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Last Friday, the Arise team along with @thinkformarchitects had the opportunity to tour the Southbridge long term care home we designed in London ON. We are walking away with crucial lessons learned and are eager to improve. These insights will directly shape our next project, pushing us to create even better environments for care. Thank you to the @southbridgecarehomes team for your partnership, hospitality, and shared commitment to excellence. #longtermcare #healthcaredesign #londonontario #communitydesign

Excited to be working on our project for the SPRE National Accelerator run by @infrastructureinstitute, in partnership with @theworkingcentre to create affordable housing solutions in Kitchener. Today we had the chance to collaborate with students from @waterloo_architecture, including our newest co-op student Jenny and Masters student Dhruvi #SPRE #SocialPurposeRealEstate #AffordableHousing #CommunityDesign

Wishing you the warmest holiday season and a joyful New Year! Thank you for being part of our journey. — Your friends at Arise Please note that our office will close for the holidays on December 19th at 1:00 PM and will reopen on January 5th during regular business hours.#arisearchitects #architectscooperative #kitchenerarchitecture

2026

January

Arise welcomes its latest student intern, Jenny Hu. Jenny is on her final co-op at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture and will finish her Bachelor of Architectural Studies in August. We’re very excited to have her with us. She has already made life much better in the studio!

2025

October

Arise Architects joins the 2025 cohort of the Social Purpose Real Estate National Accelerator at the Infrastructure Institute in partnership with the Working Centre.
Yvonne speaks at The Labor of Architecture book launch and panel discussion.

September

Directors Paniz and Yvonne participate in the “Women in Architecture” event organized by BRIDGE at Waterloo Architecture.
Directors Paniz and Yvonne join the second cohort of Disrupting Gender Bias in Startups (DGBS) at the Accelerator Centre, held in partnership with the Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region (SASC).

August

Founding Director, Yvonne, graduates as part of the first cohort of the Accelerator Centre’s Incubate+ program.

May

Yvonne joined Architecture Lobby Toronto (Tkaronto) Panel on Building Alternative Systems of Practice as part of their May Day Event Series.

April

Featured on Editorial: Designing Practice by Elsa Lam for the Canadian Architect.

January

Yvonne speaks at the Toronto Society of Architects’ Ideas Forum on Labour in Architecture.

2021

Yvonne presents on RAIC’s webinar “Architecture cooperatives: a model for the future of professional practice” as part of the “Foundations of Practice” Series.
Featured in the Legacy Leadership Lab’s Social Acquisition Case Studies.
Featured by the Conversion to Co-operatives Project as a case study.

2019

Guelph Firm Pioneers Co-Operative Architectural Practice in Canada by Canadian Architect
Local Firm Pioneers Co-Operative Architectural Practice in Canada by Globe News Wire
Canadian architecture firm transitions to worker cooperative by National Co-operative Business Association | ClUSA
Canadian architecture firm becomes worker co-op by Anca Voinea for the Co-op News.