About
Sanders Green Architecture Ltd. was founded in 2021 as a vessel for bringing a collaborative and process-driven design studio to British Columbia’s Southern Interior.
In a valley of great natural beauty and home to one of Canada’s most arid and delicate landscapes, this architectural practice seeks to bring authentic, carefully considered, ‘place-based’ design to those who live and work here.
sg_architecture is a studio founded on the idea that the process that goes into developing architecture is as important as the final product. Through a diligent process of contextual analysis and iterative design analysis, the firm pursues architecture that is sensitive to its surroundings and strives for built work that resonates with its place.
Ranging from a humble sleeping pavilion to expansive wineries, sg_architecture seeks to create calm and timeless spaces in all of the projects they engage in with a focus on small to medium scale industrial, commercial, and residential projects.
Will Green, Architect AIBC
Will brings a calm and measured approach to both his design intuition and his relationships with clients and project teams.
Will graduated in 2014 with a Master of Architecture from Dalhousie University where his thesis envisioned a visitor experience centre that could co-exist with the Federal Agricultural Research Centre in Summerland. During his time in architecture school, he also received the John D. Watson Scholarship, the Faculty of Graduate Studies Scholarship, and the Sexton Scholar Award. Will’s educational background includes a Bachelor of Environmental Design Studies from Dalhousie and a diploma in Architectural and Building Engineering Technology from BCIT.
While apprenticing with MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Will was project lead on the Point House (2016) which was awarded the 2018 Nova Scotia Lieutenant Governor’s Award of Merit and the 2017 North America Wood Design Merit Award, as well as the Refuge on the Bay of Fundy (2014) which was awarded a 2014 North America Wood Design Honor Award and was nominated for the Mies Crown Hall America’s Prize in 2016.
Will believes that combining the identity and functional needs of his clients with an empathetic reading of the natural, agricultural, and urban landscapes brings authenticity to architecture.
Warren Sanders, Architect AIBC
Warren graduated in 2017 with a Master of Architecture from Dalhousie University. While studying at Dalhousie, Warren was the recipient of academic honors including the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada’s Student Gold Medal for his Master’s Thesis titled “Architecture as Power: Dynamics of Spatial Configuration”, RAIC Honour Role for top academic average, Faculty of Graduate Studies Scholarship, and Masters compilation entry portfolio prize. Warren also holds a Bachelor of Environmental Design from Dalhousie, Diploma of Architectural Technology from Thompson Rivers University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Victoria.
Warren has led a number of projects varying from large wineries to small residential renovations. Prior to that, Warren spent time in the research and development of electrical systems for hybrid vehicles and civil construction.
With a variety of experience at multiple scales, Warren believes that the details of a project must speak to and communicate the overall concept. Through an iterative design process, Warren finds that the desires of clients can be exemplified through the composition and systems of an architectural project.
Kevin Dolphin, Intern Architect AIBC
Originally from southern Ontario, Kevin’s peripatetic lifestyle led him through many provinces while pursuing an architectural education. A diploma in architectural technology from Mohawk College grounded his undergraduate and graduate architecture studies, both earned at Dalhousie University. Between college and university he worked at the Calgary Zoo, building enclosures and harvesting plants for animal consumption. During his undergrad he worked with Landform Architecture, where he was first exposed to the Okanagan and its specific set of design challenges.
His master’s thesis focused on emergency transport infrastructure in Canada’s north, for which he travelled to several locations in the Arctic Circle with the support of Dalhousie’s John D. Watson travelling scholarship. After arriving in British Columbia he worked designing site specific off-grid timber cabins and compounds on islands in the Salish Sea and throughout the West Coast. He joined Sanders Green in 2021.
Kevin enjoys working collaboratively, interpreting a client’s vision to develop site-specific design solutions