Tag Archives: Calgary

Perkins and Will expands Calgary practice

February 28, 2020 sadia_badhon

Architecture and design firm Perkins and Will is expanding its Canadian practice in Calgary after 20 years to increase the capacity to provide architectural, interior, and urban design services to clients in Alberta.

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Design team finalized for Calgary art gallery project

January 17, 2019 sadia_badhon

Gibbs Gage Architects (Calgary) and KPMB Architects (Toronto) have been selected to help transform the Centennial Planetarium in Calgary into a gallery for modern art.

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Calgary library most anticipated Canadian building of 2018

January 9, 2018 Samantha Ashenhurst

Architectural Digest has named Calgary’s Central Library as one of the 12 most anticipated buildings of 2018.

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Looking for help in aligning Alberta definitions with MasterFormat

December 5, 2017

The Alberta Construction Association is looking for assistance with developing and updating trade definitions, and aligning them with resources like MasterFormat and UniFormat. CSC past-president Keith Robinson, FCSC, FCSI, RSW, LEED AP, is the CSC Edmonton Chapter representative providing support for the initiative.

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Edmonton focuses on education and curling

December 5, 2017 nithya_caleb

On January 8, the Edmonton Chapter of CSC will begin its Specifier (SP) and Technical Representative (TR) courses. Running from 6 to 9 p.m., the 15-week Specifier course will be held at Stantec and the 11-week TR program will be at Stoncor Group. The Chapter is also hosting a curling social. On January 18, it is hosting the 2018 CSC YEG Curling Funspiel at the Shamrock Curling Club. The event, which includes dinner, runs from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m.

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Calgary high school named greenest in Canada

October 3, 2016 Katie Daniel

The Career and Technology Centre (CTC) at Lord Shaughnessy High School in Calgary won the Canada Green Building Council’s (CaGBC’s) 2016 Greenest School in Canada competition. The jury, comprising green building experts from across the country, chose CTC for its Energy and Environmental Innovation program.

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Calgary’s new University District earns top LEED honours

September 19, 2016 Katie Daniel

The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) administered Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Neighbourhood Development (LEED-ND) platinum certification to Calgary’s University District.

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Calgary’s Bow: An iconic skyscraper revisited

December 1, 2012 Elaina Adams

With its iconic crescent-shaped, inversely curved form, the Bow is a striking presence on Calgary’s skyline. Designed by Foster + Partners of London, this 59-storey tower features a vast atrium partitioned in four clear-height sectors with the façade integrating an architectural exposed diagonal grid structure in six-storey segments. The perimeter ‘diagrid’ frame helps make up the building’s hybrid lateral force-resisting system (LFRS).

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