MA+HG Architects is a Vancouver-based studio led by Marianne Amodio and Harley Grusko. Their work operates at the intersections of rigour and play, construction and art. Pairing modern forms with colour, unexpected geometries, and expressive spatial moments to produce architecture that is optimistic, whimsical, and emotionally engaging.
The practice spans multi-family residential, commercial and mixed-use, heritage retention, and cultural projects. A bespoke design process grounds each commission in its specific context, client, and community. Once described by a client as having the ability to "magically transform ordinary spaces and humble materials into places of poetic beauty,"
The studio believes that great architecture emerges from creative thinking within tight constraints. This conviction shapes the firm's design approach, and has earned MA+HG the Architectural Institute of British Columbia's Emerging Firm Award in 2016 and, most recently, Western Living's Architects of the Year in 2025.
MARIANNE AMODIO
PRINCIPAL, ARCHITECT AIBC, FRAIC, LEED AP
Marianne holds a Masters Degree of Architecture from the University of Manitoba, is a registered Architect with the Architectural Institute of British Columbia and a LEED Accredited Professional.
She began her eponymous firm, Marianne Amodio Architecture Studio in 2009. The practice was awarded the Arthur Erickson Award from Emerging Architect, followed by the AIBC Award for Emerging Firm. In 2016, the firm welcomed Harley Grusko AIBC and was renamed MA+HG Architects.
Marianne’s service includes the past Chair of the City of Vancouver's Creative Advisory Panel for Housing Innovation and as a member of the City of Vancouver Mayor's Advisory Committee for Housing and the Mayors' Advisory Committee for Permitting and Process. She was a member of the City of Vancouver Regulatory Review Advisory Committee, and a Board Member of the Chinatown Heritage Area Planning Committee and the Council of the Architectural Institute of British Columbia. She gleefully co-hosts Pecha Kucha Vancouver and mentors a growing brood of Intern Architects.
Marianne is an advocate for beauty, meaning and service in Architecture.
Marianne was named to the RAIC College of Fellows, 2026
Marianne was named to Vanmag’s 2025 Power 50 List, 2025
You can reach her at marianne@mahg.ca
ADRIENNE RADEMAKER
ASSOCIATE, ARCHITECT AIBC
Adrienne received her Masters of Architecture from the University of British Columbia, following a Bachelor of Environmental Design Studies at Dalhousie University and studies at Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Since joining MA+HG, Adrienne has served as a key design lead for MAC, an 11-storey mass timber project which will provide 118 units of Social Housing to Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. She has been involved in many other projects in the studio, including serving as the project designer and lead for Fluevog Residence: a creative and colourful Net Zero home in East Vancouver, recently completed. Her previous experience includes a range of project scales, most notably a Passive House student housing project at the University of Victoria which delivered 780 bedrooms, a dining facility, lecture halls, and a conference centre. Adrienne’s contributes to the studio as an exceptionally talented designer with innate and learned knowledge in building technology and techtonics, as an effective and efficient project manager, and as a positive and solutions-oriented presence.
You can reach her at adrienne@mahg.ca
HARLEY GRUSKO
PRINCIPAL, ARCHITECT AIBC, MRAIC, LEED AP
Harley holds a Master of Architecture (Honours) from the University of Manitoba, is a registered Architect with the Architectural Institute of British Columbia, and is a LEED Accredited Professional.
At MA+HG Architects, Harley has been instrumental across all scales of the practice, leading projects that prioritize design excellence, innovation, and performance, including The Hollywood Theatre and Residences and MAC, an upcoming social housing project delivered under British Columbia’s Forestry Innovation Investment Mass Timber Demonstration Program.
Previously, Harley was Project Architect for the award-winning VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre (LEED Gold, Living Building Challenge Petal Certification) and the Student Union Building at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby while at Perkins & Will Vancouver.
Known for a calm and thoughtful approach, Harley consistently blends innovation and rigour, striving to make the pragmatic poetic in every project, with a deep understanding of contemporary construction practices and design detailing.
Harley currently serves as a member of the Richmond Heritage Commission.
You can reach him at harley@mahg.ca
PAUL JARDINE
SENIOR ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGIST, BIM MANAGER
Paul comes to MA+HG as a Senior Technologist and BIM Manager, after acting as Director of Production at a mid-size architecture firm in Calgary. With 17 years of demonstrated experience as an architectural technologist in BC and Alberta, Paul has worked on a wide range of project types including mixed-use residential, post-secondary facilities and the unique First Nations Olympic Pavilion for Vancouver's 2010 Olympics. Paul leads the MA+HG team in the production of Construction Documentation and the management, coordination and collaboration with clients, team members, consultants and municipal authorities through all stages of the work. He executes and oversees highly detailed drawings while ensuring design quality, best practice and code conformance. Paul holds a diploma in Architectural Technology and is an accredited AIBC Architectural Technologist. He contributes to the studio with a highly skilled and experienced knowledge of building technology, an acute attention to detail, an aptitude for creative thinking and a warm and affable presence.
You can reach him at paul@mahg.ca
All of these photos were taken by the fantastic Janis Nicolay
