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ABOUT VIA
For over 30 years VIA has focused on creating sustainable communities,
through architecture and urban planning. With an inclusive, collaborative
approach, we develop solutions that are rich and meaningful.
With offices in Seattle, WA; San Francisco, CA; and Vancouver, BC, we
provide leadership on projects both large and small, based on the idea that
design is everywhere, from the park bench to the city master plan.
Our clients, team members, and the public value our process and design
methods. We ensure that our projects work at the most important scale—the
human experience.
As placemakers, we strive to create connected, livable environments. We
believe in the idea of building the right place–functional, beautiful, and
fitting for its urban context.
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WHY VIA
We have expertise in sustainable design, facilitated by an integrated
approach that encourages innovation, and minimizes use of natural resources.
VIA’s projects improve the lives of individuals and communities. Through our
passion for connected communities we create great places to plan, live,
work, move, play, and create.
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We devote personal attention to each job, and are dedicated to creating
innovative solutions. This level of service is not only valued by clients, it has
earned VIA’s work several awards.
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Roundhouse Neighbourhood, Vancouver BC
ODP Submission May 2003
Approved ODP March 2005
Southeast False Creek, Vancouver BC
Downtown Tacoma Subarea Plan + EIS
Tacoma WA
Rainier Beach Urban Design Framework +
Food Innovation District, Seattle WA
Hurontario / Main Street Study, Mississauga ON
Employment-Based TOD (E-TOD), Portland OR
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In a period of time in which
Seattle neighborhood
planning is constrained by
revenue shortfalls, your
far-sighted generosity has
helped to make possible
the rational, humane, and
sustainable redevelopment
of these South Lake Union
and Uptown Urban Center
neighborhoods at the heart
of Seattle’s economic
activity.
Jerry Dindorf, SLU
Community Council
South Lake Union Mobility Plan + EIS, Seattle WA
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Darryl Caunt, President, The Mibroc Group
Talasa Sun Rivers Development, Kamloops BC
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Talasa appeals to those who want to live
a resort lifestyle, whether they are locals,
retirees, or vacationers.
Kiwanis Seniors Housing, West Vancouver BC
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Bob Heaslip, President, Kiwanis Seniors’
Housing Society
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The VIA team showed
they cared deeply
about our projects, our
residents, and their
needs. The result is a
beautiful new and much
admired building for our
community’s seniors.
Harbourside Park, Vancouver BC
Plaza 88 Transit-Oriented Development, New Westminster BC
Joseph Arnold Lofts, Seattle WA (S Cox Architect + VIA)
Winner of the 2013 NAIOP Multi-Family Development of the Year Award
Green Globes, an international green building
certification system, sets The Joe apart and
brings a new standard of green to Seattle.
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The Joseph Arnold Lofts will be Seattle’s first
residential high-rise to attain Green Globe®
certification.
The Schuster Group, Developer
Walton Lofts, Seattle WA
(Shoesmith Cox Architects + VIA)
525 Boren Avenue, Seattle WA
427 9th Avenue, Seattle WA
The Crystal Mixed Use Development, Burnaby BC
Aegis Assisted Living + Memory Care on Madison, Seattle WA
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HYAD House is not just
a building, and not just
a dream.
It is our independence,
freedom, and
our future.
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Future HYAD resident
Housing for Young Adults with Disabilities,
North Vancouver BC
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Yaletown Mini, Vancouver BC
17 Wewatta Design, Denver CO
320 Granville Street, Vancouver BC
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Roundhouse Community Centre, Vancouver BC
Derek Simmons, Former RCC Manager
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The Roundhouse Community Centre is a highly innovative integration of
heritage and contemporary buildings that has created very satisfying
spaces with great flexibility. It is an exciting place for us to work in and
the people who come here love it. It is our aspirations made manifest.
Roundhouse Community Centre, Vancouver BC
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Laurelhurst is a beautiful space and has allowed us to offer a variety of
classes and special events to our community.
It is functional, well designed, and is a wonderful mix of the old and new.
Dena Schuler, Laurelhurst Community Center Manager
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Laurelhurst Community Center, Seattle WA
Guest, Waterloo Ontario
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With stunning views of
the rugged west coast
shoreline and a hotel
design that fits within
the natural landscape,
this is a must for us
when we come back to
the area!
Blackrock Oceanfront Resort, Ucluelet BC
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Brentwood Bay Lodge and Spa takes native and Asian
influences, applies a modern veneer, and serves up a West
Coast product that’s at once sleek and romantic.
Reb Stevenson, Travel Writer
Brentwood Bay Lodge + Spa, Vancouver Island BC
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VIA created a village in the middle of the desert on a hill where there
wasn’t a hill, overlooking the surrounding mountains. The community
and the City of Palm Desert have gone from not wanting the project to
proceed, to using it as an example of what they want built in the city.
Jim Gibbons
President, Club Intrawest
Club Intrawest Desert Willow Resort, Palm Desert CA
Club Intrawest Zihuatanejo, Zihuatanejo MX
Whitecaps Stadium, Vancouver BC
Landmark Cinemas in Plaza 88, New Westminster BC
Aqua Riva Restaurant, Vancouver BC
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I have been significantly impressed with all aspects of the project from the first day I
became acquainted with it. The dedication of the staff and the quality of your work has
been evident in the work being done to have the bridge and its extensive road network
built. After driving over it last night, I was impressed to an even greater degree.
Tom Prendergast
former CEO, TransLink
Golden Ears Bridge, Maple Ridge BC
Burien Transit Center, Burien WA
SR-520 Urban Corridors + Bridge Replacement, Seattle WA
Sound Transit Angle Lake Station, SeaTac WA
Kaka’ako Transit-Oriented Development Overlay Plan, Honolulu HI
Ballard to Downtown High-Capacity Transit Study
Seattle WA
Seattle Urban Gondola, Seattle WA
VANCOUVER
VANCOUVER
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Burrard
Vancouver City Centre
Yaletown - Roundhouse
Marine Drive
Bridgeport
YVR Airport
Richmond/
Brighouse
Commercial Station — Millennium Line, Vancouver BC
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Lonsdale Quay
Douglas College
Coquitlam
Ioco
Waterfront
Port Moody
Granville
Burquitlam
Main Street
Science World
Lougheed
Town
Centre
Renfrew
Commercial/
Broadway
Rupert
King George
Metrotown
Canada Line
Expo Line
Millennium Line
Evergreen Line
Seabus
Columbia
Station designed by VIA
Other Station
millennium line
Renfrew Station
Commercial Station
Lecia Stewart, President and Project Manager, Rapid Transit Project Office 2000
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As chief architects for the new Millennium Line, VIA has been
successful in creating and carrying out an innovative design
approach that involves the communities, focuses on the
comfort of the patron, and promotes excellence in architecture.
Rupert Station
canada line
Vancouver City Centre Station
Yaletown - Roundhouse Station
Bridgeport Station
Waterfront Station
Marine Drive Station
evergreen line
Douglas College Station
Lougheed Station
Port Moody Station
Ioco Station
Burquitlam Station
expo line
Broadway Station
Burrard Station
Granville Station
Main Street Station
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Seattle Urban Farm, Seattle WA
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VIA has been part of great
community outreach meetings,
and I’m so appreciative of all
they are doing to help move
this project forward.
Harry Hoffman, Friends of the Atlantic City Nursery
Rainier Beach Urban Farm, Seattle WA
Holocaust
Center
for Humanity,
Seattle
Holocaust
Center
for Humanity,
Seattle
WA WA
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Every once in a while you have the
good fortune to work with architects
like VIA who become part of the
family and, after listening to each
member’s hopes, provide a most
useful and pleasing solution.
Don Bennett, St. John’s Shaughnessy Church
St. John’s Shaughnessy Church, Vancouver BC
Neah Bay Be?is Beach House Pavilion, Neah Bay WA
Our passion for
inventive design and
collaboration creates
architecture that
serves, inspires,
and endures.
Spectrum School Farm, Seattle WA
Finn River Farm Chum Hut, Seattle WA