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ADVANCED STRATEGY

OUR APPROACH AS A PRACTICE

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

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WHO WE ARE

FOR OVER 70 YEARS, we’ve worked with clients across the globe to design buildings and environments that are inspiring, functional, and contextual.

At B+H we believe in the power

Our bold design solutions are

of design to transform spaces,

inspired by the confidence that’s

communities, and economies. We

derived from honed insight, active

enable our clients’ visions through

listening, fearless entrepreneurialism,

customized designs that exceed their

and a collaborative fusion of

business goals and inspire the people

perspectives. Design performance

that live, work, heal, play, and learn

achieved through constant

within them. We view every challenge

innovation, accountability, hands-on

as an opportunity for learning and

service, cultivating talent, and being

never lose sight of the people we’re

a champion for diversity in all its

designing for – regardless of the

forms – these are the things we value.

type of development, scale, scope, or geography involved.

QUICK FACTS

WE THINK GLOBALLY AND ACT LOCALLY WITH PROJECTS IN 30+ COUNTRIES

VANCOUVER SEATTLE

Satellite Office

TORONTO SHANGHAI HONG KONG

SINGAPORE

150+ 30 STAFF

PARTNERS

200+

Across 6 integrated and satellite offices

Across our global practice

Won in the last 20 years alone

AWARDS

SECTORS

COMPLIANCE

COMMERCIAL/ MIXED USE

INSTITUTIONAL/ EDUCATION

RESIDENTIAL

RETAIL

HEALTHCARE

SPORTS & RECREATION

HOSPITALITY

TRANSPORTATION

CORPORATE WORKPLACE

60+

PROJECTS WELL, Green Mark, China 3-Star, Net Zero, Passive House and LEED® Certified

Award-winning design that is always

CLIENTFOCUSED

We do things

bold + We’ll ask the right questions. We’ll have the tough conversations. A conventional design process is a risky strategy in a world that is changing by the minute.

WHO WE ARE

differently.

+ Human People must come first. We design for multi-dimensional experiences. Understanding the user experience is key to unlocking a company’s competitive advantage.

BUILDING REGENERATIVE FUTURES Designing places that give more than they take For decades, sustainable design has focused on reducing

infrastructure, and people. The goal is not simply to

harm by using less energy, producing less waste, and

minimize a project’s footprint, but to strengthen the

limiting environmental impact. These efforts remain

ecological and social systems that support it.

essential, but regenerative design asks us to go further. This approach helps our clients identify risk earlier, What if buildings and infrastructure could actively

respond to changing climate conditions, and create

contribute to the places they inhabit?

projects that are more resilient, adaptable, and connected to place.

Regenerative design treats every project as part of a larger living system. Instead of viewing a site as an

Regenerative design moves beyond doing less harm

empty parcel, it considers the relationships already

to strengthen the living systems that sustain us.

at work between land, water, climate, plants, wildlife,

BIOMIMICRY: OUR DESIGN LENS Biomimicry is the lens B+H uses to engage regenerative design. Rather than copying how nature looks, biomimicry learns from how living systems function, adapt, and thrive. It helps us understand what nature is already doing in a place and how design can work with those systems. This way of thinking is not new. Indigenous Peoples around the world have long understood humans as part of nature and have developed distinct, place-based knowledge grounded in relationship, reciprocity, and responsibility to the land. We recognize these longstanding ways of knowing and seek to work with Indigenous communities where appropriate, respecting that knowledge is specific to each Nation, community, and place. Nature becomes a model, mentor, and measure for creating projects that are more resilient and better connected to their environment.

THE LIVING STORY Understanding Place Before Design Begins Every place has a story shaped by its ecology, climate,

The approach draws from biomimicry and longstanding

culture, and community. B+H’s Living Story is a predesign

Indigenous understandings of the relationships between

strategy that helps project teams understand these

people, land, and living systems.

conditions before major decisions are made, reducing risk and setting the foundation for a more resilient, regenerative project.

What does this place want to do?

What will it support?

What will it permit?

What might it inspire?

+ What ecological processes and relationships are already at work?

+ We look at existing ecological services the free engineering that nature provides to see how it can support our resilience.

+ Nature has a trajectory, and with climate change that trajectory is becoming much more difficult to predict

+ Through biomimicry, we learn from the timetested genius of the site how to solve our design problems

+ Pre-design risk assessments allow us to understand the trajectory of a place and how we will best fit in

+ Learn from local organisms how to self-cool, create circular economies, leverage solar energy, dissipate storms, or build with benign materials

+ Understand existing ecological assets, services, and opportunities to integrate as Naturebased Solutions

By building this understanding early, the Living Story helps teams:

+ Helps reduce risk and costs associated with climate change

+ It is expensive fighting nature, which is why the pre-design Living Story helps us avoid unnecessary costs

+ Identify climate risks and resilience opportunities early

+ Inform planning, infrastructure, and site decisions

+ Reduce uncertainty before significant design investment

+ Embed regenerative principles from the outset

+ Expand innovation by exploring the billionyear old ideas in nature

+ Establish measurable regenerative goals

FROM INTENTION TO MEASURABLE IMPACT The Living Story establishes a baseline for understanding

The ambition is not to make buildings look like nature. It

how a place performs before development and helps

is to create places that participate in living systems and

teams define relevant regenerative goals.

contribute to their long-term health.

By comparing performance before and after development, teams can assess whether the project is simply reducing harm or actively improving the systems around it.

+ Carbon sequestration + Stormwater retention + Air purification + Temperature regulation + Biodiversity and habitat + Community connection and resilience

ADVANCED STRATEGY At B+H, Advanced Strategy helps clients connect organizational objectives with future ready spatial and portfolio decisions across sectors, using research, stakeholder engagement, and scenario testing to translate complexity into actionable direction.

INDUSTRIAL Industrial facilities operate at the intersection of production efficiency, worker wellbeing, automation, logistics, and decarbonization pressures. Advanced Strategy engagements bring together plant leadership, EHS teams, workforce representatives, and technology partners to clarify operational and technical priorities before decisions are made. Through research, systems mapping, and scenarios, we explore future states and their impact on facility layouts and infrastructure.

Core Challenge: Optimizing production, safety, and decarbonization in industrial facilities facing automation and supply‑chain volatility.

Stakeholders: •

Operations & Plant

We begin by asking: What are we solving for, and are we solving for the right things?

Managers • •

EHS Teams

Discovery & Research

Logistics &

Analysis & Systems Mapping –

& Roadmap

Flow Mapping

– Connecting

Scenarios – Safety

Stakeholder Input

Supply‑Chain/ Vendors

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Unions/Workers

and Wellbeing Futures

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Local Authorities

(Automation, Human‑Machine

Strategic Brief

Collaboration)

KICK-OFF + DATA EXCHANGE

DISCOVERY & RESEARCH

ANALYSIS & SYSTEMS MAPPING

SCENARIOS - SAFETY & WELLBEING FUTURES

STRATEGIC BRIEF & ROADMAP

WHERE WE WANT TO BE

MAXIMIZE OPPORTUNITY, MINIMIZE RISK

CORE CAPABILITIES: DISCOVERY & RESEARCH We start by defining the right problem by clarifying project parameters, identifying key stakeholders, and establishing an organizational vision. Stakeholder engagements explore user experience and reveal underlying challenges, opportunities, and aspirations for the future. Quantitative (about the people) and qualitative (from the people) data are collected alongside benchmarking, environmental and horizon scanning to surface emerging trends and disruptions.

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Visioning

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Stakeholder/user engagements

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Benchmarking

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Environmental & Horizon scan

ANALYSIS Our analysis, built on a strong research foundation, aims to frame the problem before pursuing solutions. In evaluating the collected data sets, we are seeking to identify patterns that suggest key themes, generate insights and highlight critical success factors. In our analysis, we synthesize the information by considering how those items affect space in the future state.

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Key Insights

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Key Recommendations

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Success Measures

SCENARIOS We extend our analysis by translating spatial implications into evidence-based scenarios. Scenarios test the design strategy’s alignment with anticipated future conditions and desired physical environments, policies, and experiences, ensuring long-term adaptability and success. The objective of this phase is to, through iteration, fully define a way forward.

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Concept Plans, Block Plans, Building Stacks

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Evaluation / Scorecard

STRATEGIC BRIEF & ROADMAP In this phase, the agreed strategy is captured in an executive level brief and translated into a detailed implementation plan across the project lifecycle. The Strategic Brief communicates the validated problem statement, chosen solution, key decisions, and success measures, while the roadmap sequences workstreams and milestones, anticipates future requirements, and embeds change management activities to support adoption. Together, they ensure recommendations move from concept into the physical environment in a coordinated, adaptable way.

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Strategic Brief – Executive Summary

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Roadmap – Implementation Plan

OUR APPROACH AS A PRACTICE

Our design philosophy reflects the values of our Principals – pragmatic, innovative, collaborative and sustainable. All our designs evolve through a clear process that is based on a full understanding of each client’s philosophy and business plan. We come to the table with extensive research and valuable experience...but no preconceptions. Our teams commit maximum energy and resources to every project and provide value engineering until the program, design and budgetary requirements are met. We believe in a collaborative approach to design and encourage input from our clients throughout all stages of the project. Our technically complex projects require high levels of coordination between all stakeholders. When many parties are involved, we believe projects run smoother when the consulting team communicates in one voice to the client.

We are committed to delivering high-performance and sustainable buildings. Our teams create designs that contribute to human wellbeing and enhance the health of our planet, while also meeting immediate client needs and helping them achieve operational savings. We think globally and act locally. We believe buildings should be timeless, sensible and inspiring to both their inhabitants and surrounding communities. This is why we strive to understand the local cultures, construction methods and aesthetics in all the areas in which we work. The experience we gain in one part of the world can shape work we do across the globe. This integrated process allows us to bring the best of international practice to projects around the world.

University of Windsor — Ed Lumley Centre for Engineering Innovation (Windsor, Canada)

Toronto Pearson International Airport - Infield Development Project, Mississauga, Canada

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

MANUFACTURING, TECHNOLOGY & SOFTWARE FACILITY Located on a greenfield site in Southern Ontario, Canada, a new engine production and assembly facility was designed to consolidate processes relocated from our client’s existing engine manufacturing facilities. The client’s proprietary research and development initiative was also integrated with this new facility to optimize factory manufacturing processes and supply chain management to drive efficiencies, business benefits, and improved outcomes.The project features a 42,612 m2. manufacturing and central office space with large clerestory skylights allowing natural light to penetrate into the center of the large floorplate of the plant. Ancillary administrative office and staff welfare functions support the main manufacturing/assembly facility. The Energy Centre, adjacent the Main Exhibition Lobby showcases the engines in plain view to all employees and visitors to the facility. One of the key features of the facility is the large 25m x 25m clear roof spans which help to maximize unobstructed floor circulation.The exhibition lobby/office/ administrative portion of the building is designed to evoke a modern version of the industrial nature of manufacturing assembly plants from the turn of the century and offer a functional approach to materiality by the use of exposed concrete, masonry, natural wood, and hybrid wood & steel structure.

Location Ontario, Canada Size 523,337 ft2 | 48,618 m2 Status Completion 2018 Client Multinational Manufacturing, Technology, & Software Company

BROSE MANUFACTURING FACILITY This manufacturing facility and office is located in the new Forest City Industrial Park in London. With facilities in Europe, South America, and Asia, this is the first new Brose plant to serve the North American automobile sector. The distinctive Brose architecture has been modified for site and climate, and features large expanses of glass and skylights to bring natural light into the work environment, and a seamless connection between office and factory areas. Working in conjunction with Henn Architekten of Munich, B+H was the Architect of Record.

Location London Canada Size 129,170 ft2 | 12,000 m2 Status Completed in 2005 Client Brose

BEE’AH RECYCLING FACILITY This project was part of a major recycling initiative which was implemented in multiple phases and currently diverts approximately 400,000 tons of waste from Sharjah landfills per year. Located in the Al Saj’ah area, this complex consists of an Administrative/Service Wing and Materials Reclamation Building which processes aluminum, plastic, paper, glass, ceramic, iron, and organic materials. Thoroughly modern in terms of design and materials, this is the first of 11 buildings that B+H is designing for Bee’ah which will be located in all other Sharjah municipalities.

Location Sharjah, UAE Size 210,430 ft2 | 19,550 m2 Status Completed in 2010 Client Bee’ah Certifications High-performance sustainable design features

HUAWEI QINGPU CAMPUS The Qingpu Campus Master Plan is a multi-clustered business campus for Huawei located outside of Shanghai that will become a landmark facility for the company. This large campus is distinguished by its waterways; the layered connectivity between the business clusters; the integration between architecture and landscape; The management of the waterscape through a sustainable approach to operations.

Location Shanghai, China Size 173 Ha. Status Design In Progress Client Huawei Investment Holdings Ltd.

HUAWEI CHENGDU R&D CAMPUS PHASE II

Location Chengdu, China Size 29.8 Ha. Status In Progress Services Master Plan & Architectural Concept Client Huawei Investment Holdings Ltd.

HAIER GLOBAL INNOVATION CENTER Our client required the design of an additional building and overall campus plan for their company to promote a creative environment where talent is willing to try new things and take informed risks. Our client’s priorities included employee retention, professional development, and increased collaboration, communication and productivity. Through landscape and campus connections, outdoor spaces are fully integrated with the spirit of the architectural and interior design for this new campus addition.

Location Shandong China Size GFA: 233,000 m2 Status Design in Progress Client Haier Group

CO-BEST ENTERPRISE CENTRE Located in the QingPu’s Economic and Technology District in Shanghai, this office and factory complex creates a unique visual impact that combines the art of architecture and technology. It takes inspiration from a Chinese character to separate the administrative and manufacturing functions.

Location Shanghai, China Size 227,355 ft2 | 21,122 m2 Status Completed in 2006 Client Co-Best Enterprise Development (Shanghai) Ltd.

CELESTICA (DONGGUAN) PHASE 2 Located in the Dongguan Songshan Lake Science & Technical Industry Park, Phase 2 of Celestica’s south China manufacturing facilities includes 3 components: Cell 3 houses a production zone, import and export warehouses within a structure articulated to minimize the visual mass; a single-storey central warehouse; and utility centre expansion. Situated within a 39-acre site, Phase 2 has a total floor area of 994,910 square feet. B+H completed the Phase 1 facilities in 2005.

Location Dongguan, China Size 994,910 ft2 | 92,430 m2 Status Completed in 2010 Client Celestica

STATE NUCLEAR POWER SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND INNOVATION BASE This industrial project incorporates clusters that are arranged inside two blocks according to their functions. The site is divided by north and south roads and comprised of five sections: the administrative and research and development (R&D) building, large laboratories, the clean energy R&D center, administrative offices and supporting F&B facility. Each independent structure connects to the other buildings through smooth transportation flows, which make it easy for communication, as well as phasing construction.

Location Beijing, China Size Planning area: 17.4 ha ; Floor area (above grade): approx. 246,000 m2 Status Completed 2014 Client State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation Ltd.

AVIC. SHANGHAI R&D CAMPUS

Location Shanghai, China Size 21.5 Ha. Status Design 2021 Services Master Plan

SHANGHAI GM JINQIAO R&D CENTER The Shanghai General Motor R&D project is located on the north of Jufeng Road and lies between Shenjian Road and Outer Ring Elevated Road in Shanghai’s Pudong district. The entire project is expected to include an office building with capacity for 4,800 staff; a design centre; a Cadillac showroom; staff canteen; an engineering development building, an IT building; an aero wind tunnel lab; a sample care parking structure. The triangular main office building represents the curved beauty of 21st century automobile design and is located in the south zone, with the southwest facing an open external space. The Cadillac showroom, employee canteen and external landscaping embrace the main office building, creating a dynamic cluster of buildings.

Location Shanghai, China Size Plot area 127,690 m2 GFA 150,000 m2 above ground GFA 33,950 m2 below Status Completed in 2018 Client SGM

TECH MANAGEMENT CENTRE PHASE II, SAIC VOLKSWAGEN The proposed functions of the project include office, conference, training centre, archive, canteen and parking spaces. Relying on the proportional building masses and layout, our design solution will release the pressure caused by the huge capacity of Phase II and create highly efficient while comfortable working spaces. Together with the 3-storey training Centre, the 8-storey main office building forms a double L shape layout, combining with the podium of Phase I on the north side, embraces the main building of Phase I in a gesture of Yin and Yang.

Location Shanghai, China Size GFA: 75,341 m2; Site Area : 237,513 m2 Status Completed in 2020 Client SAIC Volkswagen

SAIC VOLKSWAGEN MEB FACTORY, SHANGHAI, CHINA

Location Shanghai, China Size GFA 580,000 m2 Status Completed in 2021 Client SAIC Volkswagen

SHANGHAI MEDIPHARM BIOTECH COMPANY FACTORY BUILDING RENOVATION The project is located in Zhangjiang, the core area of science and innovation industry in Shanghai. Geographical location and industry type determine the temperament of the project itself. In the whole facade transformation process, adhering to the modern, concise and efficient design principles. Enhance the image of the building facing the main interface of the urban road, with a clean and complete, but full of characteristics of the whole glass curtain wall, open a transparent window to the city, boldly emphasize the design treatment of the details. The design of non-display surface puts more emphasis on practicality and economy. With pottery plate as the main facade decoration material, the tone and texture meet the needs of the overall architectural temperament. Under the condition of meeting the requirements of energy saving, the size proportion of the original window hole is expanded and the indoor lighting conditions are optimized. On the facade, rhythmically deal with the relationship between window groups and beautify the image of the facade. The overall design positioning, with economic and practical as the major premise, maximize the architectural image, be simple but not simple, and strive to become a low-key but impressive building with its own characteristics in the region.

Location Shanghai, China Size Site Area: 9,977 m2; BLD Footprint: 3,432 m2 Status Completed in 2021 Client Shanghai Medipharm Biotech Co.,Ltd

BEYONICS, SINGAPORE Beyonics Singapore is a new 230,000sqft facility for manufacturing, warehousing and engineering businesses. The SGD27milllion integrated headquarters replaces four separate manufacturing sites and houses more than 600 specialist staffs under one roof. The interiors, inspired by Beyonics’ business of being “Precision Driven”, is infused with the firm’s corporate hues of blue, white and grey. With a minimalist approach to the overall design, selection of furniture and furnishings is kept meticulously sleek and clean which exudes a touch of modernity. Exposed ceilings, befitting to the overall industrial look, are consistently reflected across different levels of the fivestorey building including office, manufacturing facilities and warehouses.

Location Singapore Size 21,529 m2 (75 parking spaces) Status Completed in 2017 Client Beyonics

TORONTO PEARSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - INFIELD DEVELOPMENT PROJECT Located on a 470-acre site between four major runways, this $250 million development is Canada’s largest design-build project and comprised of six structures totaling 1,356,360 square feet: the Air Canada Maintenance Building, three cargo buildings including the Air Canada Cargo Terminal, a 3-bay Hangar Facility, and the 11gate Infield Holdroom Terminal. *Awards: 2003 Canadian DesignBuild Honourable Mention. Canadian Design-Build Institute.

Awards Canadian Design-Build Institute Honourable Mention, Canadian Design-Build Award

Location Mississauga, Canada Size 1,356,360 ft2 | 126,000 m2 Status Completed in 2002 Client PCL Constructors Canada

ENWAVE DEEP LAKE WATER COOLING PLANT This addition to the John Street Pumping Station is the energy transfer station of Toronto’s Deep Lake Water Cooling Project. Water is drawn from a permanent level of cold water 83 metres below Lake Ontario. This cold water is processed through the plant’s heat transfer process which includes 18 pairs of towering plate-frame heat exchangers. These exchangers chill Enwave’s closed-loop water supply which provides cold energy to many major downtown buildings. Compared to traditional air-conditioning, this process reduces electricity use by 75 percent, and will eliminate 40,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide.

Location Toronto, Canada Size 47,830 ft2 | 4,440 m2 Status Completed in 2004 Client Enwave

QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY BEAMISH MUNRO HALL Combined with a restructured curriculum, this facility is part of Queen’s aim to position itself as a worldwide leader in engineering education. This project is the home of the Integrated Learning Centre - a leading-edge facility with an unconventional studio and teambased environment that has many innovative educational amenities including an extensive sensor network to monitor building systems. Awards World Sustainable Building Conference Selected by the Canada Green Building Council as one of three Canadian projects to represent Canada at the 2005 World Sustainable Building Conference in Tokyo City of Kingston Livable City Design Award New Construction (Industrial, Commercial & Institutional)

Location Kingston, Canada Size 80,000 ft2 | 7,430 m2 Completion 2004 Client Queen’s University Certification 4 Green Leafs rating

QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY QUEEN’S CENTRE Envisioned as a gateway and hub of activity for this historic campus, Queen’s Centre will be built in three phases. Phase 1, which opened in December 2009, features an aquatic centre including a 38-by-25metre pool with 12 lanes and diving facilities, 2,000-seat varsity gym, additional practice gyms, racquet courts, extensive fitness facilities, student lounges and club facilities, and retail/food court amenities. The new School of Kinesiology and Health Studies (part of Phase 1) opened in January 2010. Phases 2 and 3 will include a field house and more student life space. This project is registered and targeting LEED Silver certification. The B+H team, which included Sasaki Associates and Shoalts and Zaback, was selected through an international submission call.

Location Kingston, Canada Size 699,650 ft2 | 65,000 m2 Completion 2009 (Phase 1) Client Queen’s University LEED Registered and targeting LEED Silver Architect and Prime Consultant B+H Architects Associate Architects: Sasaki Associates, Inc. and Shoalts and Zaback Architects Ltd.

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