DA Architects + Planners is an architectural firm founded in 1969[1] and located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The architects Barry Vance Downs (1930–2022) and Richard Archambault (1931–2010) met in 1954 at the firm of Thompson Berwick and Pratt and Partners.
The firm's early work includes the North Vancouver Civic Centre and Britannia Community Services Centre, Vancouver; Lester Pearson College of the Pacific with Ron Thom,[3] high-density neighbourhoods on the 1986 Vancouver Expo lands; two campuses of Kwantlen College, Langley, B.C.
The firm has produced a wide variety of projects, among them, Canada Place & the Pan Pacific Hotel, Concord Pacific Place, the Yaletown Roundhouse Neighbourhood, Library Square in Downtown Vancouver, Nicklaus North Clubhouse, Irvin K. Barber Learning Centre with Pfeiffer Partners,[4] Vancouver Convention Centre West with LMN & MCMP, Coast Coal Harbour Hotel[5] and the River Rock Casino Resort.
In 2008, the firm's name was changed to DA Architects + Planners in response to the retirement of the founding partners.