Private company

Dialog

Canadian architectural firm

DIALOG (formerly Cohos Evamy) is a North American architectural, engineering, interior design and planning firm. It operates as a single company, with studios in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Ottawa, and San Francisco.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1960Founded1
  • HeadquartersCalgary1

DIALOG (formerly Cohos Evamy) is a North American architectural, engineering, interior design and planning firm. It operates as a single company, with studios in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Ottawa, and San Francisco.2

The story

Cohos Evamy was founded as an architecture and engineering studio in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in 1960, and quickly evolved into an interdisciplinary model under the leadership of Martin Cohos, FRAIC, Michael Evamy, FAIC and Paul Poffenroth, P.Eng. The Cohos Evamy Partners opened the Edmonton office in the 1980s.

In 2003, Cohos Evamy opened a Toronto, Ontario studio. In 2010, Cohos Evamy merged with Vancouver-based architectural firm HBBH, among others, and was renamed DIALOG. In 2026, DIALOG opened an Ottawa, Ontario studio.

From Wikipedia’s article on Dialog (architectural firm), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Products and brands

TC Energy Tower, Calgary, Alberta

Western Canadian Place, Calgary, Alberta

Bankers Hall, Calgary, Alberta

Bankers Court, Calgary, Alberta

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Calgary International Airport, Calgary, Alberta

Transalta Arts Barns, Edmonton, Alberta

Listowel Memorial Hospital, Listowel, Ontario (Currently under construction)

Winspear Centre, Edmonton, Alberta

Calgary Central Library, Calgary, Alberta

From Wikipedia’s article on Dialog (architectural firm), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

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Sources

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