Posts Tagged ‘Sustainability’

Apr

19

Quarry Park milestone

GEC Architecture of Calgary has submitted the development permit application for Quarry Park Recreation Centre. CEI Architecture is serving as sport architecture specialists on the project. This centrally located community centre is situated near an old City dump and has had several unique design challenges resulting from the associated site conditions, including accommodating especially challenging soils and ecological site measures. The program and resulting concept design were vetted through a number of key user groups and are now being reviewed by the YMCA, who were recently selected to be the facility operator.

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Apr

18

CEI selected for international exhibition

CEI Architecture was selected to exhibit our innovative 40-storey Wood Office Tower design in an international exhibition titled “The Architecture of Necessity” hosted by the Virserum Art Museum in Sweden. The project will also be published in a book of the exhibition.

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Mar

15

CEI/PCL picked for Lakes District Hospital and Health Centre

Northern Health selected the team of PCL Constructors Westcoast Inc. and CEI Architecture as the preferred proponent for the Lakes District Hospital and Health Centre in Burns Lake.

The new hospital is scheduled to be complete by fall 2015, and will replace the existing hospital. It will house 16 beds, provide acute‐care and emergency services, diagnostic imaging, a laboratory and pharmacy. Facility space is planned for the medical clinic along with the delivery of mental‐health and addictions services, public health, and home and community care, and will include administrative and logistical services.

The building, an estimated total value of $55 million, will be built to LEED Gold standards and will align with the Wood First Act by optimizing the use of wood.

For more, see this press release by Partnerships BC.

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Jan

11

Sustainability of Buildings for Mega-Events – Transfer of Knowledge Congress in Munich

Conrad Boychuk was invited to speak at the Sustainability of Buildings for Mega-Events – Transfer of Knowledge Congress, an international expert workshop sponsored by the Technical University of Munich, the Fraunhofer Institute of Building Physics, the German Institute of Standardization, the German Ministry of Economics and Technology, the German Olympic Sports Confederation, and the International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities.

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Dec

14

Wood Innovation in Architecture

CEI recently hosted a roundtable discussion on the future of innovative wood buildings, featuring keynote speaker Hubert Rhomberg, Managing Director of Cree Buildings, Inc. and the Rhomberg Group in Austria. Cree has recently constructed, in record time, the worlds tallest wood office tower. Life Cycle Tower is an eight-floor wood/concrete composite building built in only eight days using Cree’s component structural system.

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Dec

12

CEI in the News

Here is a sampling of CEI’s recent media coverage.

Okanagan College rises to a “Challenge”

The Jim Pattison Centre of Excellence made the front cover of the Canadian Facility Management and Design Magazine, October issue. The article focuses on the facility as one of the first and largest projects in the world striving to meet the standards of the Living Building Challenge.

Robert H. N. Ho Research Centre on ArchDaily

Robert H. N. Ho Research Centre, a project CEI completed with MCMP Architects, is up on ArchDaily’s architecture blog, one of the world’s leading architectural websites. The site gets over 7 million visits and 45 million page impressions per month. Check out the post here.

CEI wineries in the news

Terravista winery has caught the attention of Canadian Architect. This new boutique Okanagan winery appears on their website.

The new Wine Experience Centre at Black Hills Winery also received recognition in the latest print issue of Canadian Architect. It was also a feature story on American Building Today.

CEI featured in Canadian Business Executive Magazine

CEI was selected by the Canadian Business Executive magazine for an editorial feature in the Fall 2012 issue. The editorial showcases CEI’s work in real estate, healthcare and our commitment to sustainability, covering recent awards for the Centre of Excellence. Read the full article here.

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Dec

6

The Greening of Vancouver

John Scott recently contributed to the NAIOP Industry Leaders Blog with an article called “The Greening of Vancouver.” It provides an overview of what can be expected for future energy use and savings requirements for new projects in Vancouver. Read on for his take on where things are headed.

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Nov

23

UBC Allard Hall wins REBGV Award

UBC Allard Hall Law School has won a Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver Award. The project, which is a joint venture between CEI Architecture and Diamond Schmitt Architects, won in the Community-Education/Research category.

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Sep

28

A Living Classroom for Green Building Technology

Okanagan College is offering a new certificate program for Green Building Design and Construction. This 360-hour program blends online instruction with workshops and classes at the Jim Pattison Centre of Excellence in Penticton, which is designed to be one of the world’s greenest buildings.

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Sep

24

CEI’s NAIOP Office Building of the Future entry receives Honourable Mention

CEI’s 40 storey wood office tower design has received Honourable Mention in an international design competition organized by the Commercial Real Estate Development Association.

The inaugural NAIOP Office Building of the Future design competition focuses on the evolution of the modern workplace. “This unique competition opened the door to thinking about what an ‘office’ may look like in the very near future,” said Thomas J. Bisacquino, NAIOP president and CEO.

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