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Mar 23

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Kicking off our first BOP Walk of the year at the Richmond Olympic Oval and the surrounding River Green District.

A huge thank you to our special guests from @pfsstudio Chris Phillips and Lin Lin, who joined us and shared insights from their experience as the landscape architects for this project. It was amazing to hear about the history, thinking, and challenges behind the spaces we walked through.

#richmond

Mar 13

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Celebrating a special milestone today!⁠
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Krista and Jacob have been with BOP for 5 years — basically since the very beginning. Their dedication, hard work, and belief in what we were building helped shape BOP in many ways. ⁠
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Featuring some amazing pastries from Beaucoup Bakery🥐⁠

Jan 30

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We are excited to share that The Green House by BOP Architects is one of the nominees for the ArchDaily 2026 Building of the Year Awards in the Houses category.⁠
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Now in its 17th year, the award is shaped by a community-driven process open to the global architectural public. Each year, thousands of architects and design enthusiasts worldwide participate by voting, offering a broad and international perspective on the projects that are genuinely influencing the discipline and advancing architectural discourse.⁠
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Voting is open from January 27 to February 10, 2026.⁠
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If you would like to support our project, you can vote via the link in bio.⁠
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#buildingoftheyear #archdaily #houses⁠
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Dec 24

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Happy Holidays from BOP! 🎄🤍⁠
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We’re experimenting with AI as a fun tool, exploring what it can (and can’t) do by adding a festive touch to our projects.⁠
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Our office will be closed this year starting 12:00PM on December 24th and will reopen on January 5th, 2026.⁠
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#AIArchitecture #holiday

Oct 27

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Our autumn BOP Walk through Stanley Park was made extra special thanks to Talaysay Tours! Our wonderful guide shared important history and development of the place we now call Stanley Park through the lens of the Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh) and Sechelt (Shíshálh) peoples, highlighting unique stories, oral tradition, and perspectives of our shared communities. Thinking about where we live and work in terms of interconnectedness, reciprocity, and community is especially important as we engage in our work of placemaking.⁠
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Made complete with some warming tea, the walk was a great reminder to get outside, appreciate nature, and learn something new about our beautiful home.⁠
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Art pictured:⁠
Welcome Gateway by Coast Salish artist Susan Point⁠
Rose Cole Yelton Memorial Pole of the Squamish Nation⁠

Oct 6

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We're excited to share our vision for 'Lot P' - a fantastic mixed-use project in the Mount Pleasant Creative district, steps away from the future Great Northern Way-Emily Carr SkyTrain station. In consultation with Host Nations, this redevelopment will contribute to the Cultural Ribbon concept proposed in the Broadway Plan, showcasing the rich history and culture of the Coast Salish peoples. The project aims to activate the street level with retail and commercial spaces at grade, and features a large atrium as the heart of the project, intended as year-round social space for all to enjoy. This project includes retail/commercial spaces, office, hotel, a maker space, strata live-work, secured-market rental, and below-market rental, bringing these different uses together in a cohesive vision that offers more than just the sum of its parts.

Sep 3

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The annual BOP Summer Party was a smashing success this year! We enjoyed a pot luck lunch and shared delicious food from everyone's cultural backgrounds, tested our competitive spirit with a photo scavenger hunt, and topped the day off with a BBQ and games in Stanley Park. Cheers to the end of summer!

Jul 4

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We felt it was about time we share our entry from the Urbanarium's Decoding Density design competition last year, titled 'Around the Corner'!⁠
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We had so many great conversations throughout the design process, and ultimately explored how to transform low density, single-family neighborhoods by promoting sociability and resource-sharing through the creation of shared spaces. The design proposes an 8-storey street wall with central courtyard configuration and a flexible corner space for amenities, retail, or small-scale local production. Instead of replicating the same amenities in each building, these corner spaces are shared with local residents to create a neighbourhood-wide network of amenities! As well as improving social connection, this concept aims to promote a deeply human approach to densification and challenge the way we think about our third spaces.

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