Aura was tasked to expand one of Harper Grey’s existing Vancouver office spaces based on our direct experience designing law firms’ offices. We led several ‘hack-a-thons' during the early design phases to solve critical design questions and test ideas as a group. This process involved...
The COVID-19 pandemic has clearly sped up much-needed change in the workplace that may have never happened otherwise. Organizations around the world transitioned to hybrid working models and some even made the switch to completely distributed teams. Business leaders began to evaluate just how much...
The Covid-19 pandemic brought along unprecedented challenges for companies in every industry. Leaders rose to the occasion to protect the health and safety of their staff, find solutions that would sustain productivity, and ensure their organization’s survival through very uncertain times. As vaccines roll out all...
With a vaccine now on the horizon, our “next normal” seems to be approaching very soon. Companies are eager to bring their staff back to the office, but what will that look like? Should things return to the way they were in the past? Will...
On Tuesday, September 29, 2020, Westland Insurance Group held a media event at the King George Hub’s new office tower, HUB 9850. In attendance were representatives of Westland Group, PCI Developments, The Surrey Board of Trade, and Aura Office Environments. Westland announced that as the development...
Every day, one in five Canadians struggles to go for coffee with a friend or interview for a job because of physical barriers at their destinations. Although features like ramps and braille signage in elevators may be present, they hardly do enough if users only...
A non-profit organization operating in the tourism industry engaged with Aura to evaluate and reconstruct its downtown Vancouver office space that didn’t accurately reflect the company’s role or purpose. Upon visiting the clients’ office, we discovered a very traditional design home to cubicles, many private offices,...
October 14th, Tenant Talks hosted its most recent virtual event “Reimagining The Office Space and Experience” featuring guests from the tech industry. Panelists included Amanda Nagy, Senior Manager of People Operations at Thinkific, Jason Bailey, Co-Founder of East Side Games and Keith Metcalfe, CEO of...
Retaining talent has always been a challenge for employers with skilled staff regularly jumping ship for better perks or higher pay. The pandemic has been a tricky time that’s slowly but surely changed what people are looking for. As COVID-19 took us by storm, employees...
On September 17th, 2020 Aura hosted the latest edition of our virtual speaker series, Tenant Talks™, this time with a spotlight on the accounting industry. We wanted to find out how and if office norms had changed for accounting firms a good five months into...