The Great One : Proscenium’s Matthew Kurnicki
Where were you born? Warsaw, Poland Where did you go to school? Why? Universite de Montreal, because it was in French & I could not speak English at the time What’s your most prized article of black clothing? Shoes What was your most recent splurge? I paid for my son’s bathroom renovation. Who do you have an architectural/interior design crush on? Corbusier What is
Getting to know Proscenium’s employees!
Name? - Ivan Kuptsov Where were you born? - Moscow, Russia Where did you go to school? Why? – Moscow (Moscow Institute of Architecture) and Vancouver (School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture UBC). Moscow Institute of Architecture because it is the best architecture school available in the country. School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture UBC because I wanted to come to Vancouver, specifically because it is
Guest Blogger: Jeff Bohnen, MEC
We are so excited to have Jeff Bohnen, Office Services Manager at MEC back as a guest blogger. Please read on for some insight into the process of bringing the new MEC head office to life. After years of continued expansion, MEC has simply outgrown our existing Head Office space. Creative solutions to increase our capacity – increasing density by removing separation panels to create open,
Shovels in the Ground at Langara
Ground has been broken on the new Langara College Sciences and Student Services Building, the ground breaking ceremony being held this past Thursday, December 5th. Work continues to finalize construction documents with an anticipated construction start date in early 2014.
Office Field Trip
It was a rainy Friday when the office trekked out to see our latest completed project; 17,000 square feet of office space for Austeville Properties in Vancouver. As the Final touches were being completed we had the opportunity to tour the space, appreciate the workmanship and a job well done.
Office Food Scraps and Recycling Programs
Get some great ideas on food scraps and recycling programs for the office from this article in Business Vancouver featuring expert advice from Jeff Bohnen, Office Manager at MEC.
MEC Reaching New Heights
The MEC Head Office is taking shape on Great Northern Way! The 4th floor structure is almost complete on the south wing of the building and the roof structure will be complete by mid-November. Ventana Construction is busy getting the tarps up before the November rains set in, making the building look like a huge sailing-ship that has come in off of False Creek. I
Duet
Proscenium had the good fortune to work once again with Chard Development on their new residential project in Victoria. Now under construction, the Duet is 90 condos nestled in the prime Victoria neighbourhood of James Bay. You can read more about our design process with Chard Development on the Duet Blog.
Spring Closet Clean Out
Earlier in the year, Proscenium invited local Designers to do a spring clean out of their closets and participate in a charity endeavour to benefit the WISH Drop-in Centre. We had an astounding response and 3 fully space planned car loads were taken down and delivered. 2013 was our 3rd year of the Spring Closet Clean Out Event, we hope to have many more. Keep an
MEC Head Office Under Construction
Having worked with MEC on the design for the new head office since 2010 it is exciting for all of us to see it start to take shape. We are now into month 5 of construction and to quote Greg Piccini, the MEC Head Office is “rising like a lotus flower from the swamp.”
Fun Fridays
The unprecedented good weather Vancouver has been enjoying this summer has sparked the imagination of the folks here at Proscenium and has resulted in Fun Fridays. Nearly every Friday this summer saw some kind of treat or fun activity. There was the Crawfish lunch complete with bibs, the Lucky’s donuts that just appeared one morning (Thanks Ben P!) and the blender drinks topped with little
MEC North Vancouver Store Receives Award
In March of the MEC North Vancouver store received a North Vancouver Urban Design Award. The key criteria under consideration for the award included the project’s response to its context at several scales: immediate, regional and global. At the local scale it was concerned with the work’s contribution and sensitivity to its immediate surroundings and the public realm. Regionally, the focus was on MEC North
