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Old Buildings, New Art: Ociciwan Contemporary Art Centre and CO LAB, Edmonton, Alberta
Old Buildings, New Art: Ociciwan Contemporary Art Centre and CO LAB, Edmonton, Alberta
An Edmonton firm revitalizes a pair of downtown buildings for two contemporary arts institutions.
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RPK Architects transformed a 1960s brick commercial building in The Quarters Downtown district into one of Canada’s few spaces dedicated to Indigenous art. Photo by Laughing Dog Photography
PROJECTS Ociciwan Contemporary Art Centre and CO LAB, Edmonton, Alberta
ARCHITECT Rockliff Pierzchajlo Kroman Architects
PHOTOS Adam Borman Photography, unless otherwise noted
In 2006, the City of Edmonton began the revitalization of a 40-hectare area just east of Churchill Square that is now known as The Quarters Downtown. Historically, this part of the city was called the Boyle Street neighbourhood, after John Robert Boyle (1870-1936), a prominent local lawyer and politician. The district is one of the city�