Dialog (architectural firm) explained

DIALOG (architectural firm)
City:	Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, San Francisco, Oakland
Affiliations:	Cohos Evamy, HBBH (formerly)
Founded:	1960

DIALOG (formerly Cohos Evamy) is a North American architectural, engineering, interior design and planning firm. It operates as a single company, with studios in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, San Francisco and Oakland.

History

Cohos Evamy was founded as an architecture and engineering studio in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in 1960, and quickly evolved into an interdisciplinary model under the leadership of Martin Cohos, FRAIC, Michael Evamy, FAIC and Paul Poffenroth, P.Eng. The Cohos Evamy Partners opened the Edmonton office in the 1980s.

In 2003, Cohos Evamy opened a Toronto, Ontario studio. Together, the three studios in Calgary, Edmonton and Toronto serve Canada from the West coast to the East coast. In 2010, Cohos Evamy merged with Vancouver-based architectural firm HBBH, among others, and was renamed DIALOG.^[1]

Areas of practice

Areas of practice include architecture, programming, urban planning, landscape architecture, interior design, graphics, 3D modeling, and structural, mechanical, and electrical engineering. The practice includes designing buildings for retail, commercial office, education, health care institutions, research facilities, airports, retail petroleum stations, and arts and cultural work.

As of 2022, the firm employed more than 700 people.

Portfolio

• TC Energy Tower, Calgary, Alberta^[2]
• Western Canadian Place, Calgary, Alberta^[3]
• Bankers Hall, Calgary, Alberta^[4]
• Bankers Court, Calgary, Alberta^[5]
• Calgary International Airport, Calgary, Alberta
• Transalta Arts Barns, Edmonton, Alberta^[6]
• Listowel Memorial Hospital, Listowel, Ontario (Currently under construction)
• Winspear Centre, Edmonton, Alberta^[7]
• Calgary Central Library, Calgary, Alberta

External links

• DIALOG (website)
• Michael Evamy Memorial Scholarship

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cohos Evamy merges with other firms . October 4, 2010 . Canadian Consulting Engineer.
2. Web site: TransCanada Tower. https://web.archive.org/web/20040625025957/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=112526. dead. June 25, 2004. Emporis. January 24, 2007.
3. Web site: Western Canadian Place North. https://web.archive.org/web/20070929145027/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=westerncanadianplacenorth-calgary-canada . dead . September 29, 2007 . Emporis. January 24, 2007.
4. Web site: Bankers Hall West. https://web.archive.org/web/20040627195036/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=112473 . dead . June 27, 2004 . Emporis. January 24, 2007.
5. Web site: Bankers Court. Brookfield. February 4, 2007.
6. Web site: Transalta Arts Barns . City of Edmonton . January 24, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070401020457/http://www.edmonton.ca/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_2_284_220_0_43/http%3B/CMSServer/COEWeb/infrastructure%2Bplanning%2Band%2Bbuilding/Transalta%2BArts%2BBarns.htm . April 1, 2007 . dead .
7. Web site: Francis Winspear Centre for Music . https://web.archive.org/web/20200724210337/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/1159651/francis-winspear-centre-for-music-edmonton-canada . dead . July 24, 2020 . . July 24, 2020.