The story
Altius was founded by four partners who had met as students at the University of Waterloo, School of Architecture, in the 1990s. Altius Design Studio was founded in 1998 and became Altius Architecture Inc in 2002.
The Ontario Association of Architects selected Altius for the 2007 Best Emerging Practice Award, in recognition of their strategies and creativity in a firm that has been in practice for five years or less. In 2007, the three partners of Altius Architecture Inc purchased 49% of Sustain Design Studio and their flagship miniHome, a line of sustainable prefabricated homes.
In 2009, the three partners acquired 100% of Sustain Design Studio and began expanding the miniHome into the California market.
In 2012, Altius participated in the public exhibition Big Enough at the Toronto Harbourfront Centre. The exhibition was investigating the idea of space in the city, by posing the question: How much space do we really need?
From Wikipedia’s article on Altius Architects, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4