Beach Avenue Residence is a project designed by AMMD in 2018, covers an area of 6000 ft2 and is located in Vancouver, Canada. Photography by Martin Knowles and Ema Peter.

It was while employed at another firm that Aaron MacKenzie-Moore, founder of the namesake Aaron MacKenzie-Moore Design (AMMD), received his first solo commission: an award-winning, ultra-luxury condominium for a prominent Vancouver businessman. Located in English Bay, Vancouver, it is blessed with sweeping views of the Ocean and the historic Sylvia hotel immediately south.

MacKenzie-Moore?s highly engaged, design-literate client expected nothing less than excellence. In order to achieve the extraordinary, the team, which included AMMD, Flexa Lighting (lighting suppliers + consultants), Modern Concept Contracting (contractor) and their respective sub-trades had to closely collaborate as a team to solve several challenges. Indeed, one of the client?s mandatory requirements was to join two floors via a feature staircase, which was initially declared impossible by the engineers, due to an old and difficult to deal with post-tensioned concrete structure. Upon MacKenzie-Moore?s insistence, AMMD worked intentely with the engineers and MCC. Together, they analysed, measured and x-rayed every square inch of the project, in order to ensure that the design was feasible and clear the possibility of further surprises. An eventual solution was ...