Public Architecture

PUBLIC Architecture

PUBLIC Architecture is an interdisciplinary design studio comprised of architects, branding and interiors specialists, signage designers and visitor experience designers.

We're a design office working at the intersection of media and the built environment. We build dynamic public spaces that people can connected with.

PUBLIC Architecture builds culture and shape identity. Our work creates spatial experiences–beyond buildings–to the city at large, capable of spurring transformation, engagement and renewal.

2017 SEGD Global Design Awards—Honoring Excellence in Experiential Graphic Design That Connects People to Place

Congratulations to the winners of the 2017 SEGD Global Design Awards!

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Winning projects in the 2017 SEGD Global Design Awards were announced on June 10 at the 2017 SEGD Conference Experience Miami. The SEGD Global Design Awards is the only international awards program focused on user experiences in the built environment.

"Start an Evolution" Donor Recognition

Merit Award 2017
"Start an Evolution"Donor Recognition

This interactive light installation located at the heart of the University of British Columbia, provides a colorful expression of thanks to the over 4,000 donors to the University's "start an evolution" fundraising campaign, which raised an unprecedented two billion dollars.

The University asked PUBLIC: Architecture + Communication to design an engaging, permanent and timeless outdoor feature that would give thanks to the donors to their recent "start an evolution" fundraising campaign. The brief was to create anything but a typical donor wall.

Susan Mavor

Susan Mavor is co-chair of the Vancouver Chapter.

From her roots in theatre design, followed by book, stamp, and brand design, Susan co-founded two collaborative design groups in Vancouver, Canada: PUBLIC Architecture + Communication, and Story Space Studio. Susan leads wayfinding and interpretive storytelling projects up and down the west coast, at parks, campuses and cities from Lima, Peru to Juneau, Alaska. 

Susan Mavor, Principal Communication Design at PUBLIC
Vancouver

Pro Bono Design

Los Angeles Police Department Memorial to Fallen Officers

Design for Good

Pro bono work not only helps worthy clients communicate their message through design, but provides unexpected benefits for the designers as well.

David Berman ends his manifesto Do Good Design: How Designers Can Change the World with the Do Good Pledge:

1.  I will be true to my profession.
2.  I will be true to myself.
3.  I will spend at least 10% of my professional time helping repair the world.

Daniela Pilossof

Vancouver Chapter Chair

Daniela Pilossof is an Environmental Graphic Designer working at Cygnus Group. Her practice focuses on branded story-driven environments, and has successfully demonstrated the positive impact well crafted visitor experiences have on behavior, cultural structures, education, and by extension - happiness.

Daniela Pilossof, SEGD Vancouver Chapter Chair, Communication Designer at Public Architecture in Vancouver
Cygnus
Vancouver, Canada

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