American Architecture Prize Firm of the Year | 2017 Submission PFS STUDIO PFS STUDIO planning | urban design | landscape architecture

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Firm Profile 5 Sustainability 6 Work Highlights 9 Leadership 52 Selected Recent Press Coverage 58 Selected Recent Lectures 63 Awards List 68 Selected Client List 89 Selected Project List 90

Firm Profile

PFS Studio is a leading planning, urban design, and landscape architecture firm based in Vancouver, BC. Their international practice undertakes projects both for the public and private sectors throughout Canada, the United States, Europe, Southeast Asia and China. Over the past 30 years, the firm has received numerous awards, including more CSLA awards in the history of the Society than any other firm in Canada. This is a testament to the firm’s commitment to exemplary planning and design, demonstrating its ability to create iconic, memorable and engaging public spaces.

With offices in both Vancouver and Shanghai, PFS Studio has consistently delivered many of the best known and celebrated open space projects in a variety of jurisdictions around the world. The professionals in these highly charged and creative offices are very experienced in all aspects of planning and design. Together with their award winning approach to creating exciting and inspirational landscapes, their commitment to environmentally intelligent solutions, often within ambitious sustainability frameworks including LEED, has placed PFS Studio at the very top of their profession.

PFS Studio has been involved in many large scale planning and urban design projects, ranging from the preparation of detailed design guidelines to more comprehensive planning that addresses community visions and long term policies. In every case, the design team has worked closely with the community and municipal staff to strike a balance between the interests of development agencies and the objectives of the community. The firm is well recognized for working with clients and communities to realize their visions and aspirations.

The firm’s comprehensive portfolio of work demonstrates its success in completing projects that have faced a high degree of complexity in both process and approvals. It confirms PFS Studio’s commitment to innovation, technical advancement and cost effective design solutions. PFS Studio is also committed to incorporating best practices for achieving sustainability in its work and the firm has many LEED® certified professionals on staff, and is adept with SITES and One Planet Comunity frameworks among others.

PFS Studio is proud of its many projects that have been taken from conceptual design through to constructed work. The firm is recognized as a leader in constuction detailing and over the years has seen much of its detail work replicated by others. The knowledge gained from research, construction detailing and management always informs the next round of design for the performance of materials and details, for costing and specifications, and for the experiential qualities of scale, comfort, and beauty. PFS Studio’s built works have garnered many design awards for landscape architecture and urban design and have been published in many books and design journals internationally.

PFS STUDIO | 5 Sustainability

Sustainable landscapes are inherent in PFS Studio’s practice and the firm has demonstrated leadership in this important consideration in numerous projects from the conceptual phase of the process through to lifecycle of design components and energy efficiency considerations.

PFS designs sustainable landscapes and public urban realms through an integrated approach as promoted by LEED®. Whether or not a client expresses the desire to pursue specific criteria stipulated by LEED®, PFS makes a practice of incorporating environmentally sound elements whenever possible to ensure that our design and construction work is integrated through each phase of the project from inception to successful completion. PFS’s work has explored many aspects of sustainability, including management of conservation areas for recreational use, watercourse protection and stewardship, surface stormwater retention and biofiltration, utilization of grey water, and strategies to reduce impermeable surfaces.

Members of the firm have been part of design charrettes and competitions that have explored opportunities to address sustainability in the development of large-scale mixed-use projects, including the Southeast False Creek lands in the City of Vancouver and the Burnaby Mountain Community adjacent to Simon Fraser University, now UniverCity, in Burnaby.

Sustainability in Projects

The firm has many innovative sustainable projects in its portfolio. PFS has recently completed Telus Garden, Canada’s first office tower to be certified LEED® Platinum under the new standards. It is one of the most environmentally friendly projects in the City of Vancouver.

Currently PFS Studio is pursuing Sustainable SITES for UBC Library Gardens and Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre. Once completed it will be the first Sustainable SITES project in Canada.

Sherbourne Common on the downtown Toronto waterfront is the first LEED® certified park in Canada. It is the first Canadian park to integrate a UV purification facility for neighbourhood-wide stormwater treatment. Once collected and UV treated, a thin veil of purified water cascades down three 9 metre tall sculptures titled, “Light Shower’s. The water then passes through a biofiltration bed planted with aquatic grasses and is directed into a 240 metre long water channel. As the water travels down the channel and reaches the centre of the park it meanders through a zinc-clad jewel-like pavilion and ultimately is discharged into Lake Ontario.

6 | PFS STUDIO PFS Studio was a key member of a multi-disciplinary team of architects and engineers that created the winning scheme for a high profile, international urban design competition for a new highly sustainable community, Blatchford Community, in the heart of Edmonton. Planning for the new community strove to be sustainable on every front and to establish new standards for stormwater management, transportation network, energy use, architecture, social sustainability, and urban agriculture.

PFS Studio created the public open space masterplan, comprised of a series of nine interconnected neighbourhoods for Zibi, a newly planned sustainable community situated on Chaudière Island and former Domtar Lands between Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec. Zibi, one of the largest urban redevelopment opportunities in the National Capital Region, is based upon a “One Planet Community” framework that guides sustainability and eco-friendly planning through a series of key design principles to create a project specific mandate.

Cultural, Social, and Environmental Sustainability

The understanding of sustainabiity at the basis of the firm’s approach extends well beyond conventional pursuits in energy and material efficiency. An example of this holistic approach is demonstrated in Landsdowne Park, with a diverse series of strategies expressing a comprehensive commitment to sustainability seamlessly integrated within the park design and program.

The park includes preservation of two significant heritage buildings. The Aberdeen Pavilion remains the ‘jewel at the heart of the park’ and the great ‘tent’ for flexible indoor programming. New thresholds and surrounding plazas on all sides serve to orientate all spaces on site through visual connection with the Pavilion. The adaptive reuse of the Horticulture Building includes a teaching kitchen and community hall, and now houses City offices to facilitate the rich schedule of events which has returned to the site.

A series of interpretive elements embed stories of the Algonquin People on the site. The paving of the Square is inspired by an ash basketry pattern, a teaching circle in the Children’s Garden incorporates seating in the colours of the medicine wheel and is surrounded by text representing the Seven Grandfather Teachings and trees, and ethnobotanical plantings are incorporated in the demonstrations gardens and in planting palettes throughout the park.

SUSTAINABILITY | 7 The park is designed with universal accessibility measures embedded in all aspects of its design including clear travel paths, seating with backs, tactile wayfinding paving, and multi-lingual signage, including Anishinaabemowin and braille.

Two significant integrated public art pieces, Moving Surfaces and Uplift, provide additional animation to the park and convey stories about the significance of water to the site and its relationship to the Canal. The programmable screen of Moving Surfaces can be used for curated visual arts as part of the City arts program.

The park design integrates sustainable objectives by retaining a 100-year storm discharge within the shallow basin of the Great Lawn; user activated water for children’s play on the plaza is captured for overnight irrigation of the lawn and surrounding plantings; LED lighting with a sophisticated control system, and highly efficient irrigation are used throughout the park; robust, handsome, durable materials and finishes are employed throughout; runoff from the Horticulture roof is captured for reuse in the demonstration gardens; a greatly expanded tree canopy across the site, with substantial soil volumes in urban locations, provides pollution mitigation, with shade and habitat creation; and the integration of urban agriculture makes reference to the agricultural heritage of the site and Ottawa Valley.

Sustainability in Office Practices

PFS Studio has many sustainable and environmentally conscious practices in place for the office and its staff, such as an extensive recycling and composting program, including electronics and battery recycling. PFS uses paper products with a component of recycled materials and requests that people consider the environment before printing emails from both staff and clients as part of its onging endeavour to maintain digital rather than paper copies of reports and other documents. Teleconferencing equipment and web technologies offer the opportunity to reduce travel to clients and consultatns through hosting meetings using this equipment.

PFS has an office central to the homes of its staff, more than three-quarters of whom walk, bike or use transit to work. PFS is a member of a car share program which has allowed staff to reduce household car ownership by having shared cars for work purposes.

PFS encourages and provides financial support for continuing educational studies including courses and conferences. All professional staff participate in continuing education programs. Many of its staff volunteer in the community in a variety of ways including assisting in public realm and community garden projects, participating in community groups and non-profit organizations, and sitting on design review panels in local communities. 8 | PFS STUDIO Work Highlights

PFS Studio has undertaken many of Canada’s largest and most complex landscape and public realm projects. The firm’s portoflio includes parks, plazas, waterfronts, civic and institutional projects, universities and colleges, mixed use developments, workplaces, hospitality, single and multi-family residential, culture and heritage, commemorations, programming, urban design, and community planning.

Public parks and open spaces are at the core of the practice and make up a large percentage of the company portfolio. Local to Vancouver, these include the award winning Hastings Park, South East False Creek Plaza - host to the 2010 Winter Olympic Athlete’s Village, Fraser River Foreshore Park at Glenlyon, and Coal Harbor’s Marina Neighborhood - including the seawall, promenade, and the first phase of Harbor Green Park. Nationally, PFS Studio’s park portfolio includes the multi-award winning Sherbourne Common, the celebrated Underpass Park – which won the 2016 ASLA Award of Excellence and has recently been included in an exhibition at the Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt Design Museum, Lansdowne Park - the recent recipient of the 2016 Awards of Excellence from the CSLA and the RAIC, Grange Park - the Art Gallery of Ontario’s open space gem currently under construction, Canoe Landing Park - which occupies center stage in the Concord Adex’s CityPlace development in Toronto, and Century Garden Park - slated to be Calgary’s new downtown open space icon iand currently in contract documentation.

Heritage and conservation planning comprises a significant peice of the firms portfolio and include some of our most notable projects such as the Parlimentary Precinct, Rideau Hall and Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa. Another significant aspect of the firms work is master planning projects such as the West Don Lands and East Bayfront Precinct in Toronto; Punggol Waterfront Planning in Singapore and Haikou Eco City in China.

Internationally, PFS Studio has produced numerous well-recognized park spaces including the Chongqing Railway Axis Park, the recent winning submission for the city of Ningbo’s New Central City Waterfront Parks, and Zhuzhou City Park, a recently completed agricultural park in Zhuzhou, Hunan. Currently PFS Studio is working on a number of significant public realm projects including Redmond Downtown Park in Redmond, Washington; True North Square in Winnipeg, Manitoba; Milwaukee Gateway Plaza in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and the Edmonton ICE District in Edmonton, Alberta.

The following pages include detailed information of a selection of the firms most significant built work.

WORK HIGHLIGHTS | 9 location Toronto, ON UNDERPASS PARK completion date Phase 1: 2012 Phase 2: 2014 Underpass Park is a unique public space located under and around awards the Richmond and Adelaide overpasses in downtown east Toronto. This 2016 American Society of new park transforms a derelict and underused space into a functional Landscape Architects and engaging urban neighbourhood amenity, reconnecting new and (ASLA), Award of preexisting neighbourhoods in a dynamic and flexible manner. What was Excellence once a “no man’s land” now provides recreational facilities, public art, 2016 Cooper Hewitt, gathering places and community events. Residents of the new West Don Smithsonian Design Lands community, particularly those in the north-eastern section of the Museum, New York City community, are now actively connected with historic neighbourhoods to By the People: Designing the north and with the new commercial heart along Front Street East, a Better America, also designed by PFS Studio. Featured Project 2012 Canadian Urban Institute, Approximately 50% of the park is covered by transportation infrastructure. Brownie Award for Best The design takes full advantage of this weather protection and has Small Scale Project incorporated programmable spaces including a skate board park, basketball courts and play structures for all ages. The park also provides a flexible community space that can be used for markets, festivals, food trucks and moveable cafes. In the open areas of the park, dense groves of trees and robust perennial grasses bring much needed green space to the area and create a natural and iconic gateway to this area of the West Don Lands. 10 | PFS STUDIO PFS STUDIO location Ottawa, ON LANSDOWNE PARK completion date 2015

awards PFS Studio submitted the winning entry in an international design 2016 Canadian Society of competition for a new urban waterfront park at Ottawa’s historic Landscape Architects Lansdowne Park. The plan recomposed the entire Lansdowne site, (CSLA), Jury’s Award of turning asphalt into green; renovating, relocating and repurposing Excellence + National a remarkable historic building for community use; and wrapping Award a refurbished sports stadium with an undulating topography and 2016 Royal Architectural naturalised landscape. The project scope included consideration of the Institute of Canada interface with the Capital parkway system, the development of a public (RAIC), National Urban art strategy and a programming strategy that would identify partners Design Award, Certificate and facilities to animate the park with events and festivals. In addition, of Merit: Civic Design PFS Studio was charged with coordinating public realm guidelines for Projects the retail mixed-use development on site and the adaptive reuse of the 2015 Ottawa Urban Design heritage Horticulture Building into a community hall and teaching kitchen. Awards, Award of Excellence – Visions & The park features a Great Lawn, a new site for the Ottawa Farmers’ Master Plans Market on Aberdeen square, a series of grand allees and terraces, 2013 World Architecture News new topography and intimate greens, civic gardens and orchards, a (WAN) Awards, Long List playground and water play, and two significant public art pieces by Jill 2013 Anholt. The park design integrates sustainable objectives in the form of storm water infiltration and cisterns, a much expanded tree canopy for pollution mitigation and habitat creation, and urban agriculture. 12 | PFS STUDIO PFS Studio went on to fully implement its vision with the Park’s final completion in 2015. PFS STUDIO location Vancouver, BC SOUTHEAST FALSE completion date 2010 CREEK PLAZA awards 2010 Canadian Society of Landscape Architects PFS Studio was engaged by the City of Vancouver to design and implement the (CSLA), Regional Honour plaza at the heart of the new Southeast False Creek community in time to be the Award for Design focus of celebrations for the 2010 Olympic Village that occupied the community 2010 Canadian Institute of during the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. Planners (CIP), Award of Planning Excellence - The design, endorsed by both the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) Neighbourhood Planning and the City, was for a public space design that leverages both everyday use Category and special events. The design features symbolic elements that reference the industrial history of the site. The lofting lines and ribs of ships from shipbuilding set the overall spatial configuration, while piles of lumber symbolizing timber exports are formed into benches, and translucent seating cubes symbolizing salt imports that relate to the adjacent heritage structure, the Salt Building. Since the close of the 2010 Olympics, the Southeast False Creek Plaza has become the civic heart of the new community, supporting a variety of programmed and non-programmed uses throughout the year.

14 | PFS STUDIO PFS STUDIO location Toronto, ON SHERBOURNE COMMON completion date 2011

awards The conceptual design for the multi-award winning Sherbourne Common, 2013 ASLA, Honour Award located on the Toronto Waterfront, is built upon the abstraction of the 2013 Toronto Urban Design Iconic Canadian lakeshore landscape types: the woods, the water, Awards, Award of and the green. These three spatial zones are tied together by a linear Merit, Large Spaces or stormwater sluice fed by 'Light Showers' by Jill Anholt. Neighbourhood Design, 2012 CSLA National Honour As a key component of Toronto’s lakeshore redevelopment and Award for Design renaissance, this signature park emphasizes inspiring civic space, 2012 National Urban Design flexible usage, play and sustainable systems. The design is strongly Award, Special Jury informed by the need for both a neighbourhood park and a city-wide Award (Sustainable destination. When first completed in 2011, Sherbourne Common was a Award) set piece in an empty post-industrial landscape waiting for a community to surround it. It is now a successful example of “public before private” 2012 Ontario Public Works - the idea of developing high quality public open space to leverage and Association, Project of accelerate community and market interests. Sherbourne Common is the Year (TMIG) now edged by the new George Brown Waterfront Campus and bracketed 2012 Willis Chapman Award, by a substantial new residential / mixed use neighbourhood along its Consulting Engineers of entire east side. Ontario (TMIG)

16 | PFS STUDIO awards continued 2012 Award of Excellence, Canadian Consulting Engineer (TMIG, URS, Quinn Dressel etc) 2011 Awarded Gold, Design Exchange Award 2011 Architectural Hardscape Award 2011 Elements – Honourable Mention, Toronto Urban Design Awards (Pavilion – Teeple Architects) 2010 Living City Award: Healthy Rivers and Shorelines for the East Bayfront Integrated Stormwater Management System at Sherbourne Common, Toronto and Region Conservation (TRCA) (TMIG) 2009 Canadian Architect Award of Merit (Pavilion – Teeple Architects)

PFS STUDIO location Vancouver, BC HASTINGS PARK master plan completed 2011

awards Hastings Park is the second largest park in the City of Vancouver and Hastings Park / PNE Masterplan PFS Studio has been central to its remarkable transformation since the 2011 The Planning Institute of 1990’s. A multiple award winning, high profile community and regional British Columbia (PIBC), park in East Vancouver, Hastings Park has evolved from massive Award of Excellence parking lots and underutilized exhibition buildings to a celebrated green space that accommodates nature, sport and social programs of all Hastings Park Restoration Plan kinds. PFS Studio has been the prime consultant since the reinvention began, developing the long term plan through an extensive process of 2001 Architectural Institue community forums and stakeholder consultation. Using a multi-phased of British Columbia strategy, the firm has overseen completion of the first four phases of (AIBC), Sustainability this ambitious plan: The Sanctuary, the Italian Rain Gardens, the Empire 2001: Greening the Built Fields, and New Brighton Park. Environment 2001 Royal Architecture Institue of Canada (RAIC), Sustainable Design for Canadian Buildings

18 | PFS STUDIO awards continued 1998 Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), National Merit Award for Planning and Analysis 1998 Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), Regional Honour Award for Planning and Analysis

PFS STUDIO location Vancouver, BC ITALIAN RAIN GARDENS completion date 2001 Hastings Park

The celebration of Vancouver’s rain is a unifying theme throughout Hastings Park, but nowhere is it more intentional than in the Italian Rain Garden. This area of the park was the second phase of the 1996 Restoration Plan to be implemented and has become a wildly popular social heart in the park. These gardens offer program elements and multicultural activities for children, youth and seniors.

The formal patterning of the site is expressed in paving and planting areas and is structured by crisp landscape walls located on historic foundations and recalling the history of the exhibition grounds. The complex pattern of spaces permits a layering and close juxtaposition of activities for all ages and cultural groups.

True to its name, water is the unifying theme of these rain gardens with runnels, channels, fanciful gargoyles and gods of weather all contributing to the celebration of Vancouver’s invigorating rains.

20 | PFS STUDIO PFS STUDIO location Vancouver, BC THE SANCTUARY completion date 2001 Hastings Park

The Sanctuary was the first stage of the Hasting’s Park redevelopment and replaces acres of roads, asphalt parking lots, and under-used or vacant buildings. The Sanctuary was designed to recall the natural condition of the park at the beginning of the 1900’s and has successfully created, through a re-naturalization process, a Pacific Northwest forest complete with a series of ponds and wetlands that include an uncovered and reinstated historic fish-bearing stream. This rehabilitated stream was prepared for eventual re-connection to Burrard Inlet to become a restored watercourse for migrating salmon.

There were many approaches to sustainability including the large scale use of fill soil completely sourced from the City of Vancouver’s composting facility and the specification of exclusively local-derived indigenous plants, stone and other materials. The Sanctuary is now a resplendent natural retreat in the middle of the city, widely used by both nearby residents and citizens at large. Home to a wide variety of wildfowl and small mammals, it proves that nature and cities are not mutually exclusive and demonstrates a new urban park aesthetic for the City of Vancouver.

22 | PFS STUDIO PFS STUDIO location Vancouver, BC EMPIRE FIELDS AND completion date 2015 PLATEAU SPORTS PARK Hastings Park

Empire Fields, Plateau Sports Park and Greenways is one of the latest components of the Hastings Park / PNE Master Plan to be implemented by PFS Studio. The 2010 revised Master Plan designated Empire Fields as a community sports facility with Plateau Sports Park, a parcel of land between the fields and an historic wooden roller coaster, asa complementary youth oriented activity area. The Master Plan also called for a network of greenways to provide connections through and around the site and surrounding neighbourhoods.

The design of Empire Fields accommodates two full size artificial turf soccer fields which are lined for mini soccer as well as ultimate Frisbee. Also accommodated is a rubberized running path with uphill and downhill components for training and a spectator seating area. The adjacent Plateau Sports Park offers a variety of spaces for self-initiated and youth oriented activities. These include a parkour course, a fully fenced multi use court, beach volleyball courts, a flexible area for outdoor fitness, a bike skills area north of the fields and a family oriented children’s play area.

24 | PFS STUDIO PFS STUDIO location Vancouver, BC COAL HARBOUR completion date 1996

awards PFS Studio was the lead landscape architect for the first phases of the 1999 Canadian Society of redevelopment of Coal Harbour, one of the first private developments to Landscape Architects reimagine and repurpose a massive area of Vancouver’s post-industrial (CSLA), National Merit waterfront. Coal Harbour has become the premier address in Vancouver's Award for Landscape downtown peninsula, in part due to its high quality architecture and public Design realm. In addition to the spectacular views and adjacency to Stanley Park, 1999 Canadian Society of the new neighbourhood is now ndowed with a waterfront promenade Landscape Architects and public park. (CSLA), Regional Honour Award for Landscape PFS Studio was the prime consultant, in collaboration with Sandwell Design Engineering, responsible for all of the open spaces within the Harbour Green neighbourhood. The design and materials palettes were created as a contemporary interpretation of the art deco motifs in Stanley Park to the west and of the adjacent historic Marine Building to the east. This precedent setting design vocabulary was subsequently utilized throughout Coal Harbour as the more comprehensive development was built out.

26 | PFS STUDIO PFS STUDIO location Ottawa, ON CONFEDERATION SQUARE completion date 2000

awards PFS Studio was the prime consultant for urban design and landscape 2000 Canadian Society of architecture for this prestigious project. From inception through Landscape Architects implementation, PFS Studio oversaw a multi-disciplinary team of engineers (CSLA), National Honour and architects to ensure that Confederation Square, which is considered Award for Landscape the jewel of a broader restoration scheme for the comprehensive Design Confederation Boulevard Project, was built to the design standards mandated by its nationally significant site and profile.

The resulting design has both visually and functionally re-engaged Confederation Square’s historic surroundings and has reunited the bustling plaza and intersecting city streets with the UNESCO recognized Rideau Canal, which prior to PFS Studio’s intervention coexisted without any meaningful dialogue between the two levels of the city. A significant new central staircase was integrated into the eastern apex of the site, providing a strong connection between the street and canal levels, while referencing the historic configuration of two earlier bridges. A stepped plinth across the site provided more usable space and created a visual anchor for the commanding National War Memorial.

28 | PFS STUDIO PFS STUDIO location Vancouver, BC UBC - PUBLIC REALM completion dates 1993 - ongoing University of British Columbia awards 2015 Canadian Society of Landscape Architects Over the last decade, as part of its focus on sustainability, the University (CSLA), 2015 National of British Columbia (UBC) has strategized to improve the pedestrian Merit Award for University experience of the public realm and to engage the university community. of British Columbia PFS Studio has worked closely with UBC Campus and Community Pedestrian Campus Planning to strengthen, renovate, unify and connect public spaces on campus through both the preparation of a Public Realm Framework and 2014 The Society for College Design Guidelines and, most recently, the design and implementation of and University Planning the key campus open spaces. (SCUP) Honor Award in the Category of The Framework reinforces UBC’s historic core with its Beaux-Arts Excellence in Landscape inspired symmetry and formality while bringing a contemporary design Architecture for approach to the modern areas of the campus. The guidelines address ‘Pedestrian Campus the functional needs of the campus community while exemplifying at UBC’ (Main Mall, university values and sustainable best practices. Throughout the public University Boulevard, realm lively, comfortable outdoor spaces are designed to accommodate Agricultural Road and the movement of large crowds and gathering of groups for activities Memorial Road) ranging from everyday socializing to special celebrations.

30 | PFS STUDIO awards continued 2006 Green Building Council, LEED Green Building Certification for University of British Columbia Life Sciences Building 2006 Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC), National Urban Design Award for University Boulevard PFS STUDIO 1994 Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), Regional Citation Award for Landscape Design for First Nations House of Learning location Vancouver, BC MAIN MALL completion date 2013 University of British Columbia

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 policies and principles, land uses, and an examination of the function of this pedestrian artery within current and future campus planning considerations. A range of options for the Main Mall were prepared and evaluated with respect to these complex criteria.

An opportunity to rebuild the south end of UBC’s Main Mall arose with the development of a new community centre immediately to the south. An earlier 1992 Campus Plan had established an intent for the south end of the Main Mall to terminate in an open space that would widen out from a pinch point created by two new academic buildings. However, since the 1992 Plan, the lands to the south changed to a mix of residential, civic, and recreational uses. PFS Studio’s design for this area consequently readapted the program to bridge between the academic and residential communities that intersect at this place.

32 | PFS STUDIO PFS STUDIO location Vancouver, BC UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD completion date 2013 (Musqueam Welcome Pole 2016) STORMWATER TERRACES University of British Columbia

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 over the past decade. A strong landscape aesthetic combined with sustainable approaches to storm water management and carefully selected material choices has resulted in a memorable place that will serve UBC for decades to come.

Prior to this transformative redevelopment, University Boulevard had become an undefined mix of historic Beaux Arts remnants, parking lots and streets. PFS Studio has reinvented University Boulevard as the campus’s primary pedestrian promenade and activated social space. The first key move transformed a large parking area at the entrance to campus into a grand stormwater remediation terrace. More than a visible expression of the University’s commitment to sustainable best practices, the stormwater terraces have become a multifunctional gathering place and an oasis of tranquility between busy pedestrian routes, incorporating 34 | PFS STUDIO public art and dramatic night lighting. PFS STUDIO location Vancouver, BC MARTHA PIPER PLAZA completion date 2013 University of British Columbia

Martha Piper Plaza is the centerpiece of the UBC Campus Public Realm’s re-invention and is dedicated to the former university president under whose tenure much of the recent campus building redevelopment occurred. The plaza forms the intersection of the two most important pedestrian axes: Main Mall and University Boulevard. Design intentions build upon the original campus and its historic underpinnings of the early twentieth century Beaux Arts Movement. The Plaza is a mannered composition of water, circulation space and seating. It is centered by a large, animated, circular water feature that metaphorically symbolizes the complete and unified whole of the university. The circle is intentionally broken to represent the spirit of innovation and challenge to convention. Recognizing theirs as a university that looks to the future while respecting the historic campus fabric, UBC Campus Planning and Development suggested a design expression that reflected a sense of the formal past along with a contemporary gesture to signify a progressive institution.

36 | PFS STUDIO PFS STUDIO location Vancouver, BC BUCHANAN COURTYARD completion date 2011 University of British Columbia awards 2013 Architectural Institue of British Columbia (AIBC), As part of the UBC Renew Program, the iconic Modernist Buchanan Lieutenant-Governor of buildings underwent a significant revitalization that included the British Columbia Award in reinvention of associated courtyards and perimeter spaces. The Renew Architecture – Medal Program retains the historical, cultural and financial value inherent in campus architecture while revitalizing buildings and landscapes to make 2012 Canadian Society of them more sustainable. Landscape Architects (CSLA), Regional Honour PFS Studio developed a conceptual plan that reconfigured spaces, Award for Design explored materials and introduced the idea of a landscape pavilion and 2012 Society for College and poetic pool of water as a central feature in the main courtyard. PFS University Planning, Studio went on to design and implement a revitalized public open space Honour Award for respecting the Modernist history of the site. The design reused existing Landscape Architectural pavers, created new planting beds, specified new hard surface areas, Excellence rationalized the site grades, developed the water feature and introduced 2012 Applied Arts Magazine, new site furniture. PFS Studio engaged PUBLIC Architecture for the Environmental Design design of the pavilion. The refurbishment program included the protection Award and maintenance of many existing specimen trees. The result of this intervention was a contemporary layer with a successful and animated public open space.

38 | PFS STUDIO PFS STUDIO location Seattle, WA SEATTLE ART MUSEUM completion date 2007 ROOF GARDEN awards 2007 American Society of Formerly Washington Mutual Bank Landscape Architects (ASLA), Honour Award for Located above the Seattle Art Museum expansion, the 17th floor roof General Design garden is a green roof that functions as a vital social space and civic 2007 Canadian Society of heart of the former bank’s downtown headquarters. As one of the largest Landscape Architects green roofs in the city, the garden’s usable area surpasses three fold (CSLA), National the City of Seattle’s minimum open space requirements, and provides HonourAward for Design publically accessible decks and pathways that showcase unsurpassed views of the downtown skyline and across Elliott Bay.

The concept integrates elements that relay the story about the centre, its local origins and the community it serves. The project references the varied and unique landscape typologies of Washington State, from its coastal beaches to the Olympic and Cascade ranges and the interior plateau, with nearly two-thirds of the area planted in predominantly drought-tolerant plant species.

40 | PFS STUDIO PFS STUDIO location Shanghai, China BLUE MOUNTAIN completion date 2003

PFS Studio was responsible for the overall site planning and landscape architectural work for this 44 hectare residential community in Pudong, about 30 kilometres from the centre of Shanghai. Blue Mountain is one of many new large scale residential developments appearing throughout China. The open space framework is carefully structured around a central park, interconnected canals and waterways and skillfully designed streetscapes. The community-based design of the project is complemented by simple yet bold site elements, and the treed roadways and open spaces provide the site with the necessary structure for coherence and legibility.

Formal and stylized shrub and groundcover planting together with beautifully detailed walls, a rich palette of paving and contemporary lighting contribute to a sophisticated garden-like atmosphere within the public realm. The dense housing form primarily consists of multi-family townhouses. A series of interconnected courtyard spaces, around which twenty to thirty homes are clustered, delineates the framework for the site. A small river and several existing canals thread throughout the site, and have both amenity and storm water management functions.

42 | PFS STUDIO PFS STUDIO location Chongqing, China CHONGQING RAILWAY completion date 2011 AXIS PARK

The design for the Chongqing Railway Axis Park is built upon a number of metaphorical references to Chongqing itself. The park’s dramatic topography references both the extremes of the surrounding natural landscape and that of the carved profiles seen in the terraced agrarian lands in the area. The forests of Chongqing are represented by a significant urban forest in the park, consisting of a mix of coniferous and deciduous species that are intended to evoke a sense of nature familiar to Chongqing residents.

The Axis Park is composed of a series of ‘outdoor urban rooms’ that together create a diversity of landscape experience along its axis. A sequenced and folding topography, transitioning from the highest elevations in the south to the lowest ones in the north, set up the thresholds of these rooms. The high points offer unobstructed outward views to the distant Railway Station and, more generally, to this quadrant of the City.

44 | PFS STUDIO PFS STUDIO location Pas-de-Calais, France VIMY MEMORIAL completion date 2010 RESTORATION PROJECT

Being an integral part of the expert 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 cannot be overstated.

Walter Allward’s monument needs few words to describe it, as its iconic qualities as sculpture, as memorial, and as giver of meaning is seared into the consciousness of generations of Canadians. Under the direction of Julian Smith Architects, the first phase of the restoration work was completed in April of 2007. PFS Studio’s role was to restore and clarify several hectares of landscaped areas immediately surrounding the monument. It is our hope that renewed and mounting interest and respect for this site and what it stands for will ensure a longer term commitment to the surrounding 200 hectares of the Vimy Memorial Park and its uniquely conserved WWI battlefield terrain.

46 | PFS STUDIO PFS STUDIO location Ottawa, ON CANADIAN VETERANS’ completion date 2010 MEMORIAL awards 2010 Canadian Society of The Canadian Veterans’ Memorial was the result of a nation-wide Landscape Architects competition held by the Province of Ontario to select a Landscape (CSLA), Regional Citation Architect and Artist to design a commemorative memorial in honour of Award for Design all veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces.

PFS Studio and artist Allan Harding MacKay’s winning collaborative design respectfully integrated into the historic grounds at Toronto’s landmark Queen’s Park, located in the centre of downtown in a diverse historical and urban context.

The 30 metre long granite wall monument submerged into the grounds of the legislature explores the sensitive relationship between structure and site. The incorporation of simple geometries, the highly intentional material selections of polished granite, exquisite detailing, and an overlay of powerful laser etched imagery of conflict, death and war have resulted in a memorial that on one hand speaks proudly of Canadian military and peacekeeping efforts throughout the world and, on the other, of the emotional toll of the war.

48 | PFS STUDIO PFS STUDIO location Rome, Italy CANADIAN EMBASSY completion date 2006 VILLA GRAZIOLI

PFS Studio was engaged by the Canadian Government to assist in completing a major refurbishment of the grounds of a 19th century villa which was redesigned and repurposed to accommodate their new Embassy in Rome, Italy. Historically a part of the Villa Grazioli Estate grounds, the new Canadian Embassy is located in an area favoured by foreign government missions and is near the Villa Borghese in central Rome.

As the initial phase of a more comprehensive master plan for the grounds, the landscape immediately surrounding the Embassy was completely redesigned in a manner that respected the historic sensibilities of the site but brought a refined contemporary layer to suit modern day functions and to harmonize with the contemporary approach taken to the interior of the building by the Italian architects. PFS Studio work closely with Embassy staff, the selected contractor and local artisans during the fast track construction period to ensure that compliance to the design intentions were met while allowing for the expertise of Italian craftsmen to be expressed.

50 | PFS STUDIO PFS STUDIO Leadership Principals + Associates

chris phillips, director / principal, fcsla bcsla aala asla Chris Phillips is a founding principal of PFS Studio and a Fellow of the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects. He is widely known and respected for his ability to create highly memorable design solutions on a wide variety of open space projects. Chris has designed many award-winning urban design and public spaces over the past thirty years. As one of the most accomplished landscape architects in Canada, Chris is consistently invited to give lectures, sit on design juries and speak in public forums. He is keenly interested in the integration of context, metaphor and meaning and their collective contribution to the design of urban open space. He is also committed to the integration of public art into his work whenever possible.

greg smallenberg, director / principal, fcsla fasla bcsla oala Greg Smallenberg is a founding principal of PFS Studio. He is one of the most well-known landscape architects in Canada and has been involved in landscape architecture, project management and contract construction for over thirty years. Greg is a recognized leader in the profession with extensive experience in large scale, open space planning, detailed design and project implementation. He has been responsible for numerous award winning projects throughout Canada, the United States, Europe and Asia. Over the past two decades, Greg’s focus has been on the firm’s national and international portfolio. He oversees work undertaken by the PFS in our allied Shanghai studio while continuing to direct a number of national PFS Studio assignments from Vancouver. He is interested in the intersections of culture, history and place-making in landscape architecture and urban design.

jeffrey staates, director / principal, csla bcsla oala sala asla Jeffrey Staates leads a wide variety of landscape architecture, urban design and master planning projects in Vancouver, nationally and internationally. His design background includes a degree in architecture, and practice in interior design, planning and landscape architecture. With over twenty-five years of professional experience, Jeffrey has been actively involved in the design and detailing of several of PFS Studio’s most complex multi-jurisdictional public realm projects. He maintains a particular sensitivity to context, scale, and the haptic and experiential qualities of each project. He is committed to the delivery of innovative and practical design solutions within the boundaries of time and budget, while consistently delivering unique, award-winning projects.

52 | PFS STUDIO jennifer nagai, director / principal, csla bcsla oala leed® ap Jennifer Nagai has more than a decade of experience with PFS Studio and, over that time, has developed a diverse portfolio of complex, highly urban, public and private open space projects across Canada. Throughout her professional career Jennifer has been committed to high standards of execution in all aspects of design and project delivery. She has a strong background in interdisciplinary design from her early years of training in both architecture and landscape architecture. Much of her design interest focuses on the articulation of rich conceptual ideas through precise, expressive detailing. In addition, art and landscape have been seamlessly intertwined in many of Jennifer’s most notable projects. Jennifer is a LEED Accredited Professional and focuses on the integration of natural systems within an urban context to develop innovative sustainable project solutions.

kelty mckinnon, director / principal, csla bcsla asla Kelty McKinnon brings a diverse background in landscape architecture, public art and environmental studies to PFS Studio. For nearly two decades she has specialized in projects within the public realm, committed to the creation of unique, innovative and meaningful urban space. She is interested in the intersection of emergent and deliberate cultural and ecological forces, and is highly committed to research, collaboration and engagement in the design process. She has taught numerous design studios at UBC, and is a regular critic, lecturer and juror. Kelty writes on diverse topics associated with landscape for several books and journals and her artistic and design work has been shown in London, Vienna, New York, Berlin and Vancouver.

marta farevaag, principal, fcip pibc bcsla Marta Farevaag is a founding principal of PFS Studio and an Urban Planner and Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Planners. For thirty years, she has been involved in planning, project management, and public consultation on many of PFS Studio’s complex and multi-disciplinary projects. Her particular areas of interest are cultural landscapes, campus plans and heritage planning. Marta works at the interface of urban planning with landscape architecture and urban design. Areas of expertise involve design guidelines, land use planning, heritage resource planning, programming public space, commercial area revitalization, park and open space conceptual master planning, and public consultation processes. She regularly works on multidisciplinary teams addressing land use and urban design assignments. Marta has taught regularly in the departments of landscape architecture and planning at UBC.

LEADERSHIP | 53 nastaran moradinejad, principal, csla bcsla leed® ap Nastaran is a central figure in PFS Studio’s leadership team. Over many years here, she has managed some of the firm’s largest and most significant projects for both the private and public sector. Nastaran is a highly effective communicator and strong project manager. Her interests are in multi- disciplinary, technical projects requiring custom solutions to unique project demands. She is a LEED Accredited Professional and takes a keen interest in ecological systems, developing innovative ways to integrate them with many of her site designs. Nastaran has held a number of professional volunteer posts throughout her career, most notably serving as President of the British Columbia Society of Landscape Architects in 2012 and in 2017 was elected to the position of President of the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects.

ross dixon, principal, bcsla Ross Dixon has been with PFS Studio for almost 25 years and over that time has developed a keen interest and expertise in contract management of the firm’s constructed projects. Ross’s role in ensuring the quality and continuity of PFS Studio’s built work is the key to much of the office’s success with project delivery and has contributed significantly to the numerous awards received over the years. Ross’s focus is in the areas of contract administration, cost control, quality control and site services. He has a clear understanding of contracts and works closely with clients, consultants and contractors to ensure that the firm’s designs are implemented and maintained effectively in their urban contexts. He leads the construction documentation and administration team within the studio and helps establish best practices for quality control.

anna liu, principal, arch.(ch) | Conglian Landscape Architecture and Planning (Shanghai) Ltd. Anna Liu is a founding principal of Conglian Landscape Architecture and Planning (Shanghai) Ltd. our allied joint enterprise in China. Prior to this she worked at PFS Studio in Vancouver for many years as a senior designer and project manager. Anna has developed a highly regarded reputation for strong leadership and exceptional design skills and she has proven expertise in developing clear design strategies to effectively move a project forward. Anna is experienced in a wide range of planning and design projects within the sectors of public open space, commercial, residential, health care, hospitality, institutional and post-secondary educational. As the managing principal at our allied Shanghai studio, Anna leads many of the firm’s most complex China assignments. Her interests focus squarely on planning and design within an ecologically intelligent and responsible context.

54 | PFS STUDIO cherie xiao, associate, csla bcsla Cherie Xiao joined PFS Studio in 2006 and has over twelve years of local and international experience in complex urban design and open space projects. With combined education and experience in both landscape architecture and urban design, Cherie’s strength is in conceptualizing innovative and elegant solutions for a wide range of scales from regional urban planning, resort and public park design to detailed intimate public and private spaces. Cherie has received international awards for her design and research work, including the Sichuan Earthquake Memorial competition.

chris mramor, associate, csla bcsla Chris Mramor has been a landscape architect and project manager at PFS Studio for over two decades during which time he has brought his extraordinary abilities in conceptual design to many of the most important projects in the firm’s portfolio. Integrating thoughtful site planning, innovative construction detailing and heritage conservation, Chris has proven himself to be central to the firm’s recognized design sensibilities. His project experience spans large and small scales, public and private sectors, local and international assignments. He is currently a member of the City of Vancouver’s Urban Design Panel.

jia li, associate, csla bcsla Jia Li joined PFS Studio in 2006, bringing with her outstanding design skills and exceptional graphic capabilities. She is in high demand to join project teams for our most high profile national and international work. Jia has gained a well-deserved reputation for experience in graphic communication with expertise in 3D modeling, multi-media design software used for rapid visualization, and highly detailed rendering. A highly accomplished designer, Jia has worked on PFS Studio assignments in Vancouver, across Canada and throughout Asia.

LEADERSHIP | 55 lin lin, associate, csla bcsla leed® ap Lin Lin has been with PFS Studio since 2003 and has managed projects through all phases of the design process from conceptual design to complex rezoning submissions and through to contract administration. Her commitment to detail and her determination to see projects through to successful completion has proven invaluable to the office, and our clients. Lin’s background and experience in both architecture and landscape architecture enables her to deftly integrate our work into often complex assignments.

maureen hetzler, associate, csla bcsla Maureen Hetzler joined PFS Studio in 2004, where she has gained over a decade of experience on a diverse set of landscape architecture and urban design projects. Her project involvement spans all facets of the design process, from initial conceptual design, through detail design and contract administration. She has managed some of PFS Studio’s most challenging high profile assignments and has gained a reputation for her ability to create innovative, robust solutions to difficult design problems.

mike derksen, associate, csla bcsla asla leed® ap Mike Derksen joined PFS Studio in 2005 and has over fifteen years of experience on local, national and international project work in the US and South East Asia. He is a strong contributor to all facets of the design process, from conceptual design through to completion, but is especially adept at design development, construction documentation and contract administration. Mike specializes in project management and heads the construction quality control group at PFS Studio.

56 | PFS STUDIO nicole taddune, associate, csla bcsla leed® ap Nicole’s focus at PFS Studio is in planning and urban design. With more than a decade of professional experience, she has worked on a range of projects from master plans and design guidelines, to detailed site design. Nicole utilizes her diverse background in planning, community engagement, design, fine arts, informal science education and project management in all of her projects. She is interested in creating vibrant and engaging spaces that foster social and environmental sustainability and embody the values and heritage of the communities they serve.

stephen wilkinson, associate, asla Stephen has many years of experience working on complex public realm and open space projects. Originally based in New York City where he worked for the Central Park Conservancy, Stephen has played a key role in the construction and implementation of robust, well detailed public realm plazas, streetscapes, gardens and open spaces. Now well established at PFS Studio, Stephen specializes in project development from conceptual design through construction documentation and supervision, including budgeting, estimating, approvals, consultant coordination and bidding. His keen eye for detail and overall thoroughness has made Stephen instrumental in bringing design excellence to many of the office’s high profile built works.

LEADERSHIP | 5 7 Selected Recent Press Coverage

Underpass Park: Lost and Found in Toronto, Landscape Architecture Magazine, February 2017

ASLA Meeting & Expo in New Orleans, USA, Topos, Theresa Ramisch, 2016 Volume 97

WLA, Issue 25, 2016

If Trump Wants to Fix Infrastructure, He Has to Learn From These Projects, Wired, Sam Lubell, November 22, 2016

Lansdowne Park Ottawa - Jury's Award of Excellence, Landscapes Paysages, Fall 2016

Underpass Park and Corktown Common receive ASLA awards, Canadian Architect, October 2016

Underpass Park, By The People, Cooper Hewitt, September 2016

Complexity and Contradiction, Canadian Architecture, Erick Villagomez, August 2016

Landscape Architecture China, July 2015

PFS Studio - Project- Sherbourne Common, Archello, Editorial Team at Archello, July 19, 2016

Landscape Architects All About Place-Making, Vancouver Sun, Rebecca Keillor, April 22, 2016

Le Parc Underpass, Le Pamphlet, February 2016

Sherbourne Common, Landscape Architecture Korea, February 2016

The University of British Columbia Public Realm, Landscape Architecture Korea, February 2016

Vancouver House, Canadian Architect, December 2015

Learning Curves, Landscape Architecture Magazine, John King, September 2015

City Celebrates Urban Design Award Winners, Ottawa Citizen, Sept 30 2015

Sixty Years, Canadian Architect, August 2015

Sherbourne Common Park Sets the Bar High for Sustainable Design, Landscape Architects Network, Amela Djurakovac, May 6 2015

58 | PFS STUDIO Trash Trash Trash, Ground, Denise Pinto / Dalia Todary-Michael, Spring 2015

How Landscape Architecture is Changing Attitudes About Cities, Sixty7 Architecture Road, Phil Roberts, March 28 2015

Great Streets in the Making, Paysage, Jeffrey States, December 2014

Vimy Ridge, Sitelines, Blair Ketcheson, August 2014

Adaptation by Design, Sitelines, Kelty Mckinnon, June 2014

Cover photo, Sitelines, June 2014

Great Transformations, Sitelines, Derek Lee, June 2014

Twisty new downtown Vancouver tower designed to inspire, Vancouver Sun, Kevin Griffin, February 17, 2014

The 2015 Pan Am Games' True Legacy for Toronto, Sustainable Cities Collective, January 8, 2014

Vertical Forest Building: Vancouver Approves Modern Project, The Huffington Post (BC), November 5, 2013

Finally, a building as good as its view, The Globe and Mail, Hadani Ditmars, November 15, 2013

Sherbourne Common/PFS Studio, Arch Daily, November 20, 2013

Washington Mutual Centre Roof, Rooftop Garden (book) 2013.3, hkasp, 2013

City Building: Bringing Toronto's Waterfront to Life, Curb Magazine, Waterfront Toronto, 2013 vol 4 issue 1

Underpass Park, Landscapes Paysages - Winter 2013, Nathan Brightbill, Winter 2013

Nature / Nurture, Azure Magazine, Daniel Baird, October 2013

Bjarke Ingels gets approval for Beach + Howe tower in Vancouver, DesignBoom, Andrea Chin, October 30, 2013

Point Grey: Stormwater Ambassador, Landscapes/Paysages, Nicole Taddune, Fall 2013, Project: Lansdowne Park

Sherbourne Common by PFS Studio, Landezine, PFS, September 2013

PRESS COVERAGE | 59 Out From The Shadows: Finding Useful Public Space In An Unlikely Location, Toronto Transforms A Highway Underpass Into A Lively Park That Glows At Night., Architectural Record, Lisa Rochon, August 2013

How Urban Scars Are Being Remade Into Vibrant, Vital Playgrounds, The Globe and Mail, Alex Bozikovic, August 16, 2013

Toronto, the city parks of the future and 'landscape urbanism', NoMeanCity, August 28, 2013

Engaging Public Outdoor Spaces, Design Quarterly, Matthew Thomson, Summer 2013 vol 14 No1

Scott Hein - Highlights of some of Vancouver's Recent Heritage Success Stories, Sitelines, Alyssa Schwann, June 2013

On the Runways, Landscapes Paysages - Spring 2013 vol 15 no 2, Nathan Brightbill/Chris Phillips, Spring 2013

Cat got your tongue?, Landscapes Paysages - Spring 2013 vo1 15 no 2, Greg Smallenberg, Spring 2013

Over/Under and Beyond: New Life for the Overpass, Sitelines, Nina LaBelle Cicero, December 2012

Uniting the Built and Natural Environments, The Dirt, November 11, 2012

When The Curtains Came Down At Rideau Hall, Landscapes, Julian Smith, Fall 2012

Definitely Not A Museum, Landscapes, Marta Farevaag, Fall 2012

Reading the Future, Canadian Architect, Tanya Southcott, September 2012

The Playful City, Azure Magazine, Kimberlie Birks, September 2012

Toronto’s Underpass Park Aims To Turn Neglected Space Into Community Hub, Globe and Mail, Siri Agrell - Urban Affairs Reporter, August 2, 2012

Hume: Rob Ford over the top about Underpass Park, The Star, Christopher Hume, August 2, 2012

Underpass Park, The Canadian Design Resource, Paul Raff, August 3, 2012

Toronto's Newest Urban Park Opens, Azure Magazine, Catherine Osbourne, August 2012

60 | PFS STUDIO Becauase we Build Parks Under our Expressway, Toronto Life, Kelly Pullen, August 30, 2012

A Public Purpose, Canadian Architect Magazine, Adele Weder, March 2012

Turning a Corner, Canadian Architect Magazine, November 2011

On The Waterfront: The Revitilization Of Toronto's Waterfront Into New, Vibrant Downtown Neighbourhoods, Canadian Journal of Green Building and Design, Sept / Oct 2011

Sherbourne Common Is Anything But, Toronto Star, Christopher Hume, August 5, 2011

The Future is Here: Sherbourne Common, The Dirt Website, ASLA Dirt, August 17, 2011

Sherbourne Common: Clean, Green, Brainy, and Blue, Globe and Mail, Lisa Rochon, July 29, 2011

Supernatural: The Burden of Wildermess, Landscapes, Kelty Mckinnon, Spring 2011

Grounded: The Work of Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg, Sitelines, Jane Durante, April 2011

Grounded: The Work of Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg, Canadian Architect, Brendan Cormier/Ian Chodikoff, March 2011

AR Preview Urban Parks, Architectural Record, January 1, 2011

Hume: New Skating Rink is Icing on the Waterfront Cake, Toronto Star, Christopher Hume, January 31, 2011

On the waterfront, under the road, Landscape Architecture Volume 100 Number 7, Joshua Gray, July 1, 2010

Viewpoint, Canadian Architect, Ian Chodikoff, July 1, 2010

Public Space: Revitalizing Leftovers, Ground, Andrea Mantin, Summer 2010

Roof Garden Feature, Landscape Architecture Volume 100 Number 7, Linda McIntyre, 2010

This Century Belongs To Landscape Architects… Maybe, Landscapes, Greg Smallenberg, Spring 2010

PRESS COVERAGE | 6 1 Cold Comfort: One of North America’s most complex energy-efficient buildings is also sited in one of its most challenging climates, GreenSource, Charles Linn, March 2010

A brilliant plan for a dreary space, Toronto Star, Christopher Hume, March 10 2010

Underpass Park, Azure Magazine, Nina Boccia, March 11 2010

New waterfront park does double duty, Toronto Star, Christopher Hume, March 13 2010

Waterfront Toronto unveils Underpass Park, SpacingToronto, Marcus Bowman, March 15 2010

West Don Lands: Toronto's first 21st-century community, Toronto Star, Christopher Hume, March 16 2010

High tech Sherbourne Park also a water treatment plant, Toronto Star, Christopher Hume, March 23, 2010

Hope Floats on Toronto's Waterfront, The Globe and Mail, Jennifer Lewington, July 23 2009

An artist's touch: design inspiration, National post, Lisa Rochon, March 29 2008

Manitoba Hydro Head Office, Canadian Architect, December 2006

62 | PFS STUDIO Selected Recent Lectures

greg smallenberg 2013 An Urban Park Primer, Housing Development Board, Singapore 2013 Sherbourne Common, BCSLA Conference, Vancouver, BC 2012 A New Paradigm of Parks, BCPRA Conference, Whistler, BC 2012 In the Studio with PFS, ASLA National Conference , Phoenix, AZ 2012 In Pursuit of the Great Urban Park, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON 2011 Grounded: PFS and Contemporary Layers in Historic Contexts, Willowbank School of Restoration Arts, Niagara on the Lake, ON 2011 Reclaiming Lost Spaces, University of Alberta, Cities + Region Study Center, Edmonton, AB 2010 How Good Design is Saving the World One Landscape at a Time, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PEI 2009 We’re good …get used to it, Keynote - CSLA Conference, Toronto, ON 2009 Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg Recent Works, University of Minnesota- Architecture Studies Abroad, Oaxaca, Mexico 2008 Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg Recent Works, University of British Columbia - SALA Vancouver BC 2007 Leading with Landscape, The Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON 2007 Beauty, Detail, Memory and Meaning, The Architects’ Encounter, Canova (Milan) Italy 2006 Vancouver on the Edge, Saskatoon Architects’ Association Saskatoon, SK 2006 International Symposium on Modernization and the Conservation of Historic Cities and Buildings, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, PRC 2006 Livable Region Strategies, Hunan University- Changsha Hunan PRC 2005 Livable Region Strategies, Guangzhou Planning Authority, Guangzhou Guangdong PRC 2005 Park Design in Western Society, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, PRC 2004 Vancouver- a City with Promise, University of BC Women’s Club, Vancouver, BC 2004 Cultural Landscapes Through Example, IFLA Conference, Prague, Czech Republic 2003 Vancouver, the Darling of the Pacific North West, Shanghai, PRC

RECENT LECTURES | 6 3 chris phillips 2015 Urban Design and City Building, Edmonton Urban Design Awards Public Lecture, Edmonton, AB 2014 Politics and Process: Hastings Park and UBC, Design Matters Lecture, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB 2014 Architecture, City Building, Design, Dialogue: Vancouver’s Public Realm, Westbank Salon Series, Gesamtkunstwerk Exhibit, Vancouver, BC 2014 Campus Redesign, UBC Botanical Gardens Lecture, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC 2012 Design Process of Placemaking on Main Mall, UBC SALA, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC 2012 Hastings Park, BCSLA Conference + AGM, Vancouver, BC

jeffrey staates 2016 From parking to park space: rethinking and transforming lost spaces into public places, World Design Summit, Montreal, QC 2016 The Story of Lansdowne, CSLA 10x20x20, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB 2016 Lansdowne Park: Re-Imagining and Recreating a Great Civic Place, UBC Landscape Lecture, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC 2014 Bike Tour of Rideau Canal, Parkway and Recreational Pathways, Lansdowne Park stop, CSLA Conference, Ottawa, ON 2013 Landscape Urbanism - PFS and the Public Realm, SALA Lecture Series, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC 2013 Re-thinking and Re-imagining Parks, CIP/PIBC Conference, Vancouver, BC - with Tim Smith, Urban Strategies 2013 Leading with Landscape : Toronto’s West Don Lands, a Complete Public Realm, CSLA Congress, Regina, SK – with David Leinster and Michael Ormston-Holloway, Planning Partnership

64 | PFS STUDIO kelty mckinnon 2017 Breaking Patterns, Public Lecture, Mayors Symposium On Urban Design, Las Vegas, NV 2016 The Three Ecologies, Public Lecture, Architects Experience, Canova, Italy 2016 Public Realm- Program, Process, Price, Public Lecture, Museum Of Vanouver, Urbanarium, Vancouver, BC 2016 Barge Park / Park Barge, Roundhouse Radio, Sense Of Place Interview, Vancouver, BC 2015 The Vancouver Landscape: Ecological Urban Architecture, Round Table Discussion, Buildex Conference, Vancouver, BC 2015 Relational Landscapes, Lecture, School Of Architecture, UBC, Vancouver, BC 2014 Intervene: Relational Aesthetics, ASLA Symposium, Portland, OR 2014 Design Matters, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB 2014 Relational Landscapes, Public Lecture, School Of Architecture, University Of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB 2013 Landscape Urbanism - PFS and the Public Realm, SALA Lecture Series, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC 2012 Relational Landscapes, Public Lecture, College Of The Built Environment, University Of Washington, Seattle, WA 2012 Inside The LA Studio: The Works Of PFS, Lecture, ASLA Conference, Phoenix, AZ 2012 Bridging The Animal: The Arc Competition,Conference Presenter, Interactive Futures Conference, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, BC 2011 Birds, Bees, Flowers, Trees, Presenter And Panelist, Interactive Futures Conference, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC 2011 Vancouver As A Livable City, Panelist, Action Canada Conference, Morris J Wosk Centre For Dialogue, Vancouver, BC 2008 Animal Urbanism : Biodiversity In The Urban Environment, Conference Presenter And Co-Convener, Cascadia Living Futures Conference, Vancouver, BC

RECENT LECTURES | 65 kelty mckinnon continued 2007 Urban Acupuncture: A Methodology For The Sustainable Rehabilitation Of ‘Society Buildings’ In Vancouver’s Chinatown Into Contemporary Housing, Conference Presenter, Redress Express: Current Directions In Asian Canadian Art And Culture, International Centre For Contemporary Asian Art, Vancouver, BC 2006 Urban Acupuncture: A Methodology for the Sustainable Rehabilitation of ‘Society Buildings’ in Vancouver’s Chinatown Into Contemporary Housing, Conference Presenter, Design + Livable Communities Conference, Interdisciplinary Design Institute Washington State University, Spokane, Wa 2006 Urban Acupuncture: A Methodology For The Sustainable Rehabilitation Of ‘Society Buildings’ In Vancouver’s Chinatown Into Contemporary Housing, Guest Presention, City of Vancouver Planning Department, Vancouver, BC 2006 The Urban Bestiary, Conference Presenter, CSLA And CELA Conference, Shifting Ground: Landscape Architecture In The Age of The New Normal, Vancouver BC 2006 The Urban Bestiary, Public Lecture, School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, UBC, Vancouver, BC 2006 The Urban Bestiary, Guest Lecture, Dept. of Art History, UBC, Vancouver, BC 2006 Kashmir Gardens: Nishat Bagh And Shalamar Bagh, Public Lecture, A Paisley For Kashmir, International Centre For Contemporary Asian Art, Vancouver, BC 2006 Nikkei Landscapes/Nikkei Design, Public Lecture, National Japanese Canadian Museum, Vancouver, BC 2005 The Urban Bestiary, Conference Presenter, New Forms Festival Conference, Eco Systems: Negotiating Natural, Cultural And Technological Systems In A Post-Traditional Ecology, Museum of Anthropology, UBC, Vancouver, BC 2005 The Urban Bestiary, Guest Lecture, Capilano College, Vancouver, BC 2004 The Urban Bestiary, Conference Presenter, Urban Ecology- Cities In Transition Conference, Pace University Manhattan, NY

66 | PFS STUDIO marta farevaag 2017 Planning Milestones of 2016 – Introduction, Vancouver City Planning Commission, Vancouver, BC 2016 Planning Milestones of 2015 – Introduction, Vancouver City Planning Commission, Vancouver, BC 2016 Lessons Learned, Looking Forward, Canadian Institute of Planners Annual Conference, Quebec City, QC 2016 Reflections on a Human Scale, ownT Planning Day, Planning Institute of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC 2015 Our Main Streets – Shaping Vancouver, Conversations on the Heritage Action Plan, Heritage Vancouver, SFU, and City of Vancouver, Vancouver, BC 2014 Placemaking: Planning, Designing and Operating Parks for Community Engagement, BC Land Summit, Vancouver, BC 2013 Wherin Design? Addressing the Challenges of Change through a Designed Future, Canadian Institute of Planners Annual Conference, Vancouver, BCia 2012 History and Evolution of Hastings Park and the PNE, Vancouver Heritage Foundation, Vancouver, BC 2012 How Planners Can Align Politics with Planning, Canadian Institute of Planners Annual Conference, Banff, AB 2011 Planning in the Age of Social Media, Canadian Institute of Planners Annual Conference, St. John’s, Newfoundland 2011 Shift: The City Design Series, School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Vancouver, BC 2010 Using the New Local Government Powers for Climate Change, SFU City Program, Vancouver, BC 2010 Moving from the Theoretical to the Practical: Urban Design Challenges for Waterfront Development from Climate Change, Canadian Institute of Planners Annual Conference, Montreal, QC

RECENT LECTURES | 6 7 Awards List

AWARDS PFS Studio

2016

Bridgepoint Active Healthcare Toronto ON Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC), Governor General’s Medals in Architecture In collaboration with: Stantec | KPMB, ERA Civic Trust Award, United Kingdom In collaboration with: Stantec | KPMB, ERA

Lansdowne Park Ottawa, ON Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), Jury’s Award of Excellence + National Award In collaboration with: JSA, JAS, Stantec Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC), National Urban Design Awards, Certificate of Merit: Civic Design Projects In collaboration with: JSA, JAS, Stantec

Telus Garden Vancouver, BC Architizer A+ Awards, Jury Award + Popular Choice Award, Office - High-Rise Category In collaboration with HPA

Underpass Park Toronto, ON American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), Award of Excellence In collaboration with: TPP Selected for the exhibition: By the People: Designing a Better America Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York City In collaboration with: TPP

West Don Lands Toronto, ON Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), National Award In collaboration with: TPP

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68 | PFS STUDIO AWARDS PFS Studio

Zibi at Chaudière Island Ottawa, ON Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP), Award for Planning Excellence - Neighbourhood Plan In collaboration with: Windmill, P+W, FOTENN The International Society of City and Regional Planners, Award for Excellence In collaboration with: Windmill, P+W, FOTENN

2015

Lansdowne Park Ottawa, ON Ottawa Urban Design Awards, Award of Excellence - Visions & Master Plans

Mill Woods Library, Seniors and Multicultural Centre Edmonton, AB Edmonton Urban Design Award in the category: Urban Architecture

Sherbourne Common Toronto, ON Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture, Selected for Exhibit: Emerging Landscape In collaboration with: TPP, Teeple, JAS

University of British Columbia Pedestrian Campus Vancouver, BC Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), 2015 National Merit In collaboration with: UBC Campus + Community Planning

Vancouver House Vancouver, BC World Architecture Awards, Future Project of the Year In collaboration with: BIG, DIALOG

Zibi at Chaudière Island Ottawa, ON American Planning Association, The Pierre L’Enfant International Planning Achievement Award PFS STUDIO

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2014

Blatchford Redevelopment Edmonton, AB Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC), National Urban Design Award: Urban Design Plans In collaboration with: P+W GLOBE Awards for Environmental Excellence, Award for Excellence in Urban Sustainability In collaboration with: P+W

Bow River Bridge Banff, AB Wood WORKS! BC 2014 Wood Design Awards, Engineer Award In collaboration with: Fast + Epp

Bridgepoint Active Healthcare Toronto, ON Canadian Urban Institute (CUI), Brownie Award - Excellence in Project Development at the Building Scale In collaboration with: Stantec | KPMB, ERA Ontario Association of Architects, Design Excellence Award In collaboration with: Stantec | KPMB, ERA PUG Awards, People’s Choice Award - Commercial or Institutional Building In collaboration with: Stantec | KPMB, ERA PUG Awards, Paul Oberman Award for Adaptive Reuse and Heritage Restoration In collaboration with: Stantec | KPMB, ERA Design & Health International Academy Awards, International Health Project (over 40,000 sq m), Honourable Mention In collaboration with: Stantec | KPMB, ERA Modern Healthcare Design Awards, Citation Award In collaboration with: Stantec | KPMB, ERA

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70 | PFS STUDIO AWARDS PFS Studio

Edmonton Valley Zoo Edmonton, AB Canadian Architect, Award of Merit In collaboration with: MBAC, Portico

Manitoba Hydro Place Winnipeg, MB Ontario Association of Architects, Sustainable Design Excellence Award In collaboration with: KPMB, SCA

River Green Richmond, BC Urban Development Institute Awards for Excellence (UDI), Best Master Planned Community In collaboration with: JKMC

Sherbourne Common Toronto, ON Landscape Architects Network, Top 10 World Landscape Architecture Projects for 2014 In collaboration with: TPP, Teeple, JAS

Sustainable Waterfront Town Punggol, Singapore The Waterfront Centre, Excellence on the Waterfront Honour Award In collaboration with: USI

UBC: Main Mall, University Boulevard, Agricultural Road and Memorial Road Vancouver, BC The Society for College and University Planning (SCUP), Honour Award in the Category of Excellence in Landscape Architecture for ‘Pedestrian Campus at UBC’ In collaboration with: UBC Campus + Community Planning

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AWARDS | 71 AWARDS PFS Studio

2013

Bridgepoint Active Healthcare Toronto, ON World Architecture News (WAN) Awards, Adaptive Reuse Award In collaboration with: Stantec | KPMB, ERA

Buchanan Courtyards, UBC Vancouver, BC Architectural Institute of British Columbia (AIBC), Lieutenant- Governor of British Columbia Award in Architecture - Medal In collaboration with: PUBLIC

George Brown College, Waterfront Campus Toronto, ON Toronto Urban Design Award (TUDA), Award of Merit In collaboration with: KPMB, Stantec Toronto Construction Association’s Best of the Best Awards, Project Achievement Award In collaboration with: KPMB, Stantec

Lansdowne Park Ottawa, ON World Architecture News (WAN) Awards, Long List 2013

River Green Richmond, BC City of Richmond, Lulu Award: Residential and Mixed-Use (High-rise) category In collaboration with: JKMC

Sherbourne Common Toronto, ON American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), Honour Award In collaboration with: TPP, Teeple, JAS Toronto Urban Design Award (TUDA), Award of Merit In collaboration with: TPP, Teeple, JAS

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72 | PFS STUDIO AWARDS PFS Studio

Vaughan City Hall Vaughan, ON The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies, International Architecture Awards for 2013 In collaboration with: KPMB

2012

Buchanan Courtyards, UBC Vancouver, BC Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), Regional Honour Award for Design In collaboration with: PUBLIC Society for College and University Planning, Honour Award for Landscape Architectural Excellence In collaboration with: PUBLIC Applied Arts Magazine, Environmental Design Award In collaboration with: PUBLIC

George Brown College Health Sciences Campus Toronto, ON Canadian Urban Institute (CUI), Brownie Award for Excellence in Project Development: Neighbourhood Scale In collaboration with: KPMB, Stantec

Manitoba Hydro Place Winnipeg, MB Canada Green Building Council, Platinum Certification In collaboration with: KPMB, SCA Urban Land Institute, Global Award for Excellence In collaboration with: KPMB, SCA

PFS STUDIO

AWARDS | 7 3 AWARDS PFS Studio

North Vancouver City Library North Vancouver, BC Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC), the Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP), and the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), National Urban Design Award: Urban Architecture In collaboration with: DSAI, CEI

Sherbourne Common Toronto, ON Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC), the Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP), and the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), National Urban Design Award, Special Jury Award: Sustainable Development In collaboration with: TPP, Teeple, JAS Civic Design Projects, Sustainability Category In collaboration with: TPP, Teeple, JAS Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), National Honour Award for Design In collaboration with: TPP, Teeple, JAS Ontario Public Works Association, Project of the Year Award In collaboration with: TMIG Canadian Consulting Engineering, Award of Excellence In collaboration with: TMIG

Underpass Park Toronto, ON Canadian Urban Institute (CUI), Brownie Award for Best Small Scale Project In collaboration with: TPP

Vaughan City Hall Toronto, ON Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) and The Canada Council for the Arts, Governor General’s Medal in Architecture In collaboration with: KPMB Ontario Association of Architects, Honourable Mention In collaboration with: KPMB

PFS STUDIO

74 | PFS STUDIO AWARDS PFS Studio

2011

Beaty Biodiversity Centre / Aquatic Research Ecosystems Research Laboratory, UBC Vancouver, BC Architectural Institute of British Columbia (AIBC), Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for Architecture In collaboration with: Patkau

Britannia Mining Museum Britannia Beach, BC

Canadian Museums Association, Award for Outstanding GROUNDED Achievement in the Facility Development and Design Category In collaboration with: Britannia Project Creative Team

Grounded: The Work of Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), National GROUNDED Merit for Communications THE WORK OF PHILLIPS FAREVAAG SMALLENBERG GROUNDED thE wORk Of phillips faREvaaG smallENbERG Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg (PFS) is a leading Canadian landscape architecture, urban design and planning firm based THE WORK OF PHILLIPS FAREVAAG SMALLENBERG in Vancouver, British Columbia. Founded in the early 1990s Hastings Park / PNE Master Plan by landscape architects Chris Phillips and Greg Smallenberg, and urban planner Marta Farevaag, PFS’s interdisciplinary approach results in a dynamic, open-ended process that Vancouver, BC is evident in the diverse expression of their projects. Over the years the scope and complexity of the office’s work has expanded from landscape architecture and town planning projects in the Pacific Northwest to include large-scale The Planning Institute of British Columbiapublic realm and city-building (PIBC), projects across NorthAward America, of Europe, China and Southeast Asia.

Excellence PFS’s projects range from the Vimy Memorial Restoration in France, to the Shouqiu Shaohao Mausoleum in Qufu, China; from new communities along Toronto’s waterfront including East Bayfront and the West Donlands, to new neighbourhoods and cities in Pudong, Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu; from the Richmond Olympic Oval to Ottawa’s Manitoba Hydro Place Confederation Square; and from Toronto’s Sherbourne Park to Hastings Park in Vancouver.

Winnipeg, MB www.pfs.bc.ca

Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, Award of Excellence - edited by Kelty McKinnon

ISBN 978-1-897476-20-8 US $69.95 with contributions by Michael Van Valkenburgh • Ken Greenberg Innovation in Architecture Jacqueline Hucker • Dr. Eduard Koegel • Bruce Kuwabara In collaboration with: KPMB, SCA Kelty McKinnon • Douglas Paterson • Julian Smith

Sherbourne Common Toronto, ON Ontario Concrete Awards, Architectural Hardscape Award In collaboration with: TPP, Teeple, JAS, TMIG Design Exchange Award, Gold Award for Landscape Architecture In collaboration with: TPP, Teeple, JAS

PFS STUDIO

AWARDS | 7 5 AWARDS PFS Studio

Underpass Park Toronto, ON Topped the list of "9 Cool Projects Under Freeway Overpasses", The Atlantic Magazine In collaboration with: TPP

Woodwards Redevelopment Vancouver, BC AIBC, Special Jury Award for Outstanding Programming and Placemaking In collaboration with: HPA City of Vancouver Heritage Award of Recognition In collaboration with: HPA

2010

Canadian Veterans Memorial Toronto, ON Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), Regional Citation Award for Design With Allan Harding MacKay

Glenlyon Business Park Burnaby, BC BC Landscape and Nursery Association, Business Park Award

Lynn Valley Library and Town Centre North Vancouver, BC District of North Vancouver, Award of Excellence In collaboration with: HPA

Manitoba Hydro Place Winnipeg, MB Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, National Urban Design Award - Urban Design In collaboration with: KPMB, SCA City of Manitoba, Manitoba Excellence in Sustainability Awards In collaboration with: KPMB, SCA

PFS STUDIO

76 | PFS STUDIO AWARDS PFS Studio

Manitoba Hydro Place Winnipeg, MB American Institute of Architects, Committee on the Environment Award In collaboration with: KPMB, SCA

North Vancouver City Library North Vancouver, BC City of North Vancouver, Award of Excellence - Commercial / Institutional Category In collaboration with: DSAI City of North Vancouver, Award of Merit in Design - Urban Design / Landscape Category

Sherbourne Common Toronto, ON Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA), Living City Award: Healthy Rivers and Shorelines for the East Bayfront Integrated Stormwater Management System at Sherbourne Common In collaboration with: TPP, Teeple, JAS

Southeast False Creek Plaza Vancouver, BC Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP), Award of Planning Excellence - Neighbourhood Planning Category In collaboration with: HBBH Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), Regional Honour Award for Design In collaboration with: HBBH

West Vancouver Community Centre West Vancouver, BC Architectural Institute of British Columbia (AIBC), Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia Merit Award in Architecture In collaboration with: HCMA World Architecture Festival (WAF), Inaugural ONCE Foundation Award In collaboration with: HCMA

PFS STUDIO

AWARDS | 77 AWARDS PFS Studio

West Vancouver Community Centre West Vancouver, BC SAB Canadian Green Building Award In collaboration with: HCMA BC Recreation and Parks Association, Facility Excellence Award In collaboration with: HCMA

Woodwards Redevelopment Vancouver, BC Vancouver Regional Construction Association, Landmark Award In collaboration with: HPA

2009

Manitoba Hydro Place Winnipeg, MB ArchDaily, Building of the Year In collaboration with: KPMB, SCA Canadian Urban Institute (CUI), Brownie Award - Excellence in Project Development at the Building Scale In collaboration with: KPMB, SCA Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, Best Tall Building, Americas In collaboration with: KPMB, SCA

Middle Arm Open Space Master Plan, Concept for the Riverside Spirit Square Plaza Richmond, BC Lulu Awards, Urban Design Excellence In collaboration with: DWLA

Mountain View Cemetery: Masonic Area Redevelopment Vancouver, BC Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), Regional Merit Award for Design In collaboration with: L+A, BWA

PFS STUDIO

78 | PFS STUDIO AWARDS PFS Studio

Safeco Insurance Roof Garden Seattle, WA Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), Regional Citation Award for Design In collaboration with: NBBJ, Gensler

Vancouver General Hospital Energy Centre Vancouver, BC Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), Regional Citation Award for Design

2008

Bellevue City Hall Bellevue, WA Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), National Merit Award for Design With SRG

Bridgepoint Health Centre and Don Jail Park Redevelopment Toronto, ON Canadian Architect, Award of Excellence In collaboration with: Stantec | KPMB, ERA

Lower Don Lands Toronto, ON Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC), National Urban Design Award: Special Jury Awards: Sustainable Development In collaboration with: MVVA

Nk’Mip Desert Cultural Centre Osoyoos, BC Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) and The Canada Council for the Arts, Governor General’s Medal in Architecture In collaboration with: HBBH

Our Lady of Assumption Parish Church Port Coquitlam, BC Canadian Architect, Award of Excellence In collaboration with: Patkau

PFS STUDIO

AWARDS | 7 9 AWARDS PFS Studio

2007

Cates Park Whey-ah-Wichen Park Master Plan North Vancouver, BC Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), National Merit Award for Design

Nk’Mip Desert Cultural Centre Osoyoos, BC Architectural Institute of British Columbia (AIBC), Lieutenant- Governor of British Columbia Medal of Excellence in Architecture In collaboration with: HBBH Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC), Innovation in Architecture In collaboration with: HBBH

Seattle Art Museum Roof Garden (Formerly Washington Mutual Bank) Seattle, WA Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), National Honour Award for Design With NBBJ American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), Honour Award for General Design With NBBJ

2006

East Bayfront Precinct Plan, Public Realm and Streetscape Plan Toronto, ON Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), Regional Honour Award for Design In collaboration with: KKA

PFS STUDIO

80 | PFS STUDIO AWARDS PFS Studio

Manitoba Hydro Place Winnipeg, MB Le Marché International des Professionnels de L’Immobilier (MIPIM) Architectural Review, Future Projects Awards - Commended for Innovation Canadian Architect, Award of Excellence In collaboration with: KPMB, SCA

University of British Columbia Okanagan Campus Master Plan Kelowna, BC Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), National Merit Award for Design

University of British Columbia, University Boulevard Vancouver, BC Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC), National Urban Design Award

2005

East Bayfront Precinct Plan Toronto, ON Congress for the New Urbanism, Award of Excellence In collaboration with: KKA Boston Society of Architects, Millo Von Moltke Award for Urban Design In collaboration with: KKA

Vaughan City Hall Toronto, ON City of Vaughan Urban Design, Award of Excellence In collaboration with: KPMB

West Vancouver Aquatic Centre West Vancouver, BC Architectural Institute of British Columbia (AIBC), Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia Merit Award In collaboration with: HCMA

PFS STUDIO

AWARDS | 8 1 AWARDS PFS Studio

2004

Coquitlam Stormwater Management Design Manual Coquitlam, BC Planning Institute of British Columbia (PIBC), Award for Comprehensive Policy and Plans

Lake City Skytrain Station Burnaby, BC Architectural Institute of British Columbia (AIBC), Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia Merit Award In collaboration with: Stantec, Francl

Rideau Hall Landscape Design and Site Management Guidelines Ottawa, ON Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), National Citation Award for Planning In collaboration with: JSA

Surrey Central City Surrey, BC Le Marché International des Professionnels de L’Immobilier (MIPIM), Special Jury Award In collaboration with: BTA Architectural Institute of British Columbia (AIBC), Lieutenant- Governor of British Columbia medal of Excellence in Architecture In collaboration with: BTA

Vaughan City Hall Toronto, ON Canadian Architect, Award of Excellence In collaboration with: KPMB

PFS STUDIO

82 | PFS STUDIO AWARDS PFS Studio

2003

Central Experimental Farm National Historic Site Management Plan Ottawa, ON Real Property Institute of Canada, Comprehensive Planning Award In collaboration with: JSA, Contentworks

2002

Braid Street Skytrain Station Coquitlam, BC Architectural Institute of British Columbia (AIBC), Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia Merit Award In collaboration with: Architectura, Francl

Richmond City Hall Richmond, BC Royal Architecture Institute of Canada (RAIC), Governor General’s Medal in Architecture In collaboration with: HB, KPMB

2001

Canadian Police and Peace Officers’ Memorial Ottawa, ON Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), National Citation Award for Landscape Design Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), Regional Merit Award for Landscape Design

Hastings Park Restoration Plan Vancouver, BC Architectural Institute of British Columbia (AIBC), Sustainability 2001: Greening the Built Environment City of Portland Office of Sustainable Development, Ten Plus Northwest - Ten Shades of Green

PFS STUDIO

AWARDS | 8 3 AWARDS PFS Studio

Huangdao Cultural Precinct Central Open Space Urban Design Study City of Qingdao, China Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), Regional Citation Award In collaboration with: RWA

Parliament Hill Site Furnishings Ottawa, ON American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), Merit Award for Design

Parliament Hill Landscape Plan Ottawa, ON Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), National Citation Award for Landscape Design Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), Regional Honour Award for Design

Richmond City Hall Richmond, BC Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), National Merit Award for Landscape Design In collaboration with: HB, KPMB Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), Regional Honour for Landscape Design In collaboration with: HB, KPMB

Yuxi City Plan Yunnan, China American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), Honour Award for Analysis and Planning In collaboration with: BTA

PFS STUDIO

84 | PFS STUDIO AWARDS PFS Studio

2000

Confederation Square Ottawa, ON Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), National Honour Award for Landscape Design

Glenlyon Business Park Burnaby, BC Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), Regional Merit Award for Landscape Design In collaboration with: CEI, CBA City of Burnaby, Environmental Award of Excellence In collaboration with: CEI, CBA Urban Development Institute, Award for Excellence in Urban Development In collaboration with: CEI, CBA

Yuxi City Plan Yunnan, China Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), National Honour Award for Planning and Analysis In collaboration with: BTA

1999

Marina Neighbourhood (Phase 1), Coal Harbour Vancouver, BC Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), National Honour Award for Landscape Design Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), Regional Honour Award for Landscape Design

PFS STUDIO

AWARDS | 8 5 AWARDS PFS Studio

1998

Hastings Park Restoration Plan Vancouver, BC Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), National Merit Award for Planning and Analysis Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), Regional Honour Award for Planning and Analysis

J.V. Humphries School Kaslo, BC Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), Regional Citation Award for Landscape Design In collaboration with: LMA

The Palisades Vancouver, BC Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), Regional Citation Award for Landscape Design In collaboration with: JKMC

1997

Renfrew Library Vancouver, BC Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC), Governor General’s Award of Merit for Architecture In collaboration with: HBA

Selkirk Waterfront Victoria, BC The Waterfront Centre, Excellence on the Waterfront Honour Award In collaboration with: DDR

PFS STUDIO

86 | PFS STUDIO AWARDS PFS Studio

1994

888 Beach Avenue Vancouver, BC Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), Regional Merit Award for Landscape Design In collaboration with: JKMC

Britannia Heritage Shipyard Park Master Plan Richmond, BC Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), National Merit Award for Landscape Design Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), Regional Merit Award for Landscape Design

University of British Columbia - First Nations House of Learning Vancouver, BC Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), Regional Citation Award for Landscape Design In collaboration with: LMA

1992

Cathedral Place Vancouver, BC Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), National Merit Award for Landscape Design In collaboration with: Oberlander, Merrick Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), Regional Honour Award for Landscape Design In collaboration with: Oberlander, Merrick

Rogers Elementary School Victoria, BC Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC), Governor General’s Award of Merit for Architecture In collaboration with: HBA

PFS STUDIO

AWARDS | 87 AWARDS PFS Studio

1990

City Square Vancouver, BC Heritage Design Award for Landscape In collaboration with: Merrick

1989

Rogers Elementary School Victoria, BC Canadian Architect, Award of Excellence In collaboration with: HBA

Seabird Island School Agassiz, BC Canadian Architect, Award of Excellence In collaboration with: Patkau

PFS STUDIO

88 | PFS STUDIO Selected Client List

Government + Institutional Private Sector Campus Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada ASPAC Developments Ltd. Brentwood College Agriculture Canada Banff Centre Emily Carr University Art Gallery of Ontario Bayview Properties L.P. George Brown College Art Gallery of Saskatchewan Bellstar Hotel + Resorts Langara College Audain Art Museum Bentall Kennedy (Canada) LP OCAD University Banff Centre for Arts + Creativity Blue Tree Management Okanagan College BC Buildings Corporation Bombardier Royal Roads University BC Ministry of Tourism Bosa Properties Simon Fraser University BC Ministry of Transportation Brenhill Developments Thompson River University CIDA: Canadian International Britannia Beach Holdings Inc. Trinity Western University Development Agency British Pacific Properties Ltd. University of British Columbia - Okanagan City of Abbotsford, BC Cadillac Fairview Corporation University of British Columbia – Vancouver City of Bellevue, WA Canada Lands Company Ltd. University of Guelph City of Burnaby, BC CityPlace Developments University of Lethbridge City of Calgary, AB Clise Properties Inc. University of Toronto City of Coquitlam, BC CN Real Estate York University City of Edmonton, AB Colliers International City of Milwaukee, WI Concert Properties Asia Milwaukee County, WI Concord Pacific Group Inc. City of North Vancouver, BC Cressey Development Corporation City of Foshan City of Ottawa, ON Devcore City of Haikou City of Redmond, WA Echo West Developments Ltd. City of Ningbo City of Richmond, BC EcoPlan International City of Qufu City of Saskatoon, SK Electronic Arts (Canada) Inc. City of Zhuhai City of Surrey, BC Embassy Bosa Inc Zhuhai Huafa Group City of Toronto, ON Expo 86 Corporation Qingdao Urban Planning Bureau City of Vancouver, BC GWL Realty Advisors Inc. Haikou Urban Planning Bureau City of Victoria, BC InterWest District of Huangdao Planning Department CMHC: Canadian Mortgage + Ivanhoe Cambridge Poly Guangzhou Housing Corporation Lennar Poly International Trade and Investment CMLC: Calgary Municipal Land Corporation London Drugs Vanke Chengdu DFAIT: Department of Foreign Marathon Development Inc. Vanke Peiking Affairs and International Trade Martin Selig Real Estate Vanke Shanghai District of North Vancouver MKT Arkle Development PKU Resources District of West Vancouver Molnar Capital Corporation Baohua Group Shanghai Fraser Health Authority Mosaic Hainan RSC Government of Canada Nike Inc. Hunan TV Greater Vancouver Regional District Olympia and York ECADI Infrastructure Ontario Polygon Development Ltd. Genisis Hotel Development, Thailand National Capital Commission Selig Developers Guangxi Bank University Pacific National Exhibition Starwood Corporation Scottsdale HGL Development Corporation, Philippines Parliamentary Precinct Directorate Touchstone Hunan Economic Construction Province of British Columbia Tridel & Investment Company Public Works and Government True North Foundation Ning Hai Hotel Ltd. Services Canada Urbanspace Property Group Portrade Development Manilla, Philippines Telus World of Science Wall Financial Corporation Shanghai East Union Real Estate Corp., Ltd. TransLink Washington Mutual Bank Shanghai Sunglow Group Co. Ltd. Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation Westbank Projects Corporation Team 73 Hong Kong Waterfront Toronto Selected Project List

Parks, Plazas + Waterfronts Universities + Colleges

Sherbourne Common, Toronto, ON University Of British Columbia - Public Southeast False Creek Plaza, Vancouver, BC Realm, UBC, Vancouver, BC Lansdowne Park, Ottawa, ON Main Mall, UBC, Vancouver, BC Underpass Park, Toronto, ON University Boulevard Stormwater Terraces, Grange Park Revitalization, Toronto, ON UBC, Vancouver, BC Granville Island Accessible Playground, Vancouver, BC Martha Piper Plaza, UBC, Vancouver, BC Hastings Park, Vancouver, BC Buchanan Courtyard, UBC, Vancouver, BC The Sanctuary, Hastings Park, Vancouver, BC University Commons/University Boulevard Italian Rain Gardens, Hastings Park, Vancouver, BC Precinct, UBC, Vancouver, BC Empire Fields, Plateau Sports Park + Greenways, University Square, UBC, Vancouver, BC Hastings Park, Vancouver, BC First Nations House of Learning, UBC, Vancouver, BC Coal Harbour, Vancouver, BC Langara College Library, Vancouver, BC Canoe Landing Park, Toronto, ON Langara College Science + Student Front Street East Park Promenade, Toronto, ON Services Building, Vancouver, BC Coquitlam Spirit Square, Coquitlam, BC Balsillie School of International Affairs, Waterloo, ON Redmond Downtown Park, Redmond, WA George Brown College Waterfront Campus, Toronto, ON Civic + Institutional University Of British Columbia - Okanagan Master Plan, Kelowna, BC Richmond City Hall, Richmond, BC Guangxi Financial Vocational College, Nanning, China Vaughan Civic Centre + Civic Precinct , Vaughan, ON Burnaby City Hall, Burnaby, BC Mixed Use Bellevue City Hall, Bellevue, WA Bridgepoint Active Healthcare, Toronto, ON Edmonton ICE District, Edmonton, AB Confederation Square, Ottawa, ON Telus Garden, Vancouver, BC Central City, Surrey, BC 5th And Madison, Seattle, WA West Vancouver Community Centre + Vancouver House, Vancouver, BC Aquatics Centre, West Vancouver, BC Alberni by Kuma, Vancouver, BC Lynn Valley Library Plaza, North Vancouver, BC Woodward’s Redevelopment, Vancouver, BC Richmond Olympic Oval, Richmond, BC Workplaces Hospitality Seattle Art Museum Roof Garden, Seattle, WA Shangri-La Hotel, Vancouver, BC Manitoba Hydro Place, Winnipeg, MB Shangri-La Hotel, Toronto, ON Safeco Roof Garden, Seattle, WA Fairmont Pacific Rim, Vancouver, BC Glenlyon Business Park, Burnaby, BC The Bayshore Resort + Spa, Vancouver, BC Baoli, Guangzhou, China Wyndansea Resort, Ucluelet, BC Three Gorges Resort Hotel, Yichang, China Sheraton Wall Centre, Vancouver, BC

90 | PFS STUDIO Residential Urban Design + Community Planning

Ravine House, Toronto, ON Foshan Waterfront , Foshan, China University Residence, Vancouver, BC West Don Lands, Toronto, ON Waterfront Residence, Vancouver, BC East Bayfront , Toronto, ON Southlands Residence, Vancouver, BC Haikou Eco City, Hainan Island, China The Palisades, Vancouver, BC Zhuzhou City Park, Zhuzhou, China Residences on Georgia, Vancouver, BC Bamberton Master Plan, Saanich Inlet, BC 888 Beach, Vancouver, BC Ninghai Resort Valley, Ninghai, China Cascina + Denia, Vancouver, BC Punggol Waterfront Planning, Punggol, Singapore Harbour Green One, Two + Three, Vancouver, BC Middle Arm Open Space Plan, Richmond, BC River Green Village, Richmond, BC Yuxi City, Yuxi City, China River Green 2, Richmond, BC Ningbo Zhongshan Road, Ningbo, China Blue Mountain, Shanghai, China Zhuhai Hengqin Bay, Zhuhai, China The Residences at Hunan TV Ming Lake Urban Design, Ningbo, China Headquarters, Changsha, China Ideas + Competitions Culture + Heritage Lansdowne Park Competition, Toronto, ON Canadian Embassy Villa Grazioli, Rome, Italy Milwaukee Gateway Plaza, Milwaukee, WI Audain Art Museum, Whistyler, BC National Canoe Museum, Peterborough, ON Remai Modern Art Gallery of Visionary (Re)Generation, Winnipeg, MB Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK Blatchford Community, Edmonton, AB Parliament Hill Landscape Plan, Ottawa, ON Barge Park, Vancouver, BC Rideau Hall Landscape Design + Canadensis - Lebreton Re-Imagined, Ottawa, ON Management Plan, Ottawa, ON Toronto Harbourfront Parks + Open Space Central Experimental Farm Management Design Competition, Toronto, ON Plan, Ottawa, ON Bayside, Toronto, ON British Columbia Museum of Mining, Britannia Beach, BC Ningbo City Sanjiangkou Waterfront Parks Britannia Heritage Shipyard Park, Richmond, BC Competition, Ningbo, China Nk’mip Desert Cultural Centre + Gardiner Ideas Competition, Toronto, ON Master Plan, Osoyoos, BC

Commemorations

Vimy Memorial Restoration Project, Pas-de-Calais, France Tomb of The Unknown Soldier, Ottawa, ON Canadian Police + Peace Officers Memorial, Ottawa, ON Canadian Veterans’ Memorial, Toronto, ON All Sapper’s Memorial Park, Chilliwack, BC Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, BC

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