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Lang Wilson Practice in Architecture Culture

Canadian architectural firm

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ96386887
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The Lang Wilson Practice in Architecture Culture (LWPAC) is an architectural firm founded in 1999 by Oliver Lang and Cynthia Wilson. It was first launched in New York City before being permanently based in Vancouver, British Columbia, where it evolved into an interdisciplinary business.

History

The architectural and cultural firm delivers unified resolutions to serve innovative ideas for projects. LWPAC works on projects that are large scale; urban planning, and housing complexes, as well as small scale such as art installations.

LWPAC was co-founded by German-Canadian architect and urban entrepreneur Oliver Lang and Canadian designer and cultural entrepreneur Cindy Wilson. They have worked together in Canada, United States and Germany, to bring-forth a communal and global experience to their projects. LWPAC serves as a platform for architecture and urban design.

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This entry incorporates text from Lang Wilson Practice in Architecture Culture” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.