Susan and David Scott. Photo: Scott & Scott Architects
David and Susan Scott, a Vancouver couple whose architectural careers have been intertwined for 19 years, are the recipients of the 2016 Young Architect Award given by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC.) 
Scott and Scott Studio. Photo: Stephen Wilde
The husband-and-wife team works together as Scott & Scott Architects within their family home, a street-level studio and workshop built in 2012, which allows them to work alongside their two young daughters. ?Our discipline has become a meaningful and inseparable part of our daily life.?
Whistler Cabin. Photo: Scott & Scott Architects
Their projects, located mostly in British Columbia, include cabins at Whistler, and Lac le Jeune; houses at Bowen Island, Tofino, Squamish and North Vancouver; the restaurants Kin Kao, Torafuku, and Bestie (all in Vancouver) and a barn on Pender Island. They also design furniture, lighting fixtures and architectural hardware for their buildings.  Torafuku. Photo: Scott & Scott Architects
?The work is fresh, unique and direct,? said the five-member jury. ?The quality of light and proportion contributes to the designs. The detailing of the projects, in particular, displays considerable craft and warmth.?
Lac Le Jeune Cabin. Photo: Scott & Scott Architects
Last year, the Scotts were selected as part of an international team, with architects from Sweden and Norway, to create a snow-bound alpine community in the...