minimize technical and computer management time, all of which adds value to the project.
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Graham Mcgarva Maibc Aia
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Catherine Hart Maibc Aia
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Services
- Architect - Architectural Programming
- Architect - Commercial (low & High Rise)
- Architect - Education - Other
- Architect - Education - Universities
- Architect - Feasibility Study
- Architect - Functional Programming
- Architect - Government
- Architect - Hotels/Tourism
- Architect - Industrial
- Architect - Interior Design
- Architect - Mass Transit
- Architect - Master Planning
- Architect - Office Building (low & High Rise)
- Architect - Residential - Low Cost
- Architect - Residential - Single Family
- Architect - Residential (high & Low Rise)
- Architect - Site Analysis
- Architect - Sports Facilities
- Architect - Urban Design
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