About Ema Peter
Ema is the principle of Ema Peter Photography. In the past 8 years she has works with some of the largest architectural, interior design and engineering firms in North America. Ema’s photography has helped many of these firms reach award winning status.
Her images have been published in Architectural Digest, Objekt International, Dwell, Wired, New York Times and many more.
Ema holds a masters degree in art and applied photography from the national academy of theatre and film arts in Sofia Bulgaria as well as a PHD in Photojournalism.
She started her career as a TV anchor on Bulgarian National TV and then as an intern at Magnum Photo Agency in Paris. She then led one of the largest photography teams in North America at VRX Studios Inc. She was also the lead photographer for ad campaigns at Hilton, Hyatt and Fairmont and was responsible for creating photography standards for some of the top hotel brands around the world.
Awards
2022 Architizer A+ Awards, Jury Winner for Architecture+Photography + Video
2021 Top Architectural Studio in the World – Architizer
2021 Architizer A+ Awards, nominated in the top 5 for Architecture+Photography + Video
2020 Architizer A+ Awards, nominated in the top 5 for Architecture+Photography + Video
2020 Spotlight awards shortlisted in the top 10
2020 Female Photographer Production Paradise Contest
2020 The Createaur Design Awards – Best Photography Award
2019 Architizer A+ Awards, nominated in the top 5 for Architecture+Photography + Video
2019 Canadian Architect Photo Award of Excellence
2019 Production Paradise Spotlight Awards Winner
2018 Architizer A+ Awards won both jury and public vote in Architecture+Photography + Video
2018 Award of Exellence – Inagural award of Canadian Architect for Photography
2017 Architizer A+ Awards, nominated in the top 5 for Architecture+Photography + Video
2016 Architizer A+ Awards, nominated in the top 5 for Architecture+Photography + Video
LOCATION: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Surrey house is conceived as a domestic landscape that blurs the boundary between interior and exterior space in a temperate coastal rainforest climate. It is essentially a ranch house typology with a guest house stacked upon it – for a physically active empty
Situated on the West side of Vancouver, on a 50’ wide lot, this family home was formed to fit quietly within an established mixed neighborhood. Sitting on a gently sloping site with oblique downtown and mountain views, the Mackenzie Heights House …
The West 8th Avenue Residence is set on a modestly-sized lot in the heart of Point Grey. FdVA designed this home as a response to our clients careers in theatre, and their interest in combining Japanese principles of art with Western Architecture.
Located directly adjacent to Pacific Spirit Park, the FdVA design team identified the forest setting of the neighbourhood as the driving design element. The Vancouver house is conceived as a pavilion in a park: a loose arrangement of simple, bold elements that float in a park-like atmosphere.
Designed by Measured Architecture, the White Lodge was conceived and created as a gathering space. A place of reprieve, nestled into its wooded Whistler site, it allows for a family to be together, sequestered from the pull of their daily lives
The Rough House by Measured Architecture is a single family house and laneway project rooted in the hand-made. With a focus on the relationship of an architect with a boutique building + landscape team
Tsawwassen Beach House is a residential project completed by Frits de Vries Architects. Located on the beachfront in Tsawwassen, British Columbia, this compact home blurs the boundary between contemporary interior and the natural beachfront. Situated on a narrow 35’ wide lot, fronting Centennial Beach, FdVA designed the efficient and open plan with a focus on ocean
Canyon House, nestled in North Vancouver, British Columbia, is a masterful renovation project by McFarlane Biggar Architects and Designers. This house revitalizes a late 1950s post and beam structure, preserving its architectural integrity while adapting to contemporary living needs.
