VanPlex Plexperts · BC Multiplex Architect
Michael Leckie
Featured on VanPlex Plexperts — the curated directory of BC multiplex architects.
Principal Architect, Leckie Studio Architecture + Design
The studio behind British Columbia’s ten standardized multiplex designs.
Founded 2015. Recognized as Architectural Record Design Vanguard 2022. The province picked Leckie Studio to set the design standard every BC multiplex now starts from.
10
BC standardized designs
11 yrs
in practice
2022
AR Design Vanguard
BC
Province-wide reach
Meet Michael Leckie
Leckie Studio Architecture + Design is an interdisciplinary studio founded in 2015 by Michael Leckie, MAIBC, AAA. The practice spans residential, commercial, hospitality, and public projects across Western Canada.
In 2024, the BC Ministry of Housing selected Leckie Studio to produce ten typological designs for the Standardized Housing Design Project — the free, publicly-available catalogue of duplex, triplex, quadplex, and townhouse designs intended to fast-track approvals on lots opened up by Bill 44.
Michael Leckie has described the catalogue designs as modern interpretations of local building vernacular across BC, built around mix-and-match blocks adaptable to a range of site conditions, floor areas, roof forms, and aesthetics.
Credentials
Recognition
Architectural Record Design Vanguard
BC Ministry of Housing — Standardized Housing Design contract
Why work with Michael
01
The standard-setter for BC multiplex
When the province needed a free catalogue of multiplex designs to fast-track Bill 44 approvals, they hired Leckie Studio. If you've seen a typological multiplex rendering on a BC Housing page, you've seen their work.
02
Modern vernacular, not generic
The catalogue and the studio’s custom work both reject "designed-by-zoning-bylaw" boxes. Roof forms, massing, and material palettes are tuned to neighbourhood character.
03
Adaptable building-block system
Leckie's blocks-based approach lets one design template flex across multiple sites — useful for repeat builders running parallel multiplex projects.
Built work
BC Standardized Housing Designs
Ten typological designs (duplex through townhouse) commissioned by the BC Ministry of Housing and released free to the public to accelerate multiplex permitting under Bill 44.
Frequently asked questions
Did Leckie Studio design ALL BC multiplexes?
Can I hire Leckie Studio directly for a custom multiplex?
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