Patkau Architects, based out of Vancouver B.C., is the recipient of the RAIC 2023 Architectural Practice Award.

Patkau’s commitment to the search for found potential – those aspects of place that can be gathered into an architectural form evocative of locale, circumstance, history, and landscape – is the through-line that distinguishes their work.Patkau also applies their search for found potential to materials themselves, looking for new ways to shape and combine familiar materials to explore new possibilities and applications.

Patkau Architects’ built work demonstrates a decisive competency in detailing, innovation, and tectonic clarity, while their design research work continues to push an agenda of material exploration that is indicative of a deep and evolving curiosity.