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for the emerging firm. Now, in 2015, Altius
has grown in both staff numbers and range
of projects. While their niche remains the
custom residential market, the relationships
formed with clients can often lead to com-
mercial developments.
“We’re now 23 in this
office,” Smith said
of his staff numbers.
“We’re probably the
biggest architectural
firm in Canada that is
exclusively high-end
custom residential. We
do a bit of commercial
work and multi-fam-
ily work, but most of
our commercial work
comes from clients
that we’ve already done
their house or cottage.
So we’ll do their house,
and then we’ll do their
law firm.”
On top of the expan-
sions to staff and their
portfolio, Smith adds
that Altius has become
a family of companies in recent years.
“We’re now three different companies,” he
said. “We have Altius Architecture, the pro-
fessional practice, we have Altius CM, Inc.
which is our construction management divi-
sion and our third company is Altius Prefab,
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