SHAPE Architecture
534 W Pender St V6B 1V3 Vancouver, BC, Canada

Join us in congratulating Avery Titchkosky on becoming our newest Associate Architect! With recent expansions to the SHAPE Architecture team, Avery Titchkosky has been appointed an Associate. Avery joins Associates Loretta Kong and David Guenter in leading design staff at our Vancouver Office. A little background: Avery joined us in 2014, and has contributed to a number of high-profile projects in the office. Most recently, Avery is Project Architect for Maple Grove Elementar...y in Vancouver, which is currently under construction. He has also been instrumental in refining the design culture of the studio, by optimizing technology implementation and introducing internal training session. Drawing on his diverse experience and education, he’s looking forward to offering a new perspective at the leadership level at SHAPE Architecture. Congrats Avery! #TeamSHAPE See more

South Haven Centre for Remembrance. | Recently featured in Architizer: https://architizer.com//south-haven-centre-for-remembrance/

Indoor-outdoor learning is scheduled for Maple Grove Elementary. | This project was designed with a fully functioning outdoor classroom for the warmer months of the school year. www.shapearchitecture.ca

Fairfield Townhouses’s Mews | Project scope: https://shapearchitecture.ca/projects/fairfield-townhouses/

Avery and Dwayne take us behind-the-scenes at Maple Grove Elementary as this site takes shape (arch). | www.shapearchitecture.ca

We’re nearing completion on the Maple Ridge Leisure Centre and looking back on the installation of its improved hot pool. | Our design raised the new leisure pool to create a new common pool deck level and incorporated a new beach entry which leads to a warm lap area and elliptical lazy river to be used for therapy and recreation. Photo: Ema Peter Photography www.shapearchitecture.ca

Foreground, middle-ground, and background views at Morrison on the Park. | https://shapearchitecture.ca/pr/moodyville-park-townhouses/

Grant Street. | This Net Zero project has preserved the original 1940 character house on a gently sloping terrain. www.shapearchitecture.ca

VMC Schemetic Sketch | The most fundamental architectural upgrade that the new Masonic Centre is getting is Visual Connectivity of Interior Spaces: the ability to occupy a space in the midst of multiple spaces. https://shapearchitecture.ca/proj/vancouver-masonic-centre/

North Delta Rec Centre | Principal Nick Sully and a drone provide a design overview. #SHAPEArch

Memory Served: Check out the new article in the Mar/Apr issue of Azure Magazine which reveals the New South Haven Centre for Remembrance. Photography by Ema Peter Photography https://www.azuremagazine.com//south-haven-centre-for-rem/

We’re getting a good sense of the volume at Maple Grove Elementary as the exterior sheathing is being applied. | More behind-the-scenes content to come as this project nears completion. www.shapearchitecture.ca

An earlier iteration of the North Elevation for the VMC Affordable Housing Project | This was developed at a time in the project’s conception when we had detailed discussions about how the Classical principles of Firmitas (Durability) Utilitas (Utility) and Venustas (Beauty)which resonate with Masonic symbolismare best expressed in contemporary architecture. The design has evolved slightly since then, but this rendering was instrumental in understanding these variables. https://shapearchitecture.ca/proj/vancouver-masonic-centre/