Emerging Talent: Ply Architecture
Casey Burgess. Photo by Jeremy Jude Lee
Arnold Chan. Photo by Jeremy Jude Lee
After three years designing for offices in Hong Kong, in 2013 itinerant travellers Arnold Chan, MRAIC and Casey Burgess took a huge leap of faith establishing Ply Architecture in Vancouver?a city where neither had any professional ties. As unknown newcomers, they started from scratch in their living room, building relationships and eventually landing work through word of mouth. Ply now occupies a sunny studio space in Vancouver?s Gastown neighbourhood. Architect Chan and interior designer Burgess liken the past four years to running a ?design-business boot camp.?
The design for Juke Fried Chicken is a mix of modern elements and eclectic moments, yielding a space as soulful as the food it serves. Photo by Andrew Latreille Ply has quickly carved out a niche designing fitness studios, pop-up shops, and local foodie-fast-food joints like Joe Pizza, Juke Fried Chicken, Peaked Pies, and Pacific Poké. The duo describes their clients as kindred spirits who are, like Ply, young entrepreneurs and small business owners.
An origami-like canopy evokes an ocean wave at Pacific Poké, which serves seafood-topped rice and salad bowls. Photo by Andrew Latreille
Ply?s outsider perspective has resulted in shop fronts that sparkle with unusual materials and forms, from the green and gold diamond plate on the walls of Juke Fried Chicken to the steel origami canopy at Pacific Poké.
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