Dialog (architectural firm)

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DIALOG (architectural firm)
Practice information
Founded1960
Location Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, San Francisco
AffiliationsCohos Evamy, HBBH (formerly)
Website
www.dialogdesign.ca

DIALOG (formerly Cohos Evamy) is a North American architectural, engineering, interior design and planning firm. It operates as a single company, with studios in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto and San Francisco.

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History

Cohos Evamy was founded as an architecture and engineering studio in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in 1960, and quickly evolved into an interdisciplinary model under the leadership of Martin Cohos, FRAIC, Michael Evamy, FAIC and Paul Poffenroth, P.Eng. The Cohos Evamy Partners opened the Edmonton office in the 1980s.

In 2003, Cohos Evamy opened a Toronto, Ontario studio. Together, the three studios in Calgary, Edmonton and Toronto serve Canada from the West coast to the East coast. In 2010, Cohos Evamy merged with Vancouver-based architectural firm HBBH, among others, and was renamed DIALOG. [1]

Areas of practice

Areas of practice include architecture, programming, urban planning, landscape architecture, interior design, graphics, 3D modeling, and structural, mechanical, and electrical engineering. The practice includes designing buildings for retail, commercial office, education, health care institutions, research facilities, airports, retail petroleum stations, and arts and cultural work.

As of 2022, the firm employed more than 700 people.

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