Multifunctional, multigenerational, multiuse and multiunit spaces include all the needs of modern life. For the 2024 edition of Designing Canada, spotlighting the country’s best architecture, interiors and housewares, we celebrate these multifaceted ways of living and how they can also squeeze in your sense of style
“We’re excited to parlay our experience building world-class dealerships and delivering customer service excellence for more than two decades,” said Christian Chia, director of OpenForm Properties and CEO of OpenRoad Auto Group, in a statement.
“This is an exciting new venture that will see several new and unique multi-family developments coming to the Vancouver area soon.”
This development with 49 townhomes ranging from studios to three-bedroom units replaces Bethlehem Lutheran Church building, just one block east of Main Street. The project’s design firms are Marianne Amodio + Harley Grusko Architects and Cristina Oberti Interior Design.
The angled form of the three-storey structure enables customized murals to be painted onto the exterior of each townhome.
Developing Interests
Developing Interests
Architects who work as developers owning, financing, designing and sometimes even acting as the builder for projects take calculated risks to deliver rewarding projects for their communities and themselves.
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“Show me a wealthy architect,” architect Lloyd Hunt once quipped to his class at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture, “and I’ll show you a developer.”
The profits of developers can seemingly outstrip an architect’s fees on a project. But for architects, there’s a way to reap the financial rewards of development by becoming the developer.
The rewards go beyond potential financial gains, though. Architects who enter the development arena are often aiming to make modest, but important improvements to a neighbourhood or city that they know well. They’re gaining valuable knowledge about building from a client-and-owner perspective that feeds back into their architectural practice.