Category: Architecture & Art

In case you hadn’t noticed, housing – the lack of it, the cost of it, and future of it – in the Lower Mainland is a hot topic.  Everyone from residents, politicians, and businesses are talking about housing. A local group called Yes in New West are holding a Housing Hackathon and the Billard Architecture…

We are pleased to be presenting the model and floor plans for the proposed redevelopment of 20964 and 2102 Old Yale Road in Langley, BC. Robert will be in attendance to answer questions, guide people through the design rationale and share a coffee and a cookie or two. There will be feedback forms for people…

Are you passionate, efficient (we really mean that), and well skilled in AutoCAD, RevIT, MS Office, and adapatable to new technologies? Consider growing your career with Billard Architecture Inc. We offer: competitive salary full benefits after 3 months an 8-hour workday (no really – we’re not here all night or on weekends. Did we mention…

  Since our blog went up, Considering the Q2Q More Than Just a Bridge, we have had over 1200 views and a great deal of conversation on Twitter and Facebook about it. The response has been overwhelming and predominately positive. We love the idea of having this conversation and at least spurring on a community…

In 2008 the City of New Westminster embarked on the process to realize a pedestrian and cycling link from Queensborough to Quayside. This is truly a necessary part of unifying our community. Queensborough is a growing and dynamic area that has been somewhat cut off from the rest of New Westminster both culturally and physically.…

Many in the general public have a perception of what an Architect is. They think we are rich, entitled, cost too much, flighty, artsy, at times irrational and above all a bit crazy. I would have to agree with this interpretation apart from the being rich part. The vast majority of Architects are chained to…

I don’t remember when I joined LinkedIn but it was at the time when I was actively searching for employment. Someone must have told me it was a good job search tool and only a fool does not take all possible avenues when looking for a good job. After so many years of working in…

I was speaking with a colleague recently and remarked that a number of our projects start out with a dissatisfied, unhappy or disappointed client. It was a sad realization that we talked about how to change. We regularly get clients that have invested time and money on a particular project only to realize that either…