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THE AMERICAS
MENA
ASIA
Bruce Knapp
Karen Cvornyek
David Stavros
B.Arch, B.A., Architect AIBC
B. Arch., B.ES., OAA, FRAIC
B.Arch., OAA, MRAIC
Managing Principal (Vancouver)
President and Regional Managing Principal, Asia (Singapore)
Principal Executive VP Asia
Karen joined B+H as a Partner in 2002 and has led the firm’s practice in China since 2003. In 2008, she was appointed President, Asia, and in 2012 took on responsibility as Regional Managing Principal. She oversees B+H’s operations in China, Singapore and Vietnam with their professional staff of more than 150 architects, interior designers, landscape architects and urban planners. Karen is an awardwinning architect and has over 10 years of hospitality design experience. She has worked on some of the firm’s most high profile hospitality projects.
David offers more than 25 years of experience in the field. He was appointed as a Partner in 2005 and as Executive VicePresident, Asia in 2010. David has been based in Shanghai as a senior design principal since 2010 and is a member of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. He has expertise in conceptual design and design development for both largeand small-scale hospitality, educational, commercial and residential projects. David advocates a strong interactive and participatory design process to achieve design excellence.
Bruce joined B+H in 2012, bringing with him extensive experience in the leadership, design and execution of a wide range of complex healthcare, research and university facilities including ambulatory care, acute care, rehabilitation, seniors complex care as well as institutional, mixed-use, recreational, resorts, waterfront developments and themed-attraction projects. He has worked in architecture for more than 25 years, serving as Founding Principal, Partner and Managing Partner for several noted Vancouver firms. Bruce was the Project Director for the $350 million Kelowna Vernon Hospitals P3 project from inception to completion, as well as Bid Leader for the $150m Surrey Outpatient Facility and the $90m Interior Heart and Surgery Centre P3 bid.