Kulpreet Anant has truly earned the new title of “Associate” at Portico Design Group. We welcome her to the management team.
Kulpreet has worked in both the Architectural and Interior Design fields. In her 16 year career, she has designed …
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Real Estate Gifting
The majority of projects we work on at Portico occur within Greater Vancouver. For the most part, we work with local developers, builders and a few residential clients. As such, we see a very connected network of …
Luxury Hotels in Spain
Lisa Hansen, a senior designer at Portico, was fortunate enough to recently holiday in Spain for several weeks.
One of the things she most appreciated was the outstanding hotel design. Below she shares a few of her experiences.
During my …
What are you doing this Canada Day
Why not spend some time Canada Day long weekend, exploring the many local art galleries we have in this great city showcasing some amazing Canadian talent and content. Whether you are looking for something playful and cheeky, or contemplative and …
Skwachays Lodge
Portico has partnered with the Vancouver Native Housing Society to re-position Skwachay’s Lodge, Residence and Artist Gallery.
As part of a collaborative team of interior designers, our mandate is to convert this 3 star facility to boutique standards.
We are …
Positive Growth in Condo and Home Sales
If you stick your head in the sand and say that the real estate market is bad, it will be bad. It’s the nature of a self-fulfilling prophecy.
We’ve been fortunate enough to be involved in several multi-family projects in …
Toronto Project Tour Day 4
In part four of our insight into Design in Toronto we explore The Britt.
The Britt is a project conversion in downtown Toronto. Previously a Sutton Place Hotel, this new upscale condominium building, will rise out of the existing …
Toronto Project Tour Day 3
I was extremely fortunate to tour the penthouse units in the Four Seasons Residences. There were three schemes offered to the buyer and this was the most popular, walnut cabinets with a white oak floor.
One of the surprising …
Toronto Project Tour Day 2
Four Seasons residential lobby & corridor
Continuing on our project tour, the other six projects we visited had a very tradition flare, something reflective of the East Coast, Boston and New York. It was very interesting to see the change …
Toronto Project Tour Day 1
Toronto and Vancouver are miles apart with respect to interior design trends.
In Vancouver, almost every project you see is contemporary in feel. We like very neutral colors, lots of greys and prefer clean simple lines, as opposed to the …