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10 Oboh and Kéré awarded African Multicultural Centre The City of Edmonton has selected a team led by architects Samuel Óghale Oboh and Francis Kéré of AECOM with HCMA Architec ture+Design to design and build the city’s new African Multicultural Centre. Nigerian-born and Edmonton-based,Oboh served as President of the RAIC in 2015. Kéré, who was born in Burkina Faso and is now based in Berlin, is renowned as the designer for the 2017 Serpentine Pavilion, among other works.The design team also includes PFS Studio as lead landscape architects, with Fast + Epp as the structural engineers, and RWDI as Climate Change resilience consultants. www.kere-architecture.com
Diamond Schmitt and B+H to lead Michael Garron Hospital project
Michael Garron Hospital and Infrastructure Ontario have selected a design-build-finance team including Diamond Schmitt Architects for a transformative campus redevelopment and state-of-the-art patient care tower. The EllisDon Infrastructure Healthcare consortium is comprised of EllisDon Design Build Inc., Diamond Schmitt Architects and B+H Architects in joint venture, and EllisDon Capital Inc. Centred on a new eight-storey patient care tower and three-storey podium, the project is designed to bring a light-filled, modern transformation of the Toronto healthcare facility. The $411-million project will add roughly 550,000 square feet of new space and will update an additional 100,000 square feet of the existing hospital. Construction is slated to begin in April 2018. www.dsai.ca www.bharchitects.com
Safdie Architects tapped for Idaho library campus
Safdie Architects has been selected to lead the design of a new main library branch in Boise, Idaho. Led by Canadian-Israeli architect Moshe Safdie, the design team will work in collaboration with local firm CSHQA to create a 10,000-sq.-m. facility, replacing an adapted mid-century warehouse that houses the current library. Located on the banks of the Idaho River, the complex will also house the Boise City Department of Arts and History and a new performing arts venue. “To have an architect of this calibre just makes everything better,” said Boise Mayor Dave Bieter. www.safdiearchitects.com
MEMORANDA Prairie Design Awards call for submissions
The 2018 Prairie Design Awards is accepting submissions from architects in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba for its 2018 awards. The awards is offered every two years and hosted by the Alberta Association of Architects, Saskatchewan Association of Architects and Manitoba Association of Architects. The 2018 categories are Recent Work, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture and Small Projects. Projects must be completed work located in Alberta, Saskatchewan or Manitoba to be eligible. Submissions must be received on a USB device no later than 4:00 p.m. on April 6, 2018. www.prairiedesignawards.com
2018 Banff Session open for registration
The Alberta Association of Architects has opened registration for the 2018 Banff Session, which takes place on May 11 and 12. The biannual conference offers an arena of open dialogue unencumbered by workplace pressures and distractions, in a locale of breathtaking natural beauty. This year, the Banff Session will also host the 2018 Prairie Design Awards. www.banffsession.ca
Spaces Between: AIBC conference coming to Vancouver
The 2018 Architectural Institute of British Columbia (AIBC) annual conference will take place in Vancouver on May 7-9, with the theme “Spaces Between.” The three-day conference will open with the 99th annual meeting of the AIBC, followed by a reception and a keynote presentation by Charles Walker, Director of Zaha Hadid Architects. The remaining days feature educational seminars, networking and other professional development opportunities. www.aibc.ca
OAA annual conference in Toronto this May
The Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) annual conference is returning to Toronto for 2018. Organized around the theme of “Bold By Design,” the three-day conference will take place at downtown’s Metro Toronto Convention Centre and nearby Delta Hotel in May of this year, with continuing education, tours and social events. Further details of this year’s program will become available in the coming weeks on the OAA website. The conference will be held under the auspices of John Stephenson, MRAIC, who has just been re-elected to a second term as OAA President. www.oaa.on.ca
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