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Become a member for 2013 | www.raic.org DIRECTOR, PROGRAM IN ARCHITECTURE The John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, University of , invites applications for a full-time tenure-stream appointment in Architecture to serve as the Director of the Faculty’s Program in Architecture. This appointment will be at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor and will be effective July 1, 2013. Candidates will be expected to possess the expertise to teach and conduct research in one, or more of the following areas: Building and/or Environmental Systems; Digital Design/Fabrication; Architecture and Health; Parametric, Visualization-based Urbanism. The Director of the Architecture Program provides leadership in the crafting, delivery, and ongoing reform of the faculty’s 3.5-year professional master’s program. This would include being the lead authority and spokesperson for the program with regard to staffing and everyday management of the curricular and extra-curricular aspects of the program, student recruitment and advising, and outreach to professional, academic and other communities with a stake in architectural discourse and practice. Set within a preeminent research university and located at the center of one of North America’s most cosmopolitan cities, the Daniels Faculty uniquely combines the disciplines of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design in undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs. The Daniels Faculty explores the intersections between nature, technology, architecture, and various built geog- raphies in a way that situates design to meet its contemporary challenges. An emphasis on the connections between all of the design disciplines at work in the remaking of the built environment is apparent in the scholarly research and built work of many of our faculty. Following a decade-long transformation of the school’s faculty and professional programs, and a recent, major increase in its endowment, the Faculty is expanding its foundation in undergraduate teaching, and its research capacity by developing a PhD in Architecture, Land- scape, and Design Studies. To accommodate both growth in its curricular offerings, and an increase in its research and outreach programs, a new building complex is being constructed by the Faculty on Toronto’s historic One Spadina Crescent. The Daniels Faculty is particularly committed to exploring new modes of practice by drawing on the community of minds at the Uni- versity of Toronto, and a wide array of globally positioned academic, industry, and public sector partners. The Faculty enjoys ties with a number of adjacent disciplines within the (Engineering, Geography and Planning, Art, Literary Studies, Informa- tion, Medicine/Health) via both cross-disciplinary teaching appointments and various forms of research. The Daniels Faculty would be an especially engaging environment for someone whose creative work, or research explores the speci ficities of contemporary practice from a perspective that is historically informed, technologically advanced, and theoretically acute. Candidates would be expected to bring a substantial creative, or technical research program, and to demonstrate not only a capacity to fuse their agenda with the interests and commitments of the faculty, but to build new research capacities and relationships. The search will focus on individuals with a minimum of a professional Masters in Architecture. Doctoral credentials and a demon- strated capacity for administration would be a plus. Salary, appointment type, and rank will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Evidence of excellence in teaching and research is required. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. All qualified candidates are invited to submit their application online by clicking the link below. http://uoft.me/academicopportunities (referencing #1201749). Applications should include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, teaching dossier, a statement outlining current and future research objectives, and representative examples of publications, research, and design work. If you have questions about this position, please contact Kevin Wilson ([email protected], T 416 946 0208, F 416 971 2432). The UofT application system can accommodate up to five attachments (10 MB) per candidate profile; please combine attachments into one or two files in PDF/MS Word format. Submission guidelines can be found at: http://uoft.me/how-to-apply. Applicants should also ask at least three referees to send letters directly to the department via e-mail to [email protected] by the closing date, March 15, 2013. For more information on the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design please visit our website at: http://www.daniels.utoronto.ca// The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from visible minority group members, women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. CONTENTS NIC LEHOUX NIC KINDRED CONSTRUCTION KINDRED SCHMIDT HAMMER LASSEN/MARSHALL TITTEMORE ARCHITECTS HAMMER LASSEN/MARSHALL SCHMIDT

9 NEWS 14 MONAD Architects and Ronald Lu & THE LANG WILSON PRACTICE IN ARCHITECTURE CULTURE CONTINUES ITS EXPLORATION Partners Company Ltd. selected to design OF SUSTAINABLE URBAN LIVING IN THE DESIGN OF THIS PREFAB MULTI-UNIT RESIDENCE IN ’S DESIRABLE KITSILANO NEIGHBOURHOOD. TEXT ADELE WEDER Opera House in Hong Kong; commission for the Inuit Art and Learning Centre for the Winnipeg Art Gallery won by Michael 20 CITY OF Maltzan Architecture and Cibinel Archi- tects Ltd. A NUMBER OF RECENT ARCHITECTURAL AND URBAN DESIGN INITIATIVES IN EDMONTON SIGNAL A POSITIVE TRANSFORMATION OF THE CITY’S DOWNTOWN CORE AND SUBURBS. TEXT GRAHAM LIVESEY 27 TECHNICAL Douglas MacLeod reports on the increased use and sustainable benefits of cross-laminated timber.

31 REVIEW Diverse visions of contained in a current exhibition entitled ABC : MTL at the Canadian Centre for Architecture are BING THOM ARCHITECTS THOM BING considered by Louise Pelletier.

36 CALENDAR The Happy Show at the Design Exchange in Toronto; Kenneth Frampton comes alive at the National Gallery of Canada.

38 BACKPAGE A tribute to the late, great Grant Marshall and his influence on interior design in his home city of Winnipeg and beyond, by Herbert Enns.

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6 CANADIAN ARCHITECT 01/13 Assistant / Associate Professor — ARCHITECTURE The John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, University of Toronto, invites applications for a full-time tenure-stream appointment in Architecture. This appointment will be at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor and will be effective July 1, 2013. Candidates will be expected to possess the expertise to teach and conduct research in one of the following areas: Building and/or Environ- mental Systems; Digital Design/Fabrication; Architecture and Health; Parametric, Visualization-based Urbanism. Set within a preeminent research university and located at the center of one of North America’s most cosmopolitan cities, the Daniels Faculty uniquely combines the disciplines of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design in undergraduate, graduate, and pro- fessional programs. The Daniels Faculty explores the intersections between nature, technology, architecture, and various built geographies in a way that situates design to meet its contemporary challenges. An emphasis on the connections between all of the design disciplines at work in the remaking of the built environment is apparent in the scholarly research and built work of many of our faculty. Following a decade-long transformation of the school’s faculty and professional programs, and a recent, major increase in its endowment, the Faculty is expanding its foundation in undergraduate teaching, and its research capacity by developing a PhD in Architecture, Land- scape, and Design Studies. To accommodate both growth in its curricular offerings, and an increase in its research and outreach programs, a new building complex is being constructed by the Faculty on Toronto’s historic One Spadina Crescent. The Daniels Faculty is particularly committed to exploring new modes of practice by drawing on the community of minds at the Uni- versity of Toronto, and a wide array of globally positioned academic, industry, and public sector partners. The Faculty enjoys ties with a number of adjacent disciplines within the University of Toronto (Engineering, Geography and Planning, Art, Literary Studies, Informa- tion, Medicine/Health) via both cross-disciplinary teaching appointments and various forms of research. The Daniels Faculty would be an especially engaging environment for someone whose creative work, or research explores the specificities of contemporary practice from a perspective that is historically informed, technologically advanced, and theoretically acute. Candidates would be expected to bring a substantial creative, or technical research program, and to demonstrate not only a capacity to fuse their agenda with the interests and commitments of the faculty, but to build new research capacities and relationships. The search will focus on an individual with a demonstrable background in architecture that possesses an advanced masters degree, or doctoral credentials. Administrative experience or the demonstrated capacity to assist the Faculty in this regard would be a plus. Salary and rank of appointment will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Evidence of excellence in teaching and research is required. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. All qualified candidates are invited to apply by clicking on the link below. http://uoft.me/academicopportunities (referencing #1201746). Applications should include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, teaching dossier, a statement outlining current and future research objectives, and representative examples of publications, research, and design work. If you have questions about this position, please contact Kevin Wilson ([email protected], T 416 946 0208, F 416 971 2432). The UofT application system can accommodate up to five attachments (10 MB) per candidate profile; please combine attachments into one or two files in PDF/MS Word format. Submission guidelines can be found at: http://uoft.me/how-to-apply. Applicants should also ask at least three referees to send letters directly to the department via e-mail to [email protected] by the closing date, March 15, 2013. For more information on the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design please visit our website at: http://www.daniels.utoronto.ca/ The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from visible minority group members, women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. 2011 CANADIAN ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICES BENCHMARK STUDY

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Bing Thom Architects and Ronald Lu & Partners Company Ltd. chosen to design Opera House in Hong Kong. The West Kowloon Cultural District Authority (WKCDA) recently announced the appointment of two Hong Kong-born architects to collaborate on the architectural design of the Xiqu (Chinese Opera) Centre, one of the landmark cultural venues for the West Kowloon Cultural District, scheduled for commissioning in 2016. The two lead architects, Bing Thom in Vancouver and Ronald Lu of Hong Kong, have formed a joint venture partnership called Bing Thom Archi- tects and Ronald Lu & Partners Company Ltd. and will work with the WKCDA over the next four years to design and deliver a world-class facility for the preservation, development and promotion of this important art form of Chinese cultural heritage in Hong Kong. The Xiqu Centre Inuit art, the largest of its kind in the world, and ABOVE A STREET-LEVEL VIEW OF THE PROPOSED will be the first of 17 core arts and cultural the studio art and learning programs. Michael XIQU CENTRE IN HONG KONG, DESIGNED BY venues to be opened within the District. The Maltzan will be the prime and design architect BING THOM ARCHITECTS AND RONALD LU & venue will provide a platform for the Xiqu com- for this historic project, and supporting his team PARTNERS COMPANY LTD. munities to interact, develop and produce the will be Cibinel Architects Ltd. led by principal finest examples of Cantonese and other Chinese George Cibinel, acting as the associate and tech- Chair, WAG Foundation; and Mirko Zardini, opera performances, attract new audiences, and nical architect in Winnipeg. This past August, Executive Director and Chief Curator, Canadian educate and collaborate with and host inter- 65 prospective architectural teams from 15 Centre for Architecture. The development of the national cultural programs. Occupying a prime countries responded to the call for expressions Inuit Art and Learning Centre is part of the site of 13,800 square metres on the corner of of interest for the IALC project. Founded in WAG’s Centennial Legacy project, which will be Canton Road and Austin Road West, the centre 1995, Los Angeles-based Michael Maltzan supported by the Gallery’s upcoming capital and will provide a gateway of access to the Cultural Architecture has designed a wide range of arts, endowment campaign. A national Inuit Art Task District. Early concept designs illustrate that the educational, commercial, institutional, civic and Force chaired by Stephen Borys has been set up building will provide a striking entrance, a lan- residential projects worldwide. Notable projects to assist with the development of the program tern for the District, employing the Moongate include Inner-City Arts, San Francisco State and mandate for the IALC. The Centre will be traditional Chinese motif and a dynamic treat- University’s Mashouf Perform ing Arts Center, located adjacent to the existing WAG building, ment of the façade. Its flow or “qi” is expressed MoMA-QNS, New Carver Apartments, Pittman and a groundbreaking for construction is antici- with curvilinear paths and forms. The architec- Dowell Residence, Regen Projects, and the pated in 2014. ture incorporates a generous amount of public Hammer Museum Billy Wilder Theater. George www.wag.ca leisure space in addition to 2,000 square metres Cibinel, the principal of Cibinel Architects Ltd., of training and education facilities, two superbly has an impressive record of outstanding design, Patkau Architects appointed to design designed auditoria for 1,100 and 400 seats (the including major academic and cultural buildings Audain Art Museum in Whistler. latter to be developed in Phase 2) respectively, for the University of Manitoba, University of A new art museum planned for Whistler will be and a traditional Tea House for performances for Winnipeg, Red River College, Franco-Manitoban designed by internationally renowned Patkau audiences up to 280. The design team was picked Heritage Centre, Brandon University, and the Architects Inc. of Vancouver. John and Patricia unanimously by a jury panel made up of promin- Manitoba Pavilion for the 2010 Vancouver Olym- Patkau, both members of the Order of Canada, ent leaders in the relevant professional and cul- pics. George Baird, founding partner, Baird have been recognized for their award-winning tural sectors in Hong Kong and internationally. Sampson Neuert Architects, headed the WAG’s projects in many parts of Canada and abroad. In www.wkcda.hk/en/newsroom/press_releases/index_ national selection committee. Other members 2012 the Patkaus’ work was represented in the id_117.html of the committee included: Stephen Borys, Exec- Five North American Architects exhibition in the utive Director, WAG; Herbert Enns, Director, international section of the 2012 Venice Bien- Michael Maltzan selected to design Inuit Experimental Media Research Group, Professor nale for Architecture. Thirteen of their projects Art and Learning Centre for the Winnipeg of Architecture, University of Manitoba, and have received Governor General’s Awards for Art Gallery. Director, Cisco Innovation Centre for Collabora- Architecture, but they have never been invited Award-winning American architect Michael tive Technologies, University of Winnipeg; before to undertake a cultural project in British Maltzan has been selected to design the Inuit Art Naomi Levine, lawyer and President, WAG Board Columbia. “We are delighted that John and Pat and Learning Centre (IALC) at the Winnipeg of Governors; Brigitte Shim, Principal, Shim- have agreed to undertake this commission,” Art Gallery (WAG). The Centre will house both Sutcliffe Architects, Inc.; Richard Yaffe, Partner, said Museum board member Jim Moodie. He the WAG’s celebrated collection of contemporary Aikins, MacAulay & Thorvaldson, LLP, and added, “It will, no doubt, result in an exciting

01/13 CANADIAN ARCHITECT 9 building which will add to the diversity of with basic plumbing, heating and electrical sys- tered Koerner Concert Hall, which has been de- things to enjoy in Whistler.” tems installed, allowing them to decide which scribed as the “jewel in the crown of Toronto’s http://designbuildsource.ca/2012/11/architect- rooms and finishes they would like on each Cultural Renaissance.” The design earned KPMB whistlers-museum/ floor. 5468796 challenged traditional town- its 11th Governor General’s Medal as well as house layouts with apartments that cross from numerous awards for architectural excellence. LMN Architects awarded two Canadian one side of the building to the other as they as- In 2011, McKenna was made an Honorary Fellow convention centre projects. cend over three levels. This arrangement pro- of the Royal Conservatory for her outstanding Following the recent accolades for the award- vides every unit with north and south views, and contribution and commitment. Among her more winning, LEED Platinum-certified Vancouver transforms eight into corner suites. In addition, prominent academic projects are the McGill Convention Centre in Vancouver, Seattle-based 5468796 maximized the usable area of the site University and Genome Innovation LMN Architects is expanding its international by cantilevering six-foot-deep projections on Centre and Le Quartier Concordia (both in joint presence in the convention centre arena with alternating floors to expand rooms, create bal- venture with Fichten Soiferman et Associés, two new projects in Winnipeg and London, On- conies and provide support for the wooden, Architectes), the integrated vertical campus of tario. The Winnipeg project is a high-profile, vertical-slat privacy screen that wraps the build- business, engineering and visual arts at Con- multi-storey expansion of the current Winnipeg ing’s exterior. The screen provides privacy and cordia University’s downtown Montreal campus, Convention Centre, and will include an upper- shade for homeowners, and helps mitigate traf- the Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum Nano level exhibit hall, incorporating a signature fic noise. The screen’s sheer texture unifies the Centre at the University of Waterloo, and the event room dubbed the City Room—which ex- façade and gives Bloc_10 a distinctive identity Rotman School of Management at the University tends over York Avenue, along with a ballroom, within the city. This is the third honour for of Toronto. Current projects include the renova- new pre-function spaces, and support areas on Bloc_10. In December 2010 the project was tion and expansion of Toronto’s historic Massey the adjacent expansion site. Team selection in- awarded a Canadian Architect Award of Excel- Hall, the Music and Theater Arts Project in cluded a two-stage North American competi- lence, and in May 2012 the project was distin- Walker Mem orial Hall at the Massachusetts In- tion. The selected team consists of design-build guished with a Governor General’s Medal for stitute of Technology (MIT), and the expansion contractor Stuart Olson Dominion Construction Design Excellence. Representing the ar+d Award of Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis. She is also Ltd., developer Matthews Southwest, and LMN jury, Architectural Review’s Editor in Chief de- partner in charge of the integrated design team leading the design with local Winnipeg archi- clared, “This scheme for housing takes a much for the Kellogg School of Management at North- tectural firms Number TEN Architectural belied building type and gives it a sense of dig- western University in Chicago, which was the Group and LM Architectural Group. LMN was nity and delight. It also points the way forward to winning scheme in an invited international de- also selected to complete a space-needs analysis a genuinely new form of housing.” sign competition. Born in Montreal and edu- and utilization recommendations for the cated at Swarthmore College and , London Convention Centre, where they will Marianne McKenna of Kuwabara Payne McKenna was an associate at collaborate with feasibility analysis firm HLT McKenna Blumberg Architects invested as Associates prior to the founding of KPMB Archi- Advisory, Inc. and Toronto-based design firm an Officer of the Order of Canada. tects in 1987. In 2010, McKenna was named one Dialog. The team was selected by the London His Excellency the Right Honourable David of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women by Convention Centre to evaluate the existing Johnston, Governor General of Canada, recently The Financial Post. She has lectured extensively, facility and regional competition venues, and de- invested Marianne McKenna of Toronto as an and currently sits on the Board of Directors of termine what improvements can be undertaken Officer of the Order of Canada. The Office of the Metrolinx as well as the Institute of Contempor- to increase space utilization and event revenue. Secretary to the Governor General stated that ary Culture (ICC) at the Royal Ontario Museum. www.lmnarchitects.com “Marianne McKenna, O.C., has crafted architec- Upon being invested, McKenna stated, “For ture that enriches the public experience. A every Order of Canada, there are 1,000 people AWARDS founding partner of KPMB Architects, she is re- dedicating their lives to making our country sponsible for a number of innovative structures, better. I am deeply grateful to receive this hon- 5468796 Architecture wins ar+d Award including the Royal Conservatory of Music’s our, which will serve as a daily reminder to focus for Emerging Architecture. acclaimed Koerner Concert Hall in Toronto. on creating architecture that cultivates innova- Canadian firm 5468796 Architecture has been Whether designing an integrated campus for tion, creativity and community building.” honoured with a prestigious ar+d Award for in downtown Montreal, or Emerging Architecture 2012 by Architectural the environmentally sustainable Jackson-Triggs Perkins+Will Canada wins IIDA Global Review magazine in the UK for work by architects Winery in Niagara-on-the-Lake, she is commit- Excellence Award. under the age of 45. 5468796’s Bloc_10 housing ted to creating edifices that weave into the fabric The Toronto-based studio of Perkins+Will Can- project in Winnipeg was one of four first-prize of the community.” A founding partner of the ada has been honoured with a prestigious Inter- winners, selected from over 250 entries from award-winning practice of Kuwabara Payne national Interior Design Association Global around the world. At a recent awards ceremony McKenna Blumberg Architects (KPMB), Excellence Award for its University of Toronto in London, England, 5468796 Architecture re- McKenna has designed and directed a diverse Mississauga Instructional Centre. The project ceived £2,500, a quarter-share of the £10,000 range of internationally acclaimed projects in won Best of Category for cultural, institutional prize fund. The winning design is a low-budget, the spheres of culture, business, education and and educational projects, and demonstrates the 10-unit housing project that strives to reimagine science. One of her notable achievements is the University of Toronto Mississauga’s commit- and reinvent the market-driven condominium. Royal Conservatory TELUS Centre for Perform- ment to strengthening the educational experi- The building is modelled after a white-box con- ance and Learning, a project spanning 20 years ence with inspirational and sustainable archi- cept: each buyer purchases an unfinished unit that includes the elegant and acoustically mas- tecture. The building is distinguished by its

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