A Look Inside Arc’teryx’s New Vancouver Office

Michal
Fashion
3 days ago

Apparel brand Arc’teryx recently hired architecture and interior design firm M Moser Associates to design their new office in Vancouver, Canada.

“Working in close collaboration with Arc’teryx, M Moser transformed those limitations into opportunities. The result is a brand experience and employee centre that anchors this North Shore home as a flexible hub where work, play and community come together.

The Nest was guided by a clear strategic foundation. M Moser’s workplace strategy team engaged closely with Arc’teryx to understand how teams collaborate, create and connect. The teams explored spatial relationships, workflows and shared culture to ensure the design reflects how people learn, gather and build product together.

The result is a multi-purpose environment that supports day-to-day collaboration while hosting workshops, product showcases and community moments. It’s a space that connects Arc’teryx employees with the broader community and provides a platform for co-creation and storytelling.

M Moser’s concept, ‘the hidden line,’ draws from the brand’s logo, the Archaeopteryx fossil, symbolising evolution, mastery and the leap between earth and flight. In climbing, a ‘hidden line’ is discovered, not marked, and emerges through instinct, persistence and movement. This idea shaped the design narrative.

Moving through the space feels like an ascent. Dark, textured finishes recall the forest trail and light opens towards the core of the building, diffusing gradually through brighter tones inspired by alpine peaks and lichen-covered stone. The journey culminates at ‘the perch’, a mezzanine that serves as the symbolic summit and a place of reflection and perspective.

Originally imagined as a small ‘treehouse,’ the mezzanine grew into the project’s defining feature. It anchors the volume and turns vertical space into opportunity. From here, people can view film screenings, hold collaborative sessions or simply take in the energy below.

Flexibility sits at the core of the design. The main hall shifts from a climbing gym and training space to a film venue and product storytelling environment. Movable furniture, lighting, AV and acoustic solutions allow the room to morph at a moment’s notice, reflecting an ethos of agility, testing and continual refinement.

Beside the main space, the café blurs the line between workplace and everyday life. Part café, part gathering place, it’s where people meet before a run, debrief after a workshop or share a coffee at the day’s end. It’s a casual, intentional and welcoming space rooted in the human-centred culture and West Coast spirit of Arc’teryx.”