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Ottawa Art Gallery (OAG) Expansion

Location
Ottawa, Ontario

Client
City of Ottawa

Architects
Barry Padolsky Associates Inc. Architects and KPMB Architects (advocate architects / design architects); EBC Inc., DevMcGill and Groupe Germain with Régis Côté et Associés (DBFM consortium / architect of record); LEMAYMICHAUD architecture design (private sector tower architects)

Completion
2017

Size
55,000 ft² / 5,110 m²

Project Type
Civic, Culture, Museum / Gallery, Residential, Tower

Sustainability
LEED® Silver Certified

KPMB Team
Mitchell Hall (principal), Glenn MacMullin (associate), Zachary Hinchliffe (project architect), Réjean Beaudin, Olena Chorny, Grace Ko, Chris Hoyt

Consultants
Cleland Jardine Engineering Ltd. (structural), Goodkey, Weedmark & Associates Ltd. (mechanical & electrical), Gabriel MacKinnon (gallery lighting), MCLD Inc. (theatre & lighting consultant), Lashley + Associates (landscape), Delcan (civil & traffic), Morrison Hershfield Ltd. (code)

Photography
Adrien Williams, Nic Lehoux

Awards
2022 Ontario Association of Architects, Award of Excellence – Finalist
2020 Civic Trust Awards – Regional Finalist
2019 Ottawa Urban Design Award of Merit

Press
ArchDaily, April 2022
Wallpaper* Magazine, August 2019 
DesignCurial, September 2018
The Architect’s Newspaper, June 2018 
Canadian Art, April 2018
World Architecture, April 2018