Job Description

Intelligent City is an urban housing technology company that takes a product and platform-based approach to buildings. We combine exceptional design with mass timber construction, robotic manufacturing, and parametric software. Our mission is to build smarter and to empower people to live better. We create a new value paradigm for housing and workplace solutions that are more affordable, faster to build, consistently carbon neutral and socially resilient.


Lang Wilson Practice in Architecture Culture (LWPAC) is a sister company of Intelligent City, and is a Vancouver based multidisciplinary design firm, specializing in innovative architectural design and delivery of integrated and holistic solutions to a broad range of projects.



Our motto is \xe2\x80\x98Build Smarter. Live Better. Think Change.\xe2\x80\x99 If this resonates with you, we encourage you to apply to join our team and help us build a better world!


As Project Architect, you will use the company\xe2\x80\x99s building and technology platform to to ensure projects are delivered consistently and effectively to achieve project milestones. You will work collaboratively with the Intelligent City and LWPAC team, clients, consultants and relevant authorities through all phases of project development from conceptual design to contract administration and close-out, with a focus on the earlier design stages.

Education & Qualifications, Required:

• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s Degree at an accredited school in Architecture or related field
• Master\xe2\x80\x99s Degree in Architecture
• Registered Architect in British Columbia or eligibility to become registered

Skills & Experience, Required:

• 5 to 7 years as a licensed architect, with industry experience in architectural design
• Possess a portfolio of completed projects and designs
• Proficiency in Revit modeling
• Highly skilled in design development and presenting ideas clearly
• Strong knowledge of BC Building Code, VBBL, and permitting processes
• Good knowledge of construction contract administration policies, procedures and concepts
• Technical background with understanding of building Engineering

Skills & Experience, considered an asset but could be learned on the job:

• Experience with prefabrication or manufacturing
• Proficient in building systems, drawings, specifications, and materials
• Familiarity with McNeel Rhinoceros, Grasshopper
• Experience with Sustainability, LEED, an asset

The Role & Responsibilities:

• Understand and expand Intelligent City\'s product offering, and work with the teams to apply the systems and technologies developed in the company
• Lead or assist in project leadership
• Coordinate contractors, consultants, and vendor assignments
• Identify and solve technical problems (ie; planning solutions, sustainability strategies, code solutions, and/or building envelope detailing)
• Prepare preliminary design studies and adaptations of alternatives for review.
• Prepare drawings for schematic design and design development.
• Perform site analysis, including survey of existing conditions and field measurements.
• Prepare development and building permit applications and tender documents
• Provide technical expertise and support to business development efforts
• Prepare design and/or technical working drawings, in AutoCad or Revit.
• Use 3-D technology to graphically describe the intent and massing of the project
• Represent the company at conferences, trade events, customer meetings.
• Mentor and direct junior staff with responsibility for oversight

Important to Mention!

• This position is full-time at our Vancouver, BC Office, with the option to work 1 days from home
• Willingness to commute on occasion at the Delta, BC manufacturing facility
• Flexibility and eligibility to travel on occasion will be required, including to the US
• Successful candidates may be required to submit to a background check.

What you bring to the role:

• Good Judgement
• Problem Solving
• Analytical Skills
• Communication Skills \xe2\x80\x93 verbal & written
• Time Management skills
• Deadline Oriented

As a self-directed and independent member of our team, you will work closely with our leadership team through all phases of work, including collaboration and coordination with clients, consultants and relevant authorities. The successful candidate will be an open-minded team player and grow into an essential member and future leader of our community.


Sound like you? Please submit your resume and portfolio to apply.


At Lang Wilson Practice in Architecture Culture (LWPAC), we have a unique approach to Architecture with our primary objective is to translate our clients\xe2\x80\x99 desires and needs into innovative, sustainable and unique building solutions. Our philosophy is based on successful collaborations with our clients and a highly integrated team of consultants from project initiation to post-occupancy.


We believe that outstanding design and economic feasibility need to go hand in hand. We understand that any building has to be effective and follow the most resource conscious solution while driving innovation within the limitations of the budget. Through an integrative design process and a highly skilled team we find solutions that can be used flexibly and effectively, incrementally innovating proven building technology to build what is needed and to eliminate any extraneous construction.


The LWPAC team has executed award winning institutional and residential projects both nationally and internationally \xe2\x80\x93 from single family homes to housing, art installation and public projects, and large scale urban planning. We have practiced and taught architecture in Berlin, New York, Barcelona, Valparaiso, Beijing and Vancouver.


LWPAC was co-founded in 1999 by Principals Oliver Lang and Cindy Wilson, and is the sister company to Intelligent City. The two companies work closely together to deliver the vision of productized and platform-based buildings.

Please note: Lang Wilson Practice in Architecture Culture (LWPAC) is a sister company of Intelligent City. All architecture employees will be employed by LWPAC instead of Intelligent City.


Intelligent City is a technology-enabled and platform-based urban housing systems company providing transformational innovation to the housing, architecture, building and construction industry. Through the convergence of design, software technology and advanced prefabrication we combine three highly innovative paradigms that will change the value equation in architecture and urban design.

We take a product and platform-based approach, we vertically integrate high-rise mass timber building systems, advanced design-engineering, automated manufacturing, and parametric software . Through this, we offer breakthrough end-to-end building solutions that can be built faster with better quality while being more affordable and consistently carbon neutral.

We are broadly recognized for our leadership in bringing together climate tech and construction tech solutions, including by Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), Breakthrough Energy Solutions Canada (BESC) and the Solar Impulse Foundation.



Equal Opportunity Employer
We are an equal opportunity employer and have made a commitment to build a culture of innovation, diversity, and inclusivity, striving for open discussions, best hiring and operational practices. We are also committed to providing a comfortable and accessible interview process, please let us know if we can support you throughout the process with accommodations.


Land Acknowledgement
Intelligent City acknowledges that its work takes place in Vancouver on the unceded, traditional, and ancestral territories of the x\xca\xb7m\xc9\x99\xce\xb8k\xca\xb7\xc9\x99y\xcc\x93\xc9\x99m (Musqueam), S\xe1\xb8\xb5wx\xcc\xb1w\xc3\xba7mesh \xc3\x9axwumixw (Squamish), and s\xc9\x99l\xcc\x93ilw\xcc\x93\xc9\x99ta\xca\x94\xc9\xac (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples and on the unceded, traditional, and ancestral territories of the sc\xc9\x99w\xcc\x93a\xce\xb8\xc9\x99n (Tsawwassen), x\xca\xb7m\xc9\x99\xce\xb8k\xca\xb7\xc9\x99y\xcc\x93\xc9\x99m (Musqueam), and other Coast Salish peoples at its Delta location.