David Parker - For the Calgary Herald
Tuesday, February 19, 2013

When Group2 Architecture and Quinn Young Architects merged in March 2012, the two Calgary staffs moved into the Quinn Young space on 2nd Street S.E. just south of 62nd Avenue.

They were cramped and became more so as the company grew in size, but their move to new premises is complete and the 9,400 square feet the firm now occupies on the main floor of the Sam Livingston Building on the corner of 12th Avenue and 4th Street S.W. signals the complete integration of the two firms.

Group 2, now known as Group2 QYA Architecture Interior Design, has a companywide staff of 80, headquartered in Red Deer with other offices in Edmonton and Saskatoon. The Calgary studio employs 35 of those under the direction of principals and architects Susan Taff, who was an associate at 30-yearold Quinn Young since 2005, and Stacy Christensen who joined the Calgary office of Group 2 as an associate in 2009.The Sam Livingston building, a federal government property that formerly housed Canada Manpower, allowed QYA Group2 a large reception area and a meeting room large enough to accommodate clients and their consultants in discussing and showing interactive design proposals.



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Olivia, Heather, Carly from g2 along with Amy Wowk are building mygloo, a translucent mylar shell. The piece is “Inspired by an origami folding technique”. The “varying layers of mylar create levels of opacity that, when lit, highlight and create a glowing surface that piques the interst of passers-by”. Look for their piece under the spruce tree on feb 16 and 17.

illumiNITE is in its second year as an urban event that enlivens an underused pocket park on 104st and just north of Jasper Ave. It is put on by Edmonton on the Edge.This year the event is running for two days, and has both a judged portion, and people’s choice awards. [ CLOSE ]

Bobby and Chris of g2 are building nostalgia in the form of a giant lite brite. They are expecting that its fun and interactivity will contribute to the atmosphere of illumiNITE 2013.

illumiNITE is in its second year as an urban event that enlivens an underused pocket park on 104st and just north of Jasper Ave. This year it is running for two days, and has both a judged portion, and people’s choice awards. [ CLOSE ]