Christopher Rowe

Architect AIBC LEED AP

Chris enjoys collaborative, integrated teamwork, taking a hands-on role using both traditional drawings and 3D modelling to bring the entire client and consultant team into the design process. He is always seeking a balance between the pragmatic and the poetic in architecture and is always interested in the spaces as much as the surfaces. He has practiced in Victoria and Vancouver for 29 years – as principal in his own Victoria firms idealink architecture inc and de Hoog D’Ambrosio Rowe Architects, and as design leader for seven years in Cannon Design’s Vancouver and Victoria offices, where he led project teams for some notable sports and recreation, resort, healthcare, and technology projects and managed the integrated design teams for the Richmond Olympic Oval and Telus World of Science.

He has led or contributed to numerous neighbourhood-based urban design projects for many Greater Victoria and Island municipalities, and some significant large-site master planning projects for institutional and private clients. Chris has taught in the studio at the University of British Columbia School of Architecture and served as member and chairman of the City of Victoria Advisory Design Panel. He is a former member of the Cascadia Green Building Council local chapter executive and the AIBC’s Sustainability Committee and has been invited to speak on sustainability topics to groups such as ASHRAE, the Purchasing Manager’s Association of Canada, and the AIBC.

When he isn’t working (and sometimes when he is), Chris likes to listen to obscure progressive rock and jazz and is enthusiastic about street photography, politics, science, science fiction, big machines and dystopian industrial archaeology.

Recognitions
Sparkling Hill Resort
2010 BC Hydro Powersmart New Construction Porgram, High Performance Building
2011 World’s Best Spa Resort, Mountain Category, SENSES Wellness Awards, Berlin
2011 Best Spa or Pool, 150+ Room Category, Air Canada EnRoute Hotel Design Awards

Vancouver Island Technology Park
2002 Minister’s Environmental Award, BC Ministry of Water, Land, and Air Protection
2002 UDI Award of Excellence in Urban Development: Sustainable Development
2002 BOMA BC Earth Award for Outstanding Energy and Environment Initiatives
2003 CEBC Award of Merit for Engineering Excellence
2003 NRP-IRAP Innovation Award for Sustainable Development: Special Recognition

Project Experience
2024 PA6
2018 1015 East Hastings Street Non-market Mixed-Use
2020 Hwul’a’mut Housing
2021 Haisla Nation Housing
2019 Songhees Nation Mixed-Use Masterplace
2015 Glenlyon Norfolk School Junior Campus