Formline Architecture

Our Pavillion at Capilano University is listed on the North Shore Culture Compass

I am pleased to announce that Formline Architecture | Chevalier Morales | Architecture49 will be designing the new Saskatoon Public Library. It's an honour and a privilege to contribute to the province of Saskatchewan, the site of my mother’s native heritage. This library will be a community space where oral tradition and the written word are combined, creating an inclusive and safe environment for sharing knowledge and ideas for all people.

If you want to hear little about my journey in Architecture listen to the link below or live on CBC Tapestry on Sunday at 2pm EST / 11am PST. Cheers.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com//article-a-new-indigenou/ An article on the U of T Indigenous House we are currently working on in association with LGA Architectural Partners.

The Squamish Lil’Wat Cultural Centre preparing to open again soon!

What a story.. The City of Quesnel returning land at the confluence of the Fraser and Quesnel River to the Lhtako People where they traditionally gathered for over 2500 years to develop a cultural centre in partnership to showcase repatriated artifacts of the Dene and provide a 250 seat performance theatre the community needs. This is a model to reconciliation where all benefit and we are pleased to be the architects to facilitate their vision.

The Squamish LilWat Cultural Centre preparing to open again soon!

A video of the Safe House Formline Architecture designed in Burns Lake for the Carrier Sekani Family Services.

Thanks Joy and Frank.. it was a pleasure meeting you and discussing Indigenous Architecture.

Thanks David, for publishing the article which features Brian and I!

Its an honour to have our work included in the new book Canadian Modern Architecture 1967 to the present

Plywood Tipis #deline #greatbearlake #TheProphets #sacred

The moon is a waxing over the Burrard Inlet #westvancouver #burrardinlet

Nova Scotia Central Library #Halifax #schmidthammerlassenarchitects #fowlerbauldandmitchell

A great success giving the key note lecture at the Nova Scotia Architecture Association conference.. great people.. here with Spyro Triggs, Elder Albert Marshall and Richard Krocker #novascotiaassociationofarchitects #halifax #unamiki #mikmaq

Pleased to receive the American Copper in Architecture Award for the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre

Group photo .. unceded exhibit opening gala at the Museum of History #museumofhistory #unceded #formlinearchitecture #ottawa #indigenousarchitecture

Barkerville Indigenous Cultural Centre... Light... wood..fabric.. spirit #barkervillebc #formlinearchitecture #lhtakodenenation

Barkerville Indigenous Cultural Centre #barkervillebc #formlinearchitecture #lhtakodenenation

Light aperature.. Barkerville Indigenous Cultural Centre #barkervillebc #formlinearchitecture #Lhtakopeople #spirit

Nice little plug in the Architectural Record.. from the CRL the glass supplier #formlinearchitecture #indianresidentialschoolhistoryanddialoguecentre #ubc #andrewlatreillephotography #architecturalrecord

I am sharing this in fond memories of John Livingston.. A great person who recently passed away due to cancer. He made a large contribution to the Aboriginal ar...t community with his great talent though he was not Aboriginal. I had the pleasure of designing this house for him.. I miss his friendship. See more

Hanging out with the ladys preparing the food at a cook out in Deline #greatbearlake #Deneculture #northwestterritories #Sahtupeople

Its an honour to receive the award for Institutional Wood Design: Small from the BC Wood Design Awards Program. Thanks David, Craig, Linc and Debra from UBC for your guidance and support and all the consultants and Steve at Bird Construction. A rewarding project to design and realize.

An article by CBC on the Lhtako Dene Cultural Centre we produced the concept drawings for. Thats the site in the background.

We are pleased to receive a Citation Award for the 2018 Wood Design & Building Awards Program for the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre.

Light comes from. Many directions ... capture what resonates ... happy new year !

Sneak peak of the Quesnel Indigenous Cultural Centre #Lhtakodenenation #CityofQuesnel #formlinearchitecture

New project on the boards, Greensight Manufacturing plant..Catering to CBD products. #formlinearchitecture #stalbertalberta

Great to be part of the Advisory Committee for this forward looking Architecture School

This week we were thrilled to host the inaugural McEwen International Advisory Board meeting here in Sudbury. We are so honoured that this exceptional group of ...leaders and visionaries in architecture and beyond are excited to play a role in the future of our school!! Seated (l-r): Current MSoA Director David Fortin, Mtis Elder Juliette Denis, Cheryl McEwen (https://www.tgwhf.ca//our-board-of-directors/cheryl-mcewen/), Rob McEwen (https://www.mcewenmining.com/ab/rob-mcewen-bio/default.aspx), MSoA Founding Director and Chair -Terrance Galvin (https://laurentian.ca/faculty/tgalvin). Standing (l-r): Marianne McKenna (http://www.kpmb.com/person/marianne-mckenna/), Ryan McMahon (http://www.rmcomedy.com/new-page/), DeeDee Eustace (http://www.taylorhannaharchitect.com/about-dee-dee/), Blaine Nicholls - Architect, Lisa Rochon (https://www.citylab.space/writing/), David Lickley (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0999521/), Osman Abou-Rabia (https://laurentian.ca/faculty/oabourabia), Jason McLennan (http://mclennan-design.com/about/jason-f-mclennan/), Bruce Mau (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Mau) and Alfred Waugh (https://formline.ca).

Great experience being a member of the McEwan School of Architecture Advisory Board.. Digital fabrication lab.. left to right Jason McLennan, David Fortin, Mrs McEwan, Ryan McMahon, Dee Dee Taylor Eustace, Ron McEwan, Lisa Rochon, Marianne McKenna, and Bruce Mau #mcewanarchitecture #sudburyontario

In our October cover story, Jim Taggart visits the University of British Columbias Indian Residential Schools History and Dialogue Centre, designed by Formlin...e Architecture: "Waugh also sought input from Elders of the local Musqueam First Nation, some of whom were residential school survivors. They spoke of their feelings of confinement and disconnection in those buildings, which afforded them only the occasional glimpse of the outside world through small, high windows. With the participation of survivors being a key to the Centres success, Waugh made openness and transparency a primary focus of his design."

Our project th Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre is featured in the latest issue of Canadian Architect. Thanks #Andrewlatreille for the great photos and Jim Taggart for the article and #adeleweder for making it happen

We received this interesting mantle piece for excellence in design of architectural wood work for our UBC Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre... great event #awmac #indianresidentialschoolhistoryanddialoguecentre #formlinearchitecture

Thanks Alex for the great Article!

- Meet our exhibiting architects and designers! Alfred Waugh AIBC, MRAIC, LEED AP... Alfred Waugh is a member of the Fond Du Lac (Denesuline) Nation of northern Saskatchewan Canada, Treaty 8. His firm, Formline Architecture is located in West Vancouver with clients throughout the Northwest Pacific Region. The studio specializes in working on environmentally responsible and culturally sensitive projects that reflect and reinforce the values and visions of the client. Many of the firms projects entail working with traditional artists of the region to embed cultural symbolism within the design. Mr. Waugh constantly strives to balance cultural sensitivity and environmental responsibility through the use of sustainable technologies and renewable resources. Photo 1 - University of Victoria First Peoples House Photo 2 - Liard River Hot Springs Replacement Facility Photo 3 - Capilano University Aboriginal Gathering Place Project #indigenous #unceded #BiennaleArchitettura2018 #LaBiennalediVenezia

Dinner at Gino Pinns one of the first architects I worked for at his place in Yellowknife, North West Territories with Trevor Boddy and Pablo

Indigenous architecture and planning projects often need to respond to complex social issues. First Nations Highway of Tears projects are demonstrative of the... complexity of circumstances often encountered. The 720-kilometre (450 mi) section of Highway 16 between Prince George and Prince Rupert which spans British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Canada has become known as the Highway of Tears because of the disappearance of a large number of women, many of them Indigenous. There is little public transportation for the 23 First Nations communities which border the Highway of Tears, and women and children resort to hitchhiking to flee family violence. The high rates of violence against Indigenous women and girls have drawn widespread concern from national and international human rights authorities, which have repeatedly called for Canada to address the problem. But these calls for action have not produced sufficient change and Indigenous women and girls continue to go missing or be murdered. In 2006, Carrier Sekani Family Services released a report recommending a network of 22 safe houses for women fleeing violence be built along British Columbias section of the Highway of Tears. Construction has (finally) got underway for one safe house on the Woyenne Indian Reservation in Burns Lake to open in 2019. Designed by Alfred Waugh (Architect in Charge), Chipweyan of the Fond du lac Band, and Monika Kolonand at Formline Architecture, the safe house will provide temporary housing for up to 23 occupants in domestic style accommodation with support systems. Drawings: Formline Architecture,

Looking forward to the collaboration with Calvin Brook and his team

Attending the naming ceremony of the VAG plaza and Queen E Plaza... each place will have both a Musqueum and a Squamish name... good to see the truth and reconciliation in action