In Canada, gh3* is a well-known and award-winning architectural and planning design firm. Their company worked in the increasingly complicated realm of overlapping architecture, urbanism, and landscape. They create with a modernist’s eye for order, beauty, and social possibilities, as well as an environmentalist’s knowledge of long-term thinking and sustainability.
Pat Hanson is a gh3* founding partner. Under her leadership, the company has earned a reputation for design integrity across a wide range of building typologies and practice sizes. She is the designer of institutional, infrastructure, and residential projects that link architecture and landscape inside the urban area. They have accomplished projects ranging from modest park pavilions and individual homes to big municipal and transportation facilities, including Canada’s first natural swimming pool.
Their vivacious and multidisciplinary team is dedicated to the highest standards of creative practice. They tackle every stage of the design and construction processes with a customized, client-centered approach to generate pragmatic, poetic, ecologically responsible, and visually compelling design solutions. They think that good design is an important aspect of everyday life and that spaces that are both physically and visually appealing may inspire joy and civic pride.
gh3*’s work has received multiple honours and has been extensively publicized. Among the notable project, accolades are Governor General Medals for the Stormwater Facility, Borden Park Natural Swimming Pool, Borden Park Pavilion, Real-Time Control Building #3, and Photographers Studio over a Boathouse. For their urban water initiatives, gh3* was designated one of the World’s Twenty Most Innovative Companies in 2020 by Fast Company. Source: gh3*
