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Office Space: Vancouver furniture e-tailer Article turned a former factory into a modern workspace

Furniture e-tailer Article gets comfy in its new Strathcona digs

By Felicity Stone /

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Hot Wheels
Some staffers use scooters to zip around the 115,000-square-foot space

Launched in 2013 by four software engineers—Aamir Baig, Fraser Hall and twin brothers Sam and Andy Prochazka—online home furnishings retailer Article has rapidly expanded to 180 employees, 115 of them at its Vancouver headquarters. Last August the 2017 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year winner in the emerging technology category relocated from Railtown to a building on Raymur Avenue, which had been constructed in 1929 for the Canadian Bag Company.

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Upstairs, Downstairs
The staircase next to a conversation area by the main entrance leads to the open-plan office on the second floor

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Sit, Stay
Article designed the Madera desk and file cabinet to create functional work areas for its employees in their new digs.

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Vertical Integration
Breakout spaces furnished with items from Article include bar tables as standing options