2015 Alberta Masonry Design Award Winner
Scope of Work
Nestled between two buildings, the existing building on site was very dated and tired. The project set out to work with the bones of the existing structure and
turn it into a modern office building. The height of the building was expanded by two floors and the existing building was gutted, renovated and revitalized.
The client was looking for a design that was a forward-thinking, modern and current. The goal was to capitalize on and/or attract a tenant such as a law firm
or doctor’s practice with supporting retail on the main floor.
Design Logic
To create a modern design that was simple in its massing, but had clean, crisp architectural elements. The design had to appeal to the tenants that were looking
for an open, uncluttered floor space.
The façade was developed to be both contextually appropriate and to stand out amongst the surroundings buildings. The modern massing was created to suggest two
dominant forms, with the one element supporting the function of the elevator. By using the elevator as a design element and locating it at the front of the
building, valuable leasable space inside was maintained. The reveal between the two forms was originally much more pronounced, but was changed at the time of construction.