UPDATES
During this year’s Seattle Design Festival, VIA envisioned how neighborhood streets can serve as places of community healing and ecological regeneration, particularly during a time of great uncertainty for the world. With this vision in mind, the project team recognized the unique moment of the transition occurring in Seattle as a result of the Stay Healthy Streets program, which closed 20 miles of streets to car traffic and opened them up for walking, running, biking, and playing.
The project team was inspired by the idea that these newly pedestrian-oriented streets could allow for multi-functional, outdoor community spaces that allowed neighbors to safely gather amidst the pandemic and become an artistic element that reflected community identity.
February 5th marked the official start of construction as Mayor Jenny Durkham and officials led the groundbreaking ceremony for the Northgate Pedestrian and Bicycle Bridge in Seattle’s Northgate neighborhood.
The groundbreaking celebration for the Northgate Bridge was full of energy despite the soggy weather. Mayor Durkan, Councilwoman Debora Juarez, and several other officials spoke about the project…
VIA Architecture teamed with GGLO to facilitate The Heights District Subarea and Tower Mall Redevelopment Area Plan in Vancouver, WA. The 18-month long process resulted in formulating a vision plan for the 206-acre Subarea, and the 56-acre Tower Mall Redevelopment Area centering on the urban regeneration of the 1970s’s era Tower Mall and Town Plaza properties.
In 2018, the City of Vancouver initiated a community-based planning process for The Heights District. The process invited community members representing various interests…
WHY WORK FOR VIA?
- Our dedication to building communities goes beyond design. At VIA, we believe that sustainable and thriving communities are those where residents invest and reinvest to support a positive and productive future.
- We invest in our communities. Over the past three decades, we’ve provided thousands of hours of pro-bono design work, volunteer labor for community events and benefits, and participation on countless committees, workshops, and competitions devoted to improving the places where we work, live, and play.
- Our team doesn’t just design transit stations, we use them too. The vast majority of our team members use transit, walking, or cycling for commuting to work and travel to business meetings.
- We recognize the importance of building our future by building talent. We actively support students and architectural and planning interns to increase job skills and ensure qualifications for future generations of the profession.
At VIA we are always interested in starting conversations with like-valued professionals who will enrich our culture with new ideas and approaches, regardless of whether we are currently hiring for a specific position. To submit an expression of interest, please forward a resume and graphic samples of your work by email to careers@via-architecture.com.
AWARDS
2018 Gold Winner, Vancouver Regional Construction Association Awards, $15M to $50M General Contractors category
2018 – Metrotown Station and Exchange Upgrades, Burnaby, BC
2016 Urban Development Institute (UDI) Best of the Okanagan Award
2016 – Queensway Transit Exchange, Kelowna BC
2020
CHBA Okanagan Housing Awards of Excellence, Excellence in Public or Private Partnership
- 2020 – The Rise on Nanaimo, Penticton, BC
2019
Architects Newspaper Best of Design Awards Honorable Mention
- 2019 – BART Market Street Canopies, San Francisco, CA
NAHB Best in American Living Awards, Multifamily Development up to 3 Stories Gold Winner
- 2019 – Anthology, Issaquah, WA
NAHB Pillars of the Industry Awards, Best Garden Apartment Community Winner
- 2019 – Anthology, Issaquah, WA
BC Deputy Minister’s Consulting Engineers Awards, Award of Excellence in Alternate Transportation
- 2019 – Metrotown SkyTrain Station Upgrades, Burnaby, BC
NAIOP Washington State’s Night of the Stars Awards Program, Multi-Family Residential Development of the Year Finalist
- 2019 – Anthology, Issaquah, WA
- 2019 – Cityline II, Seattle, WA
2018
WoodWorks Wood Design Award, Regional Excellence in Wood Design
- 2018 – Amtrak Cascades Station at Freighthouse Square, Tacoma, WA
Vancouver Regional Construction Association Awards, $15M to $50M General Contractors Category
- 2018 – Metrotown SkyTrain Station Upgrades, Burnaby, BC
NAIOP Washington State’s Night of the Stars Awards Program, Multi-Family Residential Development of the Year Finalist
- 2018 – Fox and Finch Apartments, Seattle, WA
2017
NAIOP Washington State’s Night of the Stars Awards Program, Multi-Family Residential Development of the Year Finalist
- 2017 – The Hadley Apartments, Issaquah, WA
2016
Canadian Wood Council Wood-WORKS! Wood Design Awards in BC, Institutional Wood Design, Small
- 2016 – Queensway Transit Exchange, Kelowna, BC
Tommie Awards – Best Outside of the Box, Silver Award
- 2016 – Queensway Transit Exchange, Kelowna, BC
Association of Consulting Engineering Companies’ Ministry of Transportation & Infrastructure Deputy Minister Award for Consulting Engineers, Alternate Transportation Award
- 2016 – Main Street SkyTrain Station, Vancouver, BC
Daily Journal of Commerce Building of the Year, Runner Up
- 2016 – Walton Lofts, Seattle, WA
2015
Senior Living News Architecture & Design Awards, Assisted Living Category
- 2015 – Aegis on Madison, Seattle, WA
AIA/WA Civic Design Awards Citation Award, Civic Design
- 2015 – SR 520 West Side Final Concept Design, Seattle, WA
Southern Interior Construction Association (SICA) – 2015 Commercial Building Award: Community Institutional
- 2015 – Queensway Transit Exchange, Kelowna, BC
Thompson-Okanagan-Kootenay Commercial Building Awards: Award of Excellence for Community Institutional
- 2015 – Queensway Transit Exchange, Kelowna, BC
Lifetime of GMA Achievement Award
- 2015 – Tacoma Downtown Subarea Plans + EIS, Tacoma, WA
2014
Governor’s Smart Communities Award
- 2014 – Tacoma Downtown Subarea Plans + EIS, Tacoma WA – Smart Vision
American Planning Association/Planning Association of Washington Joint Award
- 2014 – Tacoma Downtown Subarea Plans + EIS, Tacoma WA – Comprehensive Planning, Large Cities and Counties
2013
Royal City Builders’ Award New Westminster
- 2013 – Landmark Cinemas, New Westminster BC – Sustainability Winner
- 2013 – Shops at New West – Plaza 88, New Westminster BC – Modern Commercial Winner
- 2013 – Shops at New West – Plaza 88, New Westminster BC – Over All 2012 RCBA Winner
NAIOP Night of the Stars Awards Gala
- 2013 – Joseph Arnold Lofts, Seattle WA – Multi-family Development of The Year
2012
Canadian Home Builders’ Association of BC
- 2012 – Talasa at Sun Rivers, Kamloops, BC – Georgie Gold: Best Multi-Family Low Rise Development and Keystone Gold: Home Builders Awards of Excellence for BC Central Interior
Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Award
- 2012 – Black Rock Oceanfront Resort, Ucluelet, BC
2011
Canadian Institute of Planners Award of Excellence
- 2011 – Hurontario/Main Street Study, Mississauga, Ontario
Canadian Home Builders’ Association of BC
- 2011 – Talasa at Sun Rivers, Kamloops, BC – Georgie Gold: Customer Choice Georgie Awards, Georgie Silver: Best Multi-Family Low Rise Development, and Keystone Gold: Home Builders Awards of Excellence for BC Central Interior
2010
Alberta Professional Planners Institute (APPI) Award of Merit
- 2010 – Edmonton Smart Choices, Edmonton, Alberta
2009
Northwest Construction Best Small Project Award
- 2009 – Burien Transit Center, Burien, WA
2008
State of Washington Smart Communities Award
- 2008 – Bremerton Downtown Sub-area Plan, Bremerton, WA
2005
American Society of Interior Designers Design for Life Awards
- 2005 – Sustainable Design Category
2003
IGU World Gas Conference Sustainable Urban Systems Design Competition Grand Prize
- 2003 – Cities Plus – Greater Vancouver Regional District (Charrette Member)
1997 AND EARLIER
Pacific Coast Builders Conference Gold Nugget Awards
- 1997 – Desert Willow Resort, Palm Desert, CA – Award of Merit – Best Community Site Plan, 500 Acres or Less
- 1997 – Roundhouse Community Centre, Vancouver, BC – Grand Award – Best Rehabilitated Commercial Project
- 1995 – Roundhouse Neighbourhood, Vancouver, BC – Grand Award – Best Community Site Plan Under 100 Acres
- 1992 – Concord Pacific Place, Vancouver, BC – Grand Award – Best Community Site Plan Over 100 Acres (Joint Venture)
American Society of Landscape Architects Award of Excellence
- 1989 – Discovery Square, Vancouver, BC