Barbara Smyth, Senior Interior Design and Principal

With 20+years of experience, Barbara Smyth is passionate about creating positive and healthy work environment where employees are motivated and ultimately impacts the company’s success.

Her leadership, creative skills and personalized approach combined her genuine business sense, allow her to achieve outstanding result of which all her clients always benefit. With a sharp eyes on details, Barbara follow the latest office design trends, such as ergonomics, acoustics, office furniture, sustainability and technologies and her experience in design-build and project management able her to evaluate cost from the early stage which allow to clarify possibilities and to minimize delay.

Vancouver Better Office Inc. (VBO) is an interior design company that has been developed and launched in 2007 by Barbara Smyth. VBO provides design-build services for small and large size businesses. VBO hires employees and consultants such as architects, engineers and contractors on a per contract basis to accommodate each individual project requirements. VBO has the passion to work towards making the world a better place for all and we achieve this by creating custom environments that are also easy to implement.

VBO knows that when issuing design documents to a contractor, designs more often than not will be compromised and as a result, clients at the end do not get the full potential and benefit. Disappointed by that ubiquitous aspect of the construction industry, we decided to take charge by managing entire projects from pre-design to construction completion. Overall, VBO proudly minimizes design modifications during construction, keeps its projects on budget and facilitate its client’s experience and further makes this client’s experience a joyful one.

Thus, over the years, VBO has accumulated a wide variety of resources and great workmanship that contribute at delivering fresh new office design ideas for the benefit of the business community.