Akb Architects
Catherine Osborne is a seasoned Communications Director currently at Akb Architects and a Creative Copywriter with Ashley Botten Design since January 2022. As a Communications Specialist since 2018, Catherine offers a range of services including writing, editing, project management, and exhibition curation. Catherine co-founded OH!&Co., which supports emerging architecture and design studios, and previously held pivotal editorial roles at AZURE Media and Designlines Magazine, shaping content and creative direction in North America's architecture and design sectors. Early career experiences include managing editorial duties at The Walrus and contributions as an arts columnist for the National Post. Catherine holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Queen's University.
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Akb Architects
Founded in 2004, Akb Architects is the Toronto-based residential architecture studio of Robert Kastelic and Kelly Buffey, architects dedicated to the practice and art of building. The quest to capture the poetic and ineffable qualities of space manifests in Akb’s design process, which prioritizes a clarity of vision, attention to detail, and a rigorous commitment to conceptual intent. The work of the studio benefits from Robert and Kelly’s extensive training in both architecture and interior design; a comprehensive strategy results in buildings of exceptional resolution and an uncommon level of refinement. A unified and holistic approach to interior and exterior space merges building and landscape into a seamless experience, transforming the ephemeral into the tactile. Elements of volume, light, proportion and materiality are orchestrated to resonate and respond to each project’s unique site, context and program. Compelling in their tranquility and quiet simplicity, the resulting buildings are warmly engaging, elegant and functional. Akb recognizes the importance of a collaborative process in maintaining an open dialogue with their clients, ensuring all needs and desires are met. Meticulous research, precedent studies and the deployment of current sustainability strategies enable the studio to fuse the practical and the abstract in an architecture that is creative, inspired and enduring.