Architect Michael Green, building with wood, and the art of life

By Lin Stranberg
Boulevard Magazine in Victoria News
February 25, 2022
Category: Wood, Paper & Green Building
Region: Canada, Canada West

Michael Green

Vancouver architect Michael Green is internationally known for his inventive, enviro-forward building style—especially when it comes to wooden buildings. His accolades and awards are numerous, but he is not interested in lingering on past achievements. Instead, Michael appears to leap effortlessly from one passionate terrain to the next, as he fulfills his creative drive through architecture and storytelling. MGA, the Vancouver-based architectural practice Michael founded in 2012 … is pushing the limits of mass timber construction … from private homes to large-scale master plans. …Michael’s creative process combines worlds within worlds of the things he loves—architecture, art and the making of things—altering preconceptions and firing imaginations with his visionary analogies and shared stories. “Storytelling remains one of the most important of the arts, and I tell my stories through buildings for community, family, climate, and to protect the world for our children and our children’s children.”

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