firm profile

We acknowledge that our Studio is located on the unceded Indigenous ancestral lands belonging to the Coast Salish peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) Nations.

Wayne has been involved in many  aspects of Architecture and Construction since 1978, beginning with hands-on training as a carpenter apprentice,  a framer, mason and a cabinet maker, an Architectural Technologist and an Architect.

The A studio-DeAngelis Architecture was founded  in 1987  through the  practice of architecture, interior design, and furniture design. Wayne has  worked as a consultant to the well known and established Japanese architectural firm, Matsuda Hirata Sakamoto  Architects, Planners and Engineers (MHS) as well as Yasuo Yoshida Architect in Osaka Japan and AJ Diamond and Partners in Toronto.

As a Designer for MHS, Wayne led the Design for a competition for the Kansai International Airport Hotel (KIAH), a 400-suite hotel, commercial and office project located at the Kansai Airport in Osaka.  At the same time, he designed the extension  to the Japanese Mint Museum also in Osaka.  Both designs were successfully chosen and have since been completed. He has been the Project Architect on  Art galleries, museums and  Culture centres in Japan, a design team member of the Mountain View Civic Center in California, USA as well as a large scale Multifamily housing projects in Vancouver, Canada and Japan.

As a Volunteer, Wayne has served as the  RAIC (Royal Architectural Institute of Canada) Regional Director of BC and Yukon as well as President of the RAIC.   He has served on the Board of the CaGBC, Chaired the Vancouver Heritage Commission, Chair of the Vancouver Heritage Interiors Commission, Chair of AIBC  Continuing Education System as well as founding the Metro Vancouver RAIC chapter. He has also created and managed Professional programs for Architects and Designers to study the latest Sustainable Building Technology in Italy.

His educational accomplishments include a Diploma in Architectural Technology, Certification in Professional Specification Writing, Certification in Construction Law,  Project Management Certificate, a visiting critic at Carleton University School of Architecture,  the Osaka Institute of Technology Architectural Department, mentor, critic and advisor with UBC SALA and BCIT ARC SCI Departments, and  academic positions at Vanier College, Royal Oak College and BCIT.

He has helped create partnerships between the University of Ferrara School of Architecture in Italy  with BCIT as well as the RAIC.

Presently, Wayne is the principal of DeAngelis Architecture in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.