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It is now generally accepted that the objectives of sustainable design

are broader than just environmental effects and have come to embrace

human health issues as well.

Premier Christy Clark officially opened Sanford Apartments at Fir and 7th, a new building providing 62 apartments of supportive housing for people at risk of homelessness in Vancouver. 

JURY COMMENT: "A difficult program and a modest budget made the pursuit of meaningful sustainability goals particularly challenging in this project for the hard-to-house. The solution successfully integrates the architecture with the environmental performance ambitions through careful envelope design and a variety of passive strategies. As such it provides an example, not just to other publicly-funded housing projects, but to market condominium developments as well." To see SAB Magazines coverage of Karis Place's LEED Gold initatives and the award winning details, please click here.

With MetroPlace sold out, Intracorp is getting ready to launch the next part of
the Beresford Street transformation with its newest residential tower, Silver.

The 36-bed residential care home is tranquil by design: the architecture reflects its holistic, person-centred approach to dementia care.

Cascade on Westwood Plateau due for completion Fall 2011. Cascade is the newest addition to Coquitlam’s premier neighbourhood Westwood Plateau. This under construction project comprises two condo towers of nine and ten storeys, totalling 153 residences.

The Kordyban Lodge will provide accommodation for individuals and their caregivers travelling to Prince George for treatment at the BC Cancer Agency Centre for the North. It will serve cancer patients and their families from communities throughout Northern BC.

The new Pacific Autism Family Centre (PAFC) will be located at 2750 East 18th Ave., on land leased from the City of Vancouver next to the Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children.

Seniors in Burnaby will soon have access to 64 new affordable apartments with the groundbreaking of Swedish Canadian Assisted Living Residence.

The Condominium Home Owners Association of B.C. (CHOA) is a nonprofit association that promotes the understanding of strata property living and the interests of strata property owners.

MOSAIC Homes introduces a collection of 32 white brick apartment homes located in West Point Grey.

The Regional District provided a clear mandate and commitment at the onset of the project to an environmentally sustainable building
and construction process. As such, sustainability strategies underpinned the overall design of the building and surrounding site.

Successful LEED certification at the The Czorny Alzheimer Centre is the result of a visionary owner and a dedicated project team.

The new buildings will replace some of the older single storey buildings and provide additional seniors' rental housing and care accommodation.

 Miramar Village Plaza provides a social hub for Peninsula residents and a place to come together to build community.

The proposed Canadian Cancer Society Northern Lodge in Prince George will provide residential accommodation for out-of-town patients who are receiving medical treatments at the regional Cancer Centre and University Hospital.

The renovations are complete, staff are in place, and the first clients are embarking on their journey towards wellness at The Crossing in Keremeos.

The facility has brought families together and has provided new opportunities for patients looking for a less institutional environment.

A new 128-bed complex care facility has bee designed for Chartwell Seniors Housing REIT to replace the existing care home built in the early 1970's.

The sixty-two unit seniors assisted living project located at Granville Street and 49th Avenue offers support services such as meals, housekeeping, 24-hour response system, personal care and social and recreational activities.

The project is currently in the schematic design phase and is anticipated to meet the requirements of LEED silver.

New supportive housing project dedicates a third to a half of its units to persons with mental illness.

NSDA Architects has completed the conceptual design for a forty unit transitional housing project for InnerVisions Recovery Society in Coquitlam, BC.

Seniors in Prince George will benefit from new residential care beds and housing units in a $42- million seniors housing facility.

Lemay Architects from Quebec and NSDA Architects are undertaking a joint venture for the design of a Conference Retreat Centre for the Institute for Research Communication and Development (IRCD) at Britannia Beach.

The long-awaited Dr. Peter Centre opens its doors today in downtown Vancouver as the first supportive housing development and day-health program for people with HIV/AIDS in Canada.

People with Alzheimers' disease and their families have a new home - and new hope - with today's opening of the Czorny Alzheimer Centre by the family who has dreamed for 20 years of building such a facility.

Cornerstone,the first mixed-use building the village centre of the UniverCity, the new community at Simon Fraser University, was recently honoured with three significant awards.

Tenants moved into the 25 units of transitional housing on April 4, 2005. The full-service shelter, open since January, offers 25 single or double occupancy rooms and during winter can expand to house additional 20 individuals in a dorm style setting.

Kindred Place will make an important difference in the lives of individuals who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.

The Salvation Army Southview Heights, officially opened in the Champlain Heights area of Vancouver, providing 57 subsidized assisted living apartments for seniors.

Dr. Peter Center makes the news for being designed to address sustainability issues such as site conservation, reduced energy usage, water conservation, indoor environmental quality and appropriate use and reuse of materials.

Architectural critic Trevor Boddy reviews Belkin House for the Toronto Globe and Mail.

NSDA demonstrates the fine balance of environmental sensibility and architectural design in the firm's latest international development.