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Calgary Central Library / Snøhetta

14:31 - 5 November, 2018
Calgary Central Library / Snøhetta, Courtesy of Snøhetta
Courtesy of Snøhetta

Courtesy of Snøhetta Courtesy of Snøhetta Courtesy of Snøhetta Courtesy of Snøhetta + 28

  • Architects

    Snøhetta

  • Location

    800 3 St SE, Calgary, AB T2G, Canada

  • Category

    Library

  • Executive Architect & Executive Landscape Architect

    DIALOG

  • Client

    Calgary Municipal Land Corporation (CMLC)

  • Area

    240000.0 ft2

  • Project Year

    2018

Devani Home / RNDSQR

15:00 - 30 October, 2018
Devani Home / RNDSQR, © Jamie Anholt
© Jamie Anholt

© Jamie Anholt © Jamie Anholt © Jamie Anholt © Jamie Anholt + 23

Remington YMCA / GEC Architecture

17:00 - 17 October, 2018
Remington YMCA / GEC Architecture, © David Troyer
© David Troyer

© David Troyer © David Troyer © David Troyer © David Troyer + 22

  • Architects

    GEC Architecture

  • Location

    108 Quarry Park Road SE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

  • Category

    Sustainability

  • Partner in Charge

    David Edmunds

  • Project Architect

    Andrew Tankard

  • Area

    9600.0 m2

  • Project Year

    2016

  • Photographs

    David Troyer

Elbow River Residence / Bohlin Cywinski Jackson in association with Bohlin Grauman Miller

17:00 - 19 July, 2018
Elbow River Residence / Bohlin Cywinski Jackson in association with Bohlin Grauman Miller, © Nic Lehoux
© Nic Lehoux

© Nic Lehoux © Nic Lehoux © Nic Lehoux © Nic Lehoux + 18

  • Architects

    Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, Bohlin Grauman Miller

  • Location

    Calgary, Canada

  • Category

    Houses

  • Principal

    Ray Calabro, FAIA

  • Project Manager

    Kyle Phillips, AIA, Senior Associate

  • Design Team

    Peter Bohlin, Nate Lambdin, Adam Pazan

  • Landscape Design

    Just Gardens

  • Area

    3690.0 ft2

  • Photographs

    Nic Lehoux

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

15:00 - 4 July, 2017
Schulich School of Engineering Redevelopment and Expansion / Diamond Schmitt Architects + Gibbs Gage Architects, © Ed White
© Ed White

© Ed White © Ed White © Ed White © Ed White + 16

C-Square Plaza / The Marc Boutin Architectural Collaborative

15:00 - 22 March, 2017
Courtesy of Yellow Camera
Courtesy of Yellow Camera

Courtesy of Yellow Camera Courtesy of Calgary Municipal Land Corporation Courtesy of Calgary Municipal Land Corporation Courtesy of Calgary Municipal Land Corporation + 24

  • Architects

    The Marc Boutin Architectural Collaborative

  • Location

    Calgary, AB, Canada

  • Category

    Public Space

  • Client

    Calgary Municipal Land Corporation

  • Architects in Charge

    Marc Boutin, Mike Deboer, Sean Knight, Kurtis Nishiyama, Jodi James, Tony Leong

  • Area

    32000.0 ft2

  • Project Year

    2016

Homeaway / Studio North

15:00 - 20 February, 2017
Homeaway / Studio North, Courtesy of Studio North
Courtesy of Studio North

Courtesy of Studio North Courtesy of Studio North Courtesy of Studio North Courtesy of Studio North + 16

  • Architects

    Studio North

  • Location

    Calgary, Canada

  • Category

    Houses

  • Architects in Charge

    Matthew Kennedy, Mark Erickson

  • Area

    2100.0 ft2

  • Project Year

    2015

Studio Bell / Allied Works Architecture

09:00 - 16 February, 2017
Studio Bell / Allied Works Architecture , © Jeremy Bittermann
© Jeremy Bittermann

© Jeremy Bittermann © Jeremy Bittermann © Jeremy Bittermann © Jeremy Bittermann + 18

Juniper House / The Marc Boutin Architectural Collaborative

09:00 - 28 May, 2016
Juniper House / The Marc Boutin Architectural Collaborative, © Yellow Camera
© Yellow Camera

© Yellow Camera © Yellow Camera © Yellow Camera © Yellow Camera + 23

Poppy Plaza / The Marc Boutin Architectural Collaborative

13:00 - 1 April, 2016
Poppy Plaza / The Marc Boutin Architectural Collaborative, © Yellow Camera
© Yellow Camera

© Yellow Camera © Yellow Camera © Yellow Camera © Yellow Camera + 17

B85 + B90 / Building Bloc design

19:00 - 10 February, 2016
B85 + B90 / Building Bloc design , © Jared Sych
© Jared Sych

© Jared Sych © Jared Sych © Jared Sych © Jared Sych + 23

How Driverless Cars Could, Should - and Shouldn't - Reshape Our Cities

10:00 - 22 January, 2016
How Driverless Cars Could, Should - and Shouldn't - Reshape Our Cities

In the race to bring driverless cars from a futuristic fantasy to a present-day reality, developers have touted a plethora of advantages, from reduced traffic congestion on roads to improved safety thanks to the elimination of human error. But the potential widespread implementation of driverless cars could also have profound impacts on the form of our urban environments, fundamentally reshaping infrastructure and land use. As recently as a year ago, this new technology was seen as decades away; however, recently Elon Musk, CEO of electric car maker Tesla, predicted that driverless cars will be capable of making cross-country treks within about two years, and a pilot program in the United Kingdom city of Milton Keynes plans to launch a fleet of driverless pod-taxis by 2018, matching Musk’s timeline.

The driverless car future could be just around the corner, and the normally slow-changing infrastructure of cities could be forced to apply quick fixes to adapt. At the same time, the full potential of driverless cars cannot be realized without implementing significant changes to the urban fabric. So how will driverless cars change how our cities work, and how will our cities adapt to accommodate them?

TELUS Spark / DIALOG

12:00 - 16 March, 2015
TELUS Spark / DIALOG, Courtesy of DIALOG
Courtesy of DIALOG

Courtesy of DIALOG Courtesy of DIALOG Courtesy of DIALOG Courtesy of DIALOG + 10

  • Architects

    DIALOG

  • Location

    TELUS Spark, 220 Saint Georges Drive Northeast, Calgary, AB T2E 5T2, Canada

  • Category

    science center

  • Area

    13500.0 sqm

  • Project Year

    2011

Lateral Office's 2014 Venice Biennale 'Arctic Adaptations' Exhibition To Tour Canada

01:00 - 24 February, 2015

Lateral Office's Arctic Adaptations exhibition, which was recognised with a Special Mention at the 2014 Venice Biennale, will travel make its debut in Canada at the Winnipeg Art Gallery this week before heading to Whitehouse, Vancouver, and Calgary. The exhibition "surveys a century of Arctic architecture, an urbanising present, and a projective near future of adaptive architecture in Nunavut" though interactive models, photography, and topographical maps of the twenty five communities of the area, as well as Inuit carvers’ scale models of some of the most recognised buildings in the territory. In addition, it proposes a future of adaptive and responsive architecture for Canada's northern territories.

Call for Ideas: Lost Spaces 2015 Design Competition

01:00 - 26 January, 2015
Call for Ideas: Lost Spaces 2015 Design Competition, Courtesy of d.talks
Courtesy of d.talks

The lost spaces competition is a call for ideas to reframe how underused spaces in Calgary might be used. The aim is to address a particular challenge of public space - what to do with seemingly remnant pieces of public property. The challenge: what opportunities do lost spaces afford?

REX Cantilevers Stacked Library Entry Over Downtown Calgary Site

01:00 - 15 December, 2014
REX Cantilevers Stacked Library Entry Over Downtown Calgary Site, © Luxigon
© Luxigon

REX has shared with us their competition proposal for Calgary’s New Central Library (NCL). Though Snøhetta and DIALOG ultimately won the competition, REX was shortlisted as a finalist with an unconventional scheme that was based on adaptability, serendipity and treating the librarians as curators. By literally stacking the library’s program according to the client’s desired sequence, REX formulated six typological clusters hoisted on top an illuminated plinth.

Check out the complete proposal, after the break. 

© REX © Luxigon © Luxigon © Luxigon + 24

AD Round Up: Canadian Architecture to Be Thankful For

00:00 - 13 October, 2014
AD Round Up: Canadian Architecture to Be Thankful For, The Crystal, extension to the Royal Ontario Museum by Studio Daniel Libeskind. Image © Andrew Rowat
The Crystal, extension to the Royal Ontario Museum by Studio Daniel Libeskind. Image © Andrew Rowat

Today marks Canadian Thanksgiving, and to celebrate the occasion we've rounded up some of Canada's best architecture. Our five selections represent five Canadian cities, each with a unique architectural sensibility. We begin in Toronto with the Royal Ontario Museum addition by Studio Daniel Libeskind, a striking intervention using prisms of glass and steel fused to a 102-year-old museum structure; next we go to Montréal for Habitat 67 by Moshe Safdie, an interlocking modular housing project designed for the World Exposition of 1967; to Calgary for Santiago Calatrava's understated Peace Bridge, a stunning glass-encased red lightning bolt spanning the city's widest waterway; then to Winnipeg's Old Market Square Stage by emerging firm 5468796 Architecture, a chameleonic performance space wrapped by a mesh curtain of steel cubes; and finally to the outskirts of Vancouver for the Richmond Olympic Oval, a masterpiece of engineering and the centre of attention during the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. Enjoy, eh.

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

00:00 - 24 September, 2014
Calgary's New Central Library and Library Plaza / Snøhetta + DIALOG, © MIR and Snøhetta
© MIR and Snøhetta

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.”