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National Arts Centre Rejuvenation / Diamond Schmitt Architects

Andreas Luco — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 17:00:00 +0000

The National Arts Centre was a Centennial project, built in the Brutalist style. It is a robust concrete structure of rigorous geometry but sits like a dark fortress in the centre of the nation’s capital. For Canada’s 150th anniversary, the National Arts Centre’s rejuvenation project reorients and opens up the building to the city. The transformation of the NAC is an exploration in architectural transparency, relieving the opaque mass of the original and offering a new material palette. Every design decision was based on the inherent logic embedded in the original Brutalist structure, as a reinterpretation of its geometry, texture, and rigor.

Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts and Sciences / Diamond Schmitt Architects

Andreas Luco — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 19:00:00 +0000

The Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts and Sciences is a new state-of-the-art performance venue in Lubbock, Texas designed by Diamond Schmitt in association with Lubbock architects Parkhill and MWM Architects, built by Lee Lewis construction, and developed by Garfield Public/Private LLC on behalf of the Owner, the Lubbock Entertainment and Performing Arts Association (LEPAA).

The Senate of Canada Building / Diamond Schmitt Architects + KWC Architects

Andreas Luco — Thu, 11 Apr 2019 01:00:00 +0000

This adaptive re-use project transforms one of the most important cultural and historic landmarks in Canada’s capital city, Ottawa, which has re-opened to the public in 2019 for the first time in 50 years. The Senate of Canada has relocated to the former Ottawa Union Station for the ten-year restoration of Centre Block on Parliament Hill. Previously the Government Conference Centre, this prominent Beaux-Arts structure (1912) is located in the heart of the city adjacent to the parliamentary precinct and the UNESCO World Heritage Site Rideau Canal.

Toronto Central YMCA / Diamond Schmitt Architects

Rayen Sagredo — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 12:00:00 +0000

Buildings that continue to prove their design intentions over the course of decades are the focus of an annual prize awarded by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) and Heritage Canada The National Trust. The Prix du XXe siècle recognizes an outstanding contribution to Canadian architecture of 20th century design.

Lazaridis Hall / Diamond Schmitt Architects

Rayen Sagredo — Mon, 16 Apr 2018 16:00:00 +0000

Lazaridis Hall is the new home of the School of Business and Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario. The building also houses the Department of Mathematics and a center for entrepreneurship and social innovation.

Schulich School of Engineering Redevelopment and Expansion / Diamond Schmitt Architects + Gibbs Gage Architects

Daniel Tapia — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 15:00:00 +0000

The Canadian Natural Resources Limited Engineering Complex is an infill expansion of the Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary. The design integrates over 4500 students, faculty and staff in new and modernized space within the existing campus. The goal was to improve the teaching, research, administrative and support spaces as well as to upgrade public circulation and to provide the school with a centralized social hub.

Bridgepoint Active Healthcare / Stantec Architecture + KPMB Architects + HDR Architecture + Diamond Schmitt Architects

Cristian Aguilar — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 13:00:00 +0000

Bridgepoint Active Healthcare in Toronto is the largest facility of its kind in Canada focused on the treatment of complex chronic disease and rehabilitation. Bridgepoint’s leaders envisioned a new way of delivering healthcare in a new kind of hospital: a civic building - an urban centre - in which healthcare and community come together. The intent is to blur the traditional distinction of institutional space and public access and to provide an inspirational setting to assist patients in their recovery.

University of Ottawa / KWC Architects + Diamond Schmitt Architects

Daniel Sánchez — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 01:00:00 +0000

The building, designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects in joint venture with KWC Architects, features extensive classroom, student study and collaborative space on the lower five floors and connects with the renovated Vanier Hall via multi-level bridges that span a five-storey skylit atrium. The upper floors house seminar, office and research space for faculty, graduate students and staff.

Salvation Army Harbour Light / Diamond Schmitt Architects

Jonathan Alarcón — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Toronto’s downtown east side was selected by the Salvation Army for its flagship facility of caring. The Harbour Light is an 86,000-sqaure-foot, seven-storey building with transitional housing, a residential addictions recovery program and supportive community and family services. Anchoring Harbour Light at the southwest intersection of Jarvis St. and Shuter St. is the Sanctuary, which is the urban element presented for consideration.

Taliesin / Diamond Schmitt Architects

Brian Pagnotta — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Centre for Green Innovation at Evergreen Brick Works / Diamond Schmitt Architects

Brian Pagnotta — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0000

The Evergreen Brick Works project converts a deteriorating industrial site in the Toronto’s Don Valley into an important environmentally based community landmark to engage visitors in experiences connected to nature and city. Designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects, the Centre for Green Cities is the only new building on site. Achieving LEED Platinum certification, the building comprises a welcome center, retail and amenity space, administrative offices, and workspace for the program partners.

La Maison Symphonique de Montréal / Diamond Schmitt Architects

Brian Pagnotta — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:00:00 +0000

The 2,100-seat auditorium, primarily for use by the celebrated Montréal Symphony Orchestra under maestro Kent Nagano, is a contemporary expression of the classical shoebox concert hall design. The design of La Maison Symphonique de Montréal involved an intricate public and private partnership. The chief architect was Jack Diamond of Diamond & Schmitt Architects. Artec Consultants designed the acoustics with the aid of a team Diamond brought in from Sound Space Design.

CANMET Material Technology Laboratory / Diamond Schmitt Architects

Brian Pagnotta — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

The CANMET Material Technology Laboratory, which is striving for LEED Platinum certification, was designed by Diamond and Schmitt Architects for Natural Resources Canada, a federal agency.This 15,400-square meter (165,000-square foot) facility will host metallurgical research in an environment filled with natural light, fresh air ventilation, planting gardens and a multitude of renewable and passive schemes, all of which serve to diminish energy consumption by 70 percent.

McGill University Life Sciences Complex / Diamond Schmitt Architects + Provencher_Roy

Nico Saieh — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The primary function of the McGill University Life Sciences Complex is research in cancer and biomedicine. This includes five key components: chemical biology, complex traits, developmental biology, cell information systems and cancer research. The Complex integrates the new facilities, the Francesco Bellini Life Sciences Building and the Cancer Research Building, as well as the existing McIntyre Medical Sciences and Stewart Biological Sciences buildings.