Marianne Amodio Architecture Studio

General information

At the heart of Marianne Amodio’s eponymous firm is a desire to help
Vancouverites live better. A graduate of the University of Manitoba, the
architect has earned a reputation around town for bold, artful spaces that
combine whimsy and function while housing multiple residents, couples, and
families under one roof. This focus on beautiful, multibrood buildings
earned the studio the Architectural Institute of British Columbia’s
emerging-firm award in 2016, carving a place for affordability-centred
architecture in Vancouver’s design scene.' by Lucy Lau, The Georgia
Straight. MAAStudio practices unabashed architecture that is concise and
practical, yet poetic and personal to the client. Once described by a
Client having the ability “...magically transform ordinary spaces and
humble materials into places of poetic beauty”, we are driven to infuse
meaning into the work as well as to delight and surprise. It is the
stretching of creative muscle that allows MAAStudio to focus on design
solutions that explore alternative ways of home ownership and dwelling. Our
residential sector centers on multi-family residential buildings, micro
co-housing, and custom multi-family homes. This practice is based on the
principle that living smarter is better than living bigger. We believe that
through creative thinking, we can craft solutions that speak to todays
issues of affordability and social and environmental sustainability and our
drive to a sharing economy. We believe in the usefulness of creativity.