What Michael Green Architecture does

Michael Green Architecture (MGA) is a Vancouver-headquartered architecture and interior design firm founded in 2012 by Michael Green, specializing in mass timber construction using engineered wood products including cross-laminated timber (CLT), glue-laminated timber (glulam), nail laminated timber (NLT), and Laminated Strand Lumber (LSL). The firm operates three offices—in Vancouver and Victoria (Canada) and Seville (Spain)—with a 40+ person team led by principals Michael Green and Natalie Telewiak, and serves enterprise clients across commercial real estate (Google, Bosa Properties), education (Oregon State University), nonprofit healthcare (Ronald McDonald House BC & Yukon), municipal government (City of North Vancouver, Royal BC Museum), and cultural/institutional developments. MGA's portfolio spans 400+ completed projects across 20+ countries, including landmark structures such as the Wood Innovation and Design Centre (world's tallest modern all-timber structure at completion), T3 Minneapolis (largest modern timber office building in North America at the time), and Google Borregas and Java campuses.

The firm's core technology centers on pioneering mass timber structural systems as sustainable alternatives to concrete and steel, including proprietary tilt-up glulam/LSL composite wall systems, Passive House integration for operational carbon reduction, and prefabricated drop-in-place assemblies that compress construction timelines (T3 erected at approximately nine days per floor). MGA's IP extends beyond built work to authored industry publications—'The Case for Tall Wood Buildings' and 'Tall Wood Buildings: Design, Construction and Performance' (third edition published 2025)—and 50+ international design awards that collectively establish the firm as a thought leader in low-carbon, bio-based architecture.

MGA's business model is professional services based, earning project-based fees across six service tiers: Feasibility Study, Conceptual Study, Design Architect (with a local Architect of Record partner outside the Pacific Northwest), Full Service Architecture (Pacific Northwest only), Design Build, and Interiors. The firm acquires clients through direct enterprise relationships, reputation, referrals, awards, and principal-led thought leadership (TED talks, conferences), with no intermediary or reseller channel. Geographic markets served include Canada, the United States, France, Sweden, and Spain, with recent expansion into European cultural and civic work and selection for Canada's federal Housing Design Catalogue signaling continued growth in addressable segments.

Name

Michael Green Architecture

Legal name

Michael Green Architecture Inc.

Website

https://mg-architecture.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Michael Green Architecture is a Vancouver-headquartered architecture and interior design firm founded in 2012, specializing in mass timber construction for enterprise, government, and institutional clients across 20+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Vancouver

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Architectural Design Services: Project-based fees for architecture services including feasibility studies, conceptual design, design architect services, full service architecture, design-build, and interior design. Revenue is earned through professional service engagements for specific construction projects.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Michael Green Architecture (MGA) is an architecture and design firm specializing in mass timber construction. The firm sells six project-based architectural service engagements — Feasibility Study, Conceptual Study, Design Architect, Full Service Architecture, Design Build, and Interiors — covering early-stage market analysis through complete design-to-realization services. Clients include enterprise technology companies (Google), real estate developers (Bosa Properties), universities (Oregon State), municipal governments (City of North Vancouver), and non-profits (Ronald McDonald House BC & Yukon), with projects delivered in 20+ countries from offices in Vancouver, Victoria, and Seville.

Product overview

Michael Green Architecture (MGA) is an architecture and design studio offering a portfolio of interconnected service modules. Their core offerings include MGA Feasibility Study, MGA Conceptual Study, MGA Design Architect, MGA Full Service Architecture, MGA Design Build, and MGA Interiors. These services range from early-stage market analysis and conceptual design through to full-service architecture and interior design, allowing clients to engage MGA at any project stage. The firm specializes in sustainable mass timber construction and serves clients ranging from private homeowners to major corporations like Google, as well as public institutions and community organizations across Canada, the USA, and Europe.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• MGA Feasibility Study
• MGA Conceptual Study
• MGA Design Architect
• MGA Full Service Architecture
• MGA Design Build
• MGA Interiors

Quantifiable outcome

• T3 Minneapolis erected in 2.5 months at 9 days per floor average
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• StructureCraftcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with StructureCraft to create an installation of the innovative design for Ronald McDonald House BC + Yukon at the 2025 International Mass Timber Conference in Portland, Oregon. StructureCraft is a key collaborator in bringing MGA's mass timber designs to construction.
• Sidewalk Labs (Google)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMGA was part of the design team for Quayside in Toronto with Sidewalk Labs, an urban innovation unit within Google, to create the largest timber project in the world. MGA designed a 'kit-of-parts' mass timber building system for the 12-acre site.
• Bosa PropertiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Bosa Properties on Cohen Block project in Vancouver, bringing renewal to Gastown and Downtown Eastside through commerce and secured rental housing. Also mentioned as having world-class talent in their backyard.
• The Neutral ProjectcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSelected as architect for Marcus Performing Arts Center redevelopment with developer The Neutral Project, LLC in Milwaukee - a groundbreaking project potentially featuring the tallest mass timber structure in the world at 55 storeys.
• Canada's Federal Government (Housing Design Catalogue)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSelected to design housing packages for Canada's Housing Design Catalogue - providing 50 standardized housing designs for rowhouses, fourplexes, sixplexes, and ADUs across the country, specifically for the BC region.
• FPInnovationsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch collaboration on mass timber structural innovation, moisture management, and next-generation timber assemblies. FPInnovations is a Canadian forest products research institute.
• University of Northern British ColumbiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUNBC occupies lower floors of Wood Innovation and Design Centre with facilities for Master of Engineering in Integrated Wood Design Program, creating a hub for wood innovation research and education.
• Cornell University and Technion - Israel Institute of TechnologyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on Roosevelt Campus conceptual design for Manhattan's Roosevelt Island, using principles from 'The Case for Tall Wood' publication to demonstrate mass timber tower potential.
• DLR GroupminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDLR Group served as Architect of Record for T3 Minneapolis while MGA served as Design Architect, demonstrating the collaborative model used for projects outside MGA's home region.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Perkins&Will: Large global architecture practice with a strong sustainability and healthy-materials practice; comparable to MGA as a competing architectural services firm pursuing enterprise and institutional clients with sustainability-led design, though at much larger scale and broader typology coverage.
• Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM): Global architecture and engineering firm with established mass-timber and tall-wood capabilities; directly comparable to MGA on pushing the height and scale limits of timber buildings, while also operating as a broad incumbent across many sectors.
• HOK: Global design firm with a sustainability practice and significant commercial, civic, and healthcare architecture work; overlaps with MGA's enterprise and institutional client base and sustainability positioning.

Direct peers

• DLR Group: Mid-to-large integrated design firm that served as Architect of Record on T3 Minneapolis while MGA was Design Architect; directly comparable in scale, sustainability focus, and ability to act as architect-of-record on MGA-led mass-timber projects outside Vancouver.
• Snøhetta: Internationally renowned architecture studio with a strong sustainability and timber-construction portfolio (e.g., mass-timber projects in Scandinavia); directly comparable on craft-driven, sustainability-led architectural services for cultural and civic clients.
• KPMB Architects: Major Canadian architecture firm based in Toronto with comparable institutional and sustainable-design practice; analogous Canadian mid-sized peer competing for cultural, civic, and university commissions.
• Diamond Schmitt Architects: Leading Canadian architecture practice with cultural, civic, and academic portfolio; comparable to MGA in scale and in pursuit of high-profile institutional mass-timber and sustainable commissions across Canada.

Emerging players

• Studio Gang: Mid-sized architecture practice recognized for sustainability-driven, innovative design and similar scale to MGA; comparable as a thought-leadership-led boutique competing for iconic sustainable commissions.
• SHoP Architects: Design-driven firm known for innovative large-scale commercial and campus projects (including tech headquarters); comparable to MGA on tech-customer concentration and material/construction innovation.

Others

• StructureCraft: Mass-timber engineering and construction firm that is a core partner delivering MGA's designs (Ronald McDonald House BC & Yukon, T3 Minneapolis); comparable as an adjacent ecosystem participant in the mass-timber value chain rather than a direct architectural competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/mgarchitecture
• Facebookfacebook.com/MGArch
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/michael-green-architecture
• Instagraminstagram.com/mgarchitecture

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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