Location
Vancouver, British Columbia

Client
UBC Properties Trust

Architects
KPMB Architects in joint venture with HCMA Architecture + Design

Completion
2015

Size
41,700 ft² / 3,874 m²

Project Type
Education

Sustainability
LEED® Gold certified

KPMB Team
Shirley Blumberg (Partner-in-Charge and Design Partner), Bruno Weber (Associate-in-Charge), Andrew Dyke (Associate-in-Charge), Sanaz Shirshekar (Project Architect, Design), Matt Krivosudsky (Project Architect, Contract Documents), Bryn Marler (Project Architect Contract Administration), Lily Huang, David Poloway, Marcus Colonna, Coben Christiansen, Alejandro López, Carlos Portillo, Will Perkins, Claire Kurtin, Anna Sulikowska, Christopher Pfiffner, Ryan Yeung

Consultants
Glotman Simpson (Structural) MMM Group (Mechanical) Stantec Consulting (Electrical) Michael Kamps Engineering (Civil) Keyword Specifications Inc. (Specifications) LMDG Consultants (Code) Geopacific Consultants Ltd (Geotechnical) Philips Farevaag Smallenberg (Landscape) ACM Environmental (Environmental) RWDI/DLA (Acoustic) Spratt Emanuel Engineering Ltd (Envelope) Vertech Elevator Services Inc. (Elevator) Bunt and Associates (Waste management/traffic) Syncra Construction (Construction Management) Intergalactic and Letterbox (Interactive Media) McSquared System Design Group & UBC AV Department (Audio visual) HCMA Architecture & Design (LEED) UBC Properties Trust (Project Manager) 34F Design (Furniture) Russell Foods (Kitchen/Catering)

Photography
Nic Lehoux, Adrien Williams

Awards
2018 Chicago Athenaeum International Architecture Award
2017 AIBC – Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia Awards in Architecture – Merit
2017 Civic Trust Award
2016 Urban Development Institute, Pacific Region – Institutional Category
2016 LEED CS Gold certified
2016 Ontario Association of Architects Award of Excellence
2016 World Architecture Festival (WAF) Finalist

Press
Design Diffusion, March 2022
ARCHITECTUREAU, September 2021
Women [Re]Build: Stories, Polemics, Futures, November 2019
The Chicago Athenaeum, August 2018
Alumni UBC, November 2016
Dezeen, September 2016
Canadian Architect, February 2016