Calgary’s health-oriented commercial building, Beacon, is a 25,300 sqft facility that features a medical dermatology, aesthetic, and rheumatology clinic. The 5468796 Architecture Inc. building is located at the second storey level, retail units at grade, on top of underground parking. Selected for its more robust qualities, concrete is used for the building base (underground and […]
Completed in 2022 in Calgary, Canada. Images by James Brittain Photography. The City of Calgary required a downtown parkade to free up multiple downtown lots for development. Understanding the likelihood of building’s future.
PROJECT 9th Avenue Parkade + Innovation Centre, Calgary, Alberta ARCHITECTS 5468796 Architecture in collaboration with Kasian Architecture, Interior Design and Planning TEXT Trevor Boddy PHOTOS James Brittain On the long list of architectural virtues, “future proofing” is a particularly tricky one to pull off. Most fundamentally, which future is to be proofed? Is future proofing […]
Manitoba is looking to redevelop, sell or give away an inner-city Winnipeg housing complex that sits vacant only 12 years after it was built at a cost of $3.7 million.