Our history · Est. 1928
Among Canada's longest-standing architectural practices
Nearly a century after two architects opened a one-room office, we are still independent, still local, and now working under a new name.
Ninety-eight years of building.
Eighteen chapters of southern Alberta architecture — each one a project, a team, and a year.
What each generation built.
1928 — 1946
The Meech years
Hospitals, schools and banks for a prairie city still under construction. St. Michael's General Hospital, 1929.
1947 — 1972
Architects and engineers
Mitchell, Robins and Watson bring engineering in-house. Post-war schools, churches and civic halls at scale.
1973 — 2003
Public buildings
Watson, Horton, Ferrari and Westwood — police services, libraries, recreation centres across the south.
2004 — today
GROWTH & OPPORTUNITY
FWBA to ARC28 – Schools, Seniors Care and Healthcare with expanded diversity of projects including interiors and communities throughout Alberta. Growth of firm to three studios with five partners.