Office: DIALOG | ArchDaily

AMS Nest / DIALOG + B+H Architects

Karen Valenzuela — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 10:00:00 +0000

“DIALOG and B+H Architects collaboratively translate student-driven design ideas into AMS Nest, setting the benchmark for publicly engaged design with this new, sustainable center. The return of students to UBC coincides with the highly anticipated opening of the AMS Nest – a new 250,000 square foot, LEED Platinum student union building.

St Joseph Seminary / DIALOG

Martita Vial della Maggiora — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 14:00:00 +0000

How does faith take physical form? That was a question that helped guide DIALOG’s team through the design of St. Joseph Seminary in Edmonton, Alberta. St. Joseph Seminary and Newman Theological College has been educating Catholic priests in the Canadian prairies since 1927.

Royal Alberta Museum / DIALOG

Daniel Tapia — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 17:00:00 +0000

After outgrowing their original home in west-central Edmonton, Alberta’s provincial museum for both human and natural history embarked on a seven-year journey of re-discovery in the heart of downtown Edmonton’s Arts District. The new Royal Alberta Museum is intentionally designed to be anchored to this site—the design simply wouldn’t work anywhere else. Historically, it lies at the intersection of Canada’s two survey traditions, directly along the historic Canadian Northern Railway Line.

Crosstown Concourse / Looney Ricks Kiss + DIALOG

Rayen Sagredo — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 17:00:00 +0000

Crosstown Concourse is the metamorphosis of urban blight into a vibrant community. It is the rebirth of not just a building, but an entire neighborhood. Though initially conceived as a home for a small start-up arts organization, with plans to organically revive the structure over decades, the project evolved into a 1.3- million-square-foot “vertical urban village.” Rooted in historical context and flourishing on the ideals of common purpose, social transformation, and inclusivity, the building has achieved full occupancy in less than one year.

TELUS Spark / DIALOG

Karen Valenzuela — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 12:00:16 +0000

One of the most challenging aspects of this 13,500 sq m project was to provide a facility that is memorable, youthfully exuberant and dynamic, both from a distance and up-close, within a limited budget. To this end, the building was conceived as an exhibit platform where the usual boundaries of inside and outside are blurred and the building itself takes on new, colourful forms as exhibits come and go.

Calgary's New Central Library and Library Plaza / Snøhetta + DIALOG

Karissa Rosenfield — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 01:00:00 +0000

Following two years of community engagement, Snøhetta and DIALOG have released the final design for their competition-winning New Central Library in Calgary. Planned for a vibrant intersection between Downtown Calgary and the East Village, the new library aims to fulfill the city’s vision for a “technologically advanced public space for innovation, research and collaboration.”

Edmonton Airport Offices and Control Tower / DIALOG

Cristian Aguilar — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000

The Combined Office/Control Tower project is an integral part of the Edmonton International Airport’s expansion 2012 program, and it responds to increasing ridership and the pressure it has placed on the existing infrastructure and buildings. As Canada’s fastest growing major airport, the expansion will ensure that the airport keeps pace with the Alberta Capital Region’s economic development.

Nk’Mip Desert Cultural Centre / DIALOG

Karen Valenzuela — Fri, 23 May 2014 01:00:00 +0000

The Nk’Mip Desert Cultural Centre is designed to be a specific and sustainable response to the building’s unique context—the unusual Canadian desert found in the South Okanagan Valley in Osoyoos, British Columbia. Sited adjacent to a remnant of the Great Basin Desert (approximately 1,600 acres are being preserved by the band as a conservation area), this interpretative centre is part of a larger 200-acre master plan.

Southlands Residence / DIALOG

Jonathan Alarcón — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The Southlands Residence nestles into a mature, heavily vegetated corner site in Vancouver’s historical Dunbar-Southlands neighborhood. A year-round fresh water stream divides the irregularly shaped property as it threads its way below Marine Drive to the south. The lush basin resulting from long-standing environmental forces sets the stage for a dramatic and highly contextual architectural response. The Southlands Residence spans the riparian environment and sets up a circulation sequence that culminates in a grand south facing outdoor ‘room’ on the water’s edge. The design capitalizes on moments of natural splendor in social zones while playfully borrowing from foliage and topography in the creation of private contemplative spaces.

Energy Environment Experiential Learning / DIALOG + Perkins&Will

Javier Gaete — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 01:00:00 +0000

Located at the University of Calgary, the Energy. Environment. Experiential. Learning (EEEL) building is a five-storey, 24,531 sm undergraduate teaching facility that allows students to learn in an experiential and hands-on environment. Imagined as a building that ‘connects the dots’, EEEL is sited on the northern edge of the campus and links together a series of previously disconnected buildings.