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PURE Design Inc.
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Interior Design Studio, PURE Design Inc.
Interior design with construction management under one roof.
Ami McKay founded PURE Design in 2000. The studio works on homes, multi-family residences, hotels, restaurants, offices, and retail, and manages the build in-house from concept to completion. Named Western Canada Interior Designer of the Year by the NKBA.
2000
Year founded
12+
Best of Houzz years (2014–2025)
4.7★
Houzz rating (34 reviews)
Meet PURE Design Inc.
PURE Design Inc. is an interior design studio in West Vancouver, founded by Ami McKay in 2000. McKay has worked on residential, hospitality, and commercial projects across Vancouver, West Vancouver, Whistler, Bowen Island, and internationally.
PURE works as a design-build firm, which means it keeps construction management in-house and runs a renovation from the first design sketch through to the finished space. The team takes on single rooms, whole homes, multi-family residential buildings, and commercial spaces such as hotels, offices, restaurants, and retail.
McKay was named Western Canada Interior Designer of the Year by the National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA). The studio's Gladstone Residence won the NKBA Kitchen of the Year and an NKBA Design Excellence Award in 2019, and the studio won several 2025 NKBA BC Chapter Design Excellence Awards across kitchen, bathroom, retail, commercial, and office categories.
PURE has been named Best of Houzz repeatedly between 2014 and 2025. McKay's work has been featured in Architectural Digest, Canadian House & Home, Style at Home, and Western Living.
Credentials
Recognition
NKBA Western Canada Interior Designer of the Year
NKBA Kitchen of the Year (Gladstone Residence)
NKBA Design Excellence Award (Gladstone Residence)
Best of Houzz (multiple years, 2014–2025)
Why work with PURE
01
Multi-family is part of the regular workload
PURE lists multi-family residential alongside whole homes and commercial work. For a multiplex, that means a studio used to designing repeatable unit interiors, common areas, and shared finishes — not only one-off single-family rooms.
02
Design and construction stay in one shop
PURE runs construction management in-house as a design-build firm. On a multiplex, having the designer and the build team under one roof can cut the back-and-forth between separate design and trade contracts.
03
A long, checkable track record
The studio has been operating since 2000 and has a 4.7-star Houzz rating across 34 reviews, plus repeated Best of Houzz wins from 2014 through 2025. The history and awards are public and easy to verify before you hire.
Built work
Gladstone Residence
Won the NKBA Kitchen of the Year and an NKBA Design Excellence Award in 2019. Featured in Style at Home and Western Living.
Frequently asked questions
Does PURE Design work on multi-family buildings, not just single homes?
Is PURE only a design studio, or do they handle the build too?
Where does PURE Design work?
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