Architect or Designer

Architect or Designer
Vancouver, BC
Custom Residential, Boutique Multi Residential & Design Focused Projects
Design Excellence. Creativity. Long-Term Growth.

About the Firm

This highly respected Vancouver based architecture and design studio is known for delivering refined, thoughtful, and exceptionally detailed projects across custom residential, boutique multi residential, hospitality, and commercial sectors. The firm has built a strong reputation for producing architecture with a distinct design identity, balancing modern aesthetics, materiality, and craftsmanship with highly functional project delivery.

The studio is deeply design driven and places a strong emphasis on creativity, conceptual thinking, and high level execution. With a collaborative and highly curated approach to architecture, the team values individuals with a strong eye for composition, detailing, spatial experience, and overall design sensibility.

This is a close knit, highly creative environment where team members are encouraged to contribute ideas, challenge design thinking, and play an active role throughout the entire project lifecycle.

Why Join This Team?

This opportunity is ideal for an Architect or Designer who is passionate about high quality architecture and wants to be surrounded by a team that genuinely values design excellence. The firm is seeking someone with a very strong design acumen, refined aesthetic sensibility, and the ability to contribute meaningfully to both conceptual and technical aspects of projects.

You will have the opportunity to work on beautifully designed, highly detailed projects with a strong level of involvement from early concept through construction. The studio offers mentorship, collaboration, and exposure to sophisticated architecture where design integrity is prioritized throughout the process.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is looking to continue refining their craft within a highly respected, design forward practice focused on smaller scale, highly curated residential architecture.

About the Role

Our client is seeking an Architect or Designer to join their Vancouver studio and contribute to a range of highly design focused residential projects. The ideal candidate will bring experience working on custom single family homes, boutique multifamily developments, townhomes, rowhomes, laneway homes, duplexes, and other smaller scale residential typologies.

The ideal candidate will also bring a strong portfolio demonstrating thoughtful design, excellent graphic presentation skills, and an understanding of both conceptual development and technical execution.

You will work closely with senior leadership and project teams across all phases, contributing to design development, client presentations, documentation, consultant coordination, and project delivery.

The firm is looking for someone who is highly creative, detail oriented, collaborative, and passionate about architecture at a high level.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design and development of projects from concept through completion
• Prepare design presentations, renderings, drawings, and project documentation
• Develop thoughtful and highly detailed architectural solutions
• Collaborate closely with internal teams, consultants, and clients
• Participate in design discussions, material selection, and project coordination
• Support projects through various phases including schematic design, design
• development, documentation, and construction administration
• Contribute to maintaining a high level of design quality across all projects

Qualifications

• Degree in Architecture or related field
• Registered Architect or Intern Architect preferred, but not required
• 5+ years of professional, post graduate experience
• Strong portfolio demonstrating high design acumen and aesthetic sensibility
• Experience working on custom homes and smaller scale multifamily residential projects
• Proficiency in Vectorworks or Revit required, with experience in Adobe Creative Suite and SketchUp
• Strong understanding of architectural detailing, materiality, and spatial design
• Experience working across multiple project phases
• Positive and constructive attitude with strong attention to detail
• Excellent command of written and spoken English
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Passion for thoughtful, refined, and highly crafted architecture

What’s On Offer

• Creative, collaborative, and highly design focused studio environment
• Extended health benefits including dental and vision coverage
• Support for ongoing professional development, including annual education allowance
• Flexible work arrangements, including up to two remote working days per week
• Opportunity to work on highly design focused and architecturally sophisticated residential projects
• Strong mentorship and leadership exposure
• Long term growth potential within a design driven practice
• Exposure to all phases of project delivery

If you are an Architect or Designer with a strong design sensibility and a passion for beautifully executed residential architecture, I would love to connect.

Apply today or reach out directly to Dara at dchita@talentsphere.ca to learn more.

Job #16817322