RICHARD E. HULBERT
MAIBC, FRAIC, AIA, RCA, RAIA, RRP Managing Director, Development Group
Project Master Planning | Architecture | Real Estate Development | Communications | Entitlements
Richard E Hulbert is Chairman of The Hulbert Group of Companies. The Hulbert Group has planned developments ranging from compact plans for small groupings of homes to the master planning stage of the total re-development of Vancouver’s Expo ‘86 site, including 12 million square feet of residential and commercial space in 42 towers, a $2.5 billion undertaking. The development was awarded the grand award as the Pacific Rim’s finest new community development at an international property and building conference held in San Francisco.
Rick Hulbert was the lead Urban Designer during the comprehensive rezoning phase for all three phases of the Coal Harbour waterfront development for Marathon Developments Inc. This 2500-unit, mixed-use urban residential neighbourhood in Downtown Vancouver includes 2 million square feet of commercial development. The first phase of this development was named the Best Master Planned Community at the Urban Development Institute’s Awards for Excellence in Urban Development.
As seasoned architects with worldwide expertise in accommodation, planning and design, Hulbert’s experience includes residential, low and high-rise mixed use architecture as well as hotel, recreational, timeshare, casinos, commercial, and institutional architecture. They have been the executive architects and planners for a number of integrated mixed-use resort developments throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Offshore work includes the $600 million internationally acclaimed resort community of Sanctuary Cove in Australia, complete with homes, hotel, marinas, commercial and recreational amenities.
The Hulbert Group has an uncanny ability to recognize the ultimate objective, which is to see individual homes/facilities appropriate to the consumer while meeting developer objectives. Before the consumer or developer is “sold”, there are a number of other people and approving authorities that must be “sold” along the way. Hulbert sees his task as one of orchestrating the process of implementation leading from acceptance by the owner through approval by the various regulatory agencies, construction by the building and ultimately to occupancy by the consumer.
RICHARD E. HULBERT MAIBC, FRAIC, AIA, RCA, RAIA, RRP
Richard E. Hulbert is the principal and owner of an international architecture and planning practice with its head office in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Richard E. Hulbert received his Bachelor of Architecture degree with honors from the University of Arizona/Tucson where he was awarded the American Institute of Architects Silver Medal for highest design ability. After completing his Masters of Architecture degree at the University of California/Berkeley, he joined the GRV Design Group and for two years served as President/Los Angeles Division where he was responsible for many projects throughout the United States.
Mr. Hulbert came to Canada and established the architectural practice Architect R.E. Hulbert and Associates. The range of work the practice carried out included urban design, themed commercial projects, housing and master planning as well as institutional, commercial and residential projects. In 1986, Mr. Hulbert established The Hulbert Group in order to extend professional planning and design services into new markets outside Canada.
Over the past 30 years the group has planned over 25,000 acres of land, has designed over 50,000 units of accommodation globally and has completed assignments on five continents, including North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. They have completed master plans as large as 7,500 acres in scope, which have been built, and their architectural expertise ranges from whole ownership condominiums through interval ownership and hotel projects.
Offshore work includes the internationally acclaimed Sanctuary Cove Resort, a $600 million mixed-use waterfront development in Queensland, Australia, which features a Hyatt Regency International Hotel, a golf and country club, a recreation club and a yacht club, as well as residential and other recreational facilities. This resort was recognized by the Australian Tourism Industry as Australia’s Best Resort. As well, the Sanctuary Cove Country Club clubhouse received the Golfing Professional Award for the Best Golf Clubhouse in Australia.
Mr. Hulbert was the lead architect for the master planning of Pacific Place, a 2 billion dollar mixed-use waterfront development on the former 200-acre Expo site in Vancouver. This project was judged the Pacific Rim’s finest new community development at the annual international building design and planning awards competition held by the Pacific Coast Builders Conference in San Francisco.
Mr. Hulbert was also the chief architect and urban designer during the comprehensive rezoning phase for all three phases of a 2,500-unit mixed-use urban residential neighbourhood in downtown Vancouver, which includes 2 million square feet of commercial development. The first phase of this development was named the Best Master Planned Community at the 1998 Urban Development Institute’s Awards for Excellence in Urban Development.
Mr. Hulbert’s contributions have been consistently recognized by the architectural profession in Canada, the public sector and the development industry. He has won design awards or had his works published each and every year for the past 25 years.
Mr. Hulbert has participated in numerous major housing conferences in the past two decades. He has lectured on the subject of office building design in the United States; on planning and residential design to the development and construction industries in Canada; on computer applications to architecture to the architectural profession and the construction industry; on energy conservation to other professional associations; and on housing livability to consumer groups.
National and International business, trade, professional and consumer publications look to Mr. Hulbert as a regular source of news and feature stories, and his authoritative building profiles and discussions of innovative design are respected and read by consumers, developers, architects and government decision makers. He is a founding member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Building Renovation Magazine.
The Hulbert Group’s International expertise in wood-frame construction resulted in their selection by Forintek Canada Corporation to design their 105 thousand square foot research laboratory at the University of British Columbia. This project has been recognized by the forest industry as a demonstration of the innovative uses of wood in non-residential buildings.
Mr. Hulbert was an invited guest speaker at the 1997 International Forum on Wood Construction in Germany, speaking on pre-fabrication versus on-site construction.
In recognition of his outstanding service to the housing industry, Mr. Hulbert was awarded the Province of British Columbia HOUSING AWARD, the first ever such award to be received by an architect. Shortly thereafter, he received a Governor General’s Award for Architecture, his second in three years.
Mr. Hulbert has been elected to the College of Fellows of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. The award is the highest honor the Institute can bestow upon a member. Mr. Hulbert has maintained a high degree of professional involvement during his career, and his past and present voluntary activities include the following:
- Member, College of Fellows, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada
- Academician, Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts
- Member and Past President, Architectural Institute of British Columbia
- Former Director, Canadian Wood Council
- Former Chairman, Canadian Wood Council
- Former Director, Urban Development Institute, Pacific Region
- Founding Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Building Renovation Magazine
- Former Director, Canadian Home Builders Association
- Director, American Resort Development Association
- Member, The American Institute of Architects
- Member, California Board of Architects