BCBusiness
Furniture e-tailer Article gets comfy in its new Strathcona digs
Hot WheelsSome 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.
Upstairs, DownstairsThe staircase next to a conversation area by the main entrance leads to the open-plan office on the second floor
Sit, Stay Article designed the Madera desk and file cabinet to create functional work areas for its employees in their new digs.
Vertical IntegrationBreakout spaces furnished with items from Article include bar tables as standing options
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