David Nicolay (BEDS’92,MArch’93FP) is the founding partner and principal of Evoke International Design Inc. Upon graduation he returned to Vancouver and founded his first design studio in 1995. As principal, he has been the lead project designer for a wide variety of built typologies at various scales.

Some of the projects include: a 20,000 square foot house in Whistler, B.C., done in collaboration with Studio MK27 from Sao Paulo; a new waterfront house for Trevor Linden; the Kit and Ace retail startup for Chip Wilson; the Canadian Head offices for Pixar Studios; 75,000 square for animation studios for DHX Media; and the Vancouver location of the THNK School of Creative Leadership from Amsterdam.

Linden House living area. Major renovation to a waterfront home in Point Grey built in the late 1960s.

Additionally, he is co-owner of three popular restaurants and a craft brewery in Vancouver. David’s current professional affiliations are Intern Architect with the AIBC, Registered Interior Designer with the IDIBC and ARIDO, and Associate Member with the IIDA.

DHX Media studio space

Formed in 2000, Evoke has extensive experience in a variety of design disciplines including building and spatial design, interiors and graphic design. These multi-disciplines manifest themselves through work in corporate office design; restaurant, entertainment and retail design; and single-family residential projects.

THNK Vancouver is the newest location for Amsterdam founded THNK School of Creative Leadership.

The studio approaches design from a collaborative point of view, and aligns with clients that share their modern aesthetic values and creative process. The resulting projects are well-integrated designs that don’t rely on overly trendy concepts:but are rather about composition and the combination of form, function and innovation to achieve the client-unique design objective.