Helliwell + Smith • Blue Sky Architecture is the architecture and design practice of architects Bo Helliwell and Kim Smith. Based in West Vancouver since 1989, Blue Sky has built works in the Lower Mainland, the mountains, islands, and valleys of British Columbia, as well as national and international projects. First established in 1975 as Blue Sky Design on Hornby Island, they have evolved a design approach that is humane and works poetically and economically with site, local materials, climate and program.
Blue Sky’s design approach has a long history of sustainability concerns and timber use. They were awarded as the 2013 Architects of the Year from BC WoodWorks, and numerous awards, local, national and international for Design, Environmental and Energy Efficiency and Innovative Community Planning. A second monograph on their work; ‘Blue Sky Living’ was published in 2013. The book describes a body of work that includes environmental concerns and embodies the human spirit, transcending the act of shelter into something that shapes and enhances our lives.
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- Custom Homes
- Residential Design
- Multi-Family Housing
- Commercial Design
- Service areas
- Canada and & United States
- Company awards
- 2017
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- • Canadian Wood Council
- • Wood Worls BD Wood Design Awards
- • Residential Wood Design Award
- 2014
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- • CHBA Central Okanagon Tommie Awards
- 2013
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- • Architects of the Year Awards
- • Canadian Wood Council
- • BC Wood Design Awards
- 2011
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- • CHBA Vancouver Island CARE Awards: Best Single Family Detached Home
- 2010
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- • CHBA National SAM Awards: Best New Custom Home (2,500-4,000 s.f.)
- • HBA Vancouver Island CARE Awards Gold Winner: Best Interior Under 3,000 s.f., best Master Suite under 500 s.f.
- • CHBA Vancouver Island CARE Awards Gold Winner: Best Single Family Custom Home under 3,000.s.f.
- 2009
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- • CHBA National SAM Awards Gold Winner: Best Single Detached Custom Home Under 2,500 s.f.
- • HBA British Columbia Georgie Awards Gold Winner: Best Single Family Detached Custom Home (2,000-2,999 s.f.)
- • CHBA British Columbia Georgie Awards: Best Interior Design for Custom Residential & Best Single Family Detached
- Home
- • Canada Wood Council, BC Wood Design Award
- 2008
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- • Green Building Magazine Green Builder Home of the Year Awards
- • CHBA British Columbia Georgie Award for Environmental Consideration and Energy Efficiency
- • Canadian Wood Council BC Wood Works Design Award for Best Multi-Family Development
- • Coastal Living Magazine Award, Best Community Planning
- • Canadian Wood Council, BC Wood Design Award
- 2007
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- • Canadian Wood Council, BC Wood Design Award
- 2002
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- • West Vancouver Heritage Achievement Award
- 1998
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- • Lieutenant Governor's Merit Award, Architectural Institute of British Columbia
- • Canadian Wood Council, Wood Design Honour Award
- • Canadian Wood Council, Wood Design Merit Award
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4090 Bayridge Ave,
V7V3K1 West Vancouver
Canada
+1-6049218646 www.blueskyarchitecture.com
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