History of the firm

Birmingham & Wood was founded in 1939 by William Birmingham & Woodruff Wood. After their retirement the firm was carried on by two employees, Sandra Moore, and James Burton. They continued the design philosophy of the original partners by maintaining both a commitment to the collaborative aspect of creating architecture, and a strong focus on refining design ideas to arrive at a solution which is architecturally, socially and environmentally coherent. James Burton has retired from the partnership and Sandra Moore is continuing the legacy of the firm with a new partner, Annalisa Meyboom.

Sandra and Annalisa also continue the legacy of the firm in that the composition of the original firm was a professor from UBC School of Architecture (Bud Wood) and a practitioner (Bill Birmingham). This is the same today with Annalisa teaching at UBC SALA, and Sandra Moore with extensive experience in practice.