Location
Waterloo, Ontario

Client
Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), University of Waterloo, and Wilfrid Laurier University

Completion
2011

Size
115,000 ft² / 10,684 m²

Project Type
Education

KPMB Team
Shirley Blumberg (partner-in-charge), Steven Casey (project architect), Bruce Kuwabara, Joy Charbonneau, Glenn MacMullin, George Bizios, Erik Jensen, Vivian Chin, Ramon Janer, Carolyn Lee, Danielle Sucher

Consultants
Conestoga Rovers & Associates (civil), Blackwell Bowick Partnership (structural), HH Angus & Associates (electrical), Crossey Engineering (mechanical), Transsolar (energy), Tillotson Design Associates (lighting), Aercoustics Engineering (acoustics), Engineering Harmonics (AV), Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg (landscape architect), GSP Group (planning), Leber/Rubes (building code), Turner & Townsend cm2r (cost), Kaizen Foodservice Planning & Design (food services), Entro | G+A (signage), Brian Ballantyne Specifications (specifications), Trillium Architectural Products (hardware)

Project Manager
Gregory J. Bewick and Associates

Construction Manager
Cooper Construction

Photography
Tom Arban, Double Space Photography, Maris Mezulis

Awards
2016 The American Architecture Prize
2014 American Institute of Architects Honor Award for Architecture
2014 Governor General’s Award
2013 Architectural Record, Good Design is Good Business Award
2013 Ontario Association of Architects Award of Excellence
2012 World Architecture Festival (WAF), Finalist
2012 The Royal Institute of British Architects International Awards
2012 Canadian Interiors Best of Canada, Project Winner

Press
The Globe & Mail, April 2014
Arredamento Mimarlik, July-August 2013
Architectural Record, June 2013
The Plan Magazine, March 2013
Canadian Interiors, Fall 2012
The Walrus, January 2012
Award Magazine, August 2011