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Marken Design + Consulting

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Architectural Design + Passive House Consulting, Marken Design + Consulting

Vancouver's first certified Passive House MURB duplex.

Marken Design + Consulting created the first certified Passive House MURB duplex in Vancouver and designed Vancouver's 1st Zero Emissions Building on an RS1 lot in East Vancouver.

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1st

PH MURB duplex in Vancouver

1st

Zero Emissions Building, Vancouver

Meet Marken Design + Consulting

Marken Design + Consulting is a Vancouver design + consulting practice focused on Passive House and zero-emissions multi-unit residential.

Marken designed the first certified Passive House MURB Duplex in Vancouver, BC.

The firm also designed a west-coast modern single-family Passive House on an RS1-zoned lot in East Vancouver — Vancouver's 1st Zero Emissions Building.

Why work with Marken

01

First-mover credibility on certified PH multi-unit

Designing the city’s first certified PH MURB duplex required closing every detail to the certifier’s satisfaction — that institutional knowledge carries directly into modern multiplexes.

02

Zero Emissions experience for ZEB-step targets

Marken has shipped a ZEB project already — relevant as the BC Energy Step Code pushes toward zero-emissions readiness.

Frequently asked questions

Is Marken a full AIBC stamping practice?
Marken positions as a design + consulting practice. On projects requiring an AIBC stamp, Marken typically partners with an AIBC-registered architect for the official permit set while leading the PH/ZEB performance design.

Work with Marken

Reach out directly — no VanPlex middle layer.

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Other architects

Bryn Davidson

Built Vancouver's first laneway house in 2010 and its first net-zero laneway in 2012. Lanefab now designs and builds ~10 small-multi-unit projects a year.

Cornerstone Architecture

Vancouver's foremost Passive House multi-unit specialists — designers of The Heights, Canada's largest Passive House project, with 16 more PH projects in the pipeline.

Daniel Clarke

Vancouver specialist in ultra high-performance Passive House and net-zero multiplexes — over two decades stamping high-performance residential in Western Canada.

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Licensed Residential Builders and the trades who frame, wire, plumb, and finish them.

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