Greenbuild is the world’s largest conference and expo dedicated to green building taking place this year in New Orleans. Doug Kerr, Brian Goldsmith + Ed Garrod will join industry leaders, experts and frontline professionals to share insights and knowledge across the whole sustainable agenda. Coinciding with this established event comes the first ever annual WELL 2014 symposium. Our very own Chief Innovation Officer at Integral… Read more⇒

The Silicon Valley Business Journal has awarded the Indio building, at 435 Indio Way in Sunnyvale, CA, the best rehab project for 2014. Integral collaborated with the developer Kevin Bates of Sharp Development, Hillhouse Construction, and RMW Architecture on the award-winning space. The design team retrofit the existing 30,000-square-foot, uninsulated office building to be a net zero energy targeted building, creating a new and replicable model… Read more⇒

The City of Vancouver Urban Design Awards took place for the first time ever on September 15, 2014 at VanDusen Botanical Garden. “Our Urban Design Award recipients are excellent examples of how innovative and imaginative design complements Vancouver’s natural beauty,” said Mayor Gregor Robertson. “Vancouver’s designers are now renowned across the globe, and their extraordinary work greatly enhances the vibrancy and livability of our city.”… Read more⇒

CANMET Materials Technology Laboratory has been selected as a finalist of the 2014 Innovation in LEED awards program in the New Construction/Core and Shell category. The awards are put on by the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) Greater Toronto Chapter. The winners will be announced at the CaGBC Greater Toronto Chapter Gala, taking place on October 16 at the Arcadian Court in Toronto, ON. CANMET Materials… Read more⇒

Integral Group was well represented at the recent Toronto 2015 Urban Design Awards held on September 16. The awards are presented every two years to acknowledge positive contributions to Toronto’s community life by architects, landscape architects, urban designers, artists, design students and city builders.  2015 was a significant year for the Toronto Urban Design awards as it marked their 25th Anniversary of awarding and celebrating some… Read more⇒

The new Canada Post Processing Centre at Vancouver International Airport (YVR) is officially open. Located at 5940 Ferguson Road, the 700,000 sq. ft. center is Canada Post’s third major hub for distributing and processing international mail, with Toronto and Montreal filling the other two spots. On average, the new Vancouver facility processes over four million pieces of mail and parcels per day. It was designed… Read more⇒

The David & Lucille Packard Foundation Headquarters in Los Altos, CA, is the winner of the 2014 Livable Building Award, which recognizes high levels of occupant happiness, comfort and productivity in the work environment. A jury selected by the Center for the Built Environment (CBE) at University of California, Berkeley, grants the Livable Building Award based largely on a CBE survey measuring occupant satisfaction in… Read more⇒

Integral Group is thrilled to announce the opening of its brand new office location in Victoria, BC. With a number of large-scale projects already underway on Vancouver Island, the firm is excited to begin working in this historic and picturesque city. Some of Integral Group’s current projects in this area include Uptown Shopping Centre, 1515 Douglas Street Office and Retail Complex, Gordon Street Hotel and… Read more⇒

Fort York Visitor Centre in Toronto, Ontario obtained occupancy on August 28, 2014. The project pays homage to Toronto’s founding story and Canada’s military past. Situated beneath the Gardiner Expressway on a 43 acre site in downtown Toronto, the centre serves as a museum and explores the relationship between natural landscapes and the built environment. Designed by Patkau Architects and Kearns Mancini Architects, Integral Group… Read more⇒

As anticipation rises for Vancouver House, so has the demand to live in such an iconic tower – 50% of residential units have already been sold even though construction is not slated to begin for another four months. The development, located at Beach and Howe, will help transform a  lackluster neighborhood through innovation in both its architecture and in sustainability. Integral Group is providing mechanical engineering,… Read more⇒