The essence of our work is collaboration. We believe that the best work comes from people who are fully invested, passionate, talented, with the skills, experience, history and the continuous willingness to learn and evolve.
Led by Nora Bouz, founder and lead designer, each project gathers a constellation of specialist expertise on every part of the project: architectural technologists, occupational therapists, building science and sustainability experts, community builders, and artists… A project-specific team of named collaborators assembled around the requirements of each engagement.
The principal designer is engaged from the first conversation through the final walkthrough. The same person attends all client meetings, workshops, leads the design decisions, draws the details, and stands on the construction site when questions arise. The relationship is continuous, and the accountability is clear.
The team works together in real conversation. Ideas are tested across perspectives, questions are held in common, and decisions emerge from the exchange between disciplines. The architectural technologist's instinct shapes the spatial planning; the occupational therapist's observation reframes a layout; the building science expert's material knowledge informs a finish selection. The work is built as one.
When the same team holds a project from concept to completion, the work coheres. Decisions made in the early conversations carry through to the final detail. Intent stays intact across phases; each detail is held by someone who understands its role in the whole, and the original vision strengthens as it moves toward completion. The whole project arrives intact.
Every project requires a different mix of expertise, which have collaborated on a number of projects and are already in sync. A cohousing community, a clinic, a retreat centre, and a workplace each call for different specialists at different moments. This way of working makes that possible: the team is configured to the project, with each collaborator chosen for what the work actually needs.
Nora Bouz, Place Maker, Lead Designer
ADV DIP HID, BA, PM
I design spaces that remember what buildings are meant to do: honour the body, shelter the soul, connect us to the living world, and hold us in our becoming.
My practice weaves studies & research with the felt & sensed, drawing on environmental psychology, biophilic design, and years of study into how built environments shape our consciousness, creativity, and capacity for connection. I also trust what can't be measured: the felt sense of a space, the poetry in light and shadow, the intelligence of nature as teacher and collaborator.
After 11 years in conventional architectural and interior design, a profound experience led me to walk away and begin again, in 2016, asking: What does it mean to design for the whole human being? That inquiry opened me to holistic design, communal living research, deep ecology, and the exploration of what truly makes people happy and what makes spaces nurturing.
I work in collaboration with clients, builders, tradespeople, and artists as co-creators, and with nature as the ultimate design intelligence. The projects that call to me: homes, co-housing and communal living spaces, retreat centers—places that foster genuine connection, healthy living, resilience, and authentic expression.
The spaces we create shape the world we inhabit. The most meaningful spaces come from conversation and collaboration. This is how I work—in conversation, in relationship, in co-creation. This is a conversation I'm here for.
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“Nora provided our organization with integrated planning support within an extremely tight deadline. Her holistic wellness design approach has allowed us to provide a new level of services to more people in space that focuses on a mentally and physically improved environment. The care and attention to our staff, understanding the vision and the outcome of her design work was outstanding."
- Laureen MacNeil Executive Director Canadian Mental Health Association Calgary Region
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"Nora's talent and professionalism truly set her apart. She possesses a unique ability to listen attentively and consult with us in a way that made us feel valued and understood. She took the time to delve deep into our style and needs, ensuring that every detail reflected our vision. Her attention to detail is remarkable, and she skillfully blended aesthetics with functionality, creating a space that is not only beautiful but also practical for our daily lives."
- Ena M. Residential Renovation, Westport, ON
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We are thrilled to share our heartfelt gratitude and admiration for Nora, whose incredible talent and expertise transformed our house into a warm, inviting, and beautiful home. From the very beginning, Nora demonstrated an exceptional understanding of our taste, needs, and desire for a space that reflects both our lifestyle and values. Our decision to trust her vision was absolutely worth it, and we are so grateful to her for creating a home we truly love.
R. & W. Campbell, Residential New build, Florida, USA
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"Nora is very knowledgeable in her field. It's all about healthy environment and respecting who we are to make each space an experience of being well. Thank you!"
- Sylvie-anne roy - social bee marketer 5th element management
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"Nora is amazing at what she does and is helping us to renovate some of our units to be more conducive to wellness in the mind, body and spirit."
- Karen Crowther Executive Director, Keys to Recovery, Calgary, AB
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When interior designer Nora Bouz begins a consultation, she starts by asking clients to look inward, to consider their own hearts before looking out to their room interiors.
Love Your Whole Body Podcast Eps. 14 Love where you live
Wellbeing Interior Designer, Nora Bouz, shares her journey from following trends in design to following her heart. By helping us find our unique “heaven” and bringing that into our homes, we can have increased physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and relational well-being. Don't miss this episode!
Surprised by the lack of holistic design concepts in Calgary, Bouz founded her own holistic interior design company, Lucida | Wellbeing by Design, in 2017.
Bouz is currently designing spaces for the Canadian Mental Health Association. The CMHA’s new client facility is designed so people can talk to and connect with each other in a relaxed environment.