Vancouver House
Located beneath and between the north end of Vancouver’s Granville Bridge and its on / off ramps, Vancouver House creates a sculptural gateway into the downtown peninsula. The three triangular blocks reinvent two iconic Vancouver-based models of urbanism: the podium point tower and Granville Island’s mixed use, village-scaled urbanism. Working with Copenhagen’s Bjarke Ingels Group […]
Vaughan Civic Centre + Civic Precinct
Working closely with lead consultants KPMB, PFS Studio developed the landscape strategy and design for this new City Hall in Vaughan, Ontario. The general framework of the civic campus was inspired by rural planning principles of the past and agricultural patterns of the surrounding region, and organized linearly in an east – west orientation. The […]
UBC Buchanan Courtyard
As part of the UBC Renew Program, the iconic Modernist Buchanan buildings underwent a significant revitalization that included the reinvention of associated courtyards and perimeter spaces. The Renew Program retains the historical, cultural and financial value inherent in campus architecture while revitalizing buildings and landscapes to make them more sustainable. PFS Studio developed a conceptual […]
Bathurst Quay Common
The Bathurst Quay Neighbourhood Plan emerged from a highly collaborative partnership between PFS Studio, the City of Toronto, Waterfront Toronto, key stakeholders, and the community. The project sought to transform a historically layered and fragmented waterfront precinct into a cohesive and connected public realm, one that reconciles industrial heritage, cultural programming, and everyday public life […]
Vimy Memorial Restoration
Being a part of the team charged with the restoration of the Vimy Monument and surrounding grounds was the ultimate honour for a Canadian design firm. The importance of this sacred site as a part of the Canadian psyche can not be overstated. Walter Allward’s monument needs few words to describe it, as its iconic […]
5th & Madison
Centrally located in Seattle’s urban core, the California Centre at 909 West Fifth Avenue and Madison Street is adjacent to the Seattle Public Library and a number of other iconic buildings in the city’s financial district. As a redevelopment site, the importance of the context could not be overlooked and, in response, the project delivered […]
UBC University Boulevard + Stormwater Terraces
University Boulevard is now considered the open space jewel of the UBC campus and while it has played a long and important role throughout campus history, it is now being redeveloped to reaffirm its place as the gateway and social heart of the university community in conjunction with many new project initiatives that have unfolded […]
Tyndale Green
PFS Studio is working with Collecdev-Markee Developments and an extensive multidisciplinary team on the creation of a new large-scale community at Tyndale University, where the university and surrounding neighbourhood will grow and thrive together. The landscape is organized through a series of multi-scalar open spaces shaped by the site’s proximity to Toronto’s ravine system. A […]
Richmond Olympic Oval
PFS Studio played a central role on a multi-disciplinary team responsible for the design of the iconic Olympic Speed Skating facility along the Middle Arm of the Fraser River. On the water’s edge, with uninterrupted views from sea to sky, the Oval showcases the area’s regional beauty. As a venue it combines sports, culture and […]
UBC Main Mall
PFS Studio conducted an urban design study of UBC’s Main Mall – the central spine and primary pedestrian corridor on the Point Grey campus. The study reviewed the history and evolution of the Mall as a Beaux-Arts ordering device to understand its heritage character and design intent. The study was then overlaid with current campus […]
