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Isttaniokaksini / Science Commons at University of Lethbridge

Location
Lethbridge, Alberta

Client
University of Lethbridge

Architects
KPMB Architects / Stantec Architecture, Architects in Association

Completion
2019

Size
387,500 ft² / 36,000 m²

Project Type
Education

Sustainability
LEED® Gold Certified

KPMB Team
Bruce Kuwabara (JV partner/co-project director), Mitchell Hall (principal/project architect), Lucy Timbers (associate/project architect), Kael Opie (associate/project architect), Nic Green (contract administration), Andrew Hill, Amin Monsefi, Mahtab Ghashghaii, Ramon Janer

Consultants
Entuitive (structural), SNC Lavalin/Weibe Forest Engineering (mechanical), SMP Engineering (electrical), Building Envelope Engineering Inc. (building envelope), Stantec Consulting (LEED), Transsolar / JMV Consulting (climate engineering), The Sextant Group (AV in design phases), PFS Studio (landscape), Vertech (elevator), Stantec Consulting (civil), RWDI (wind studies), Stantec Consulting (traffic)

Photography
Tom Arban
Nic Lehoux
Adrien Williams

Awards
2020 AZ Awards – Finalist (Environmental Leadership Category)
2020 WAN Award – Gold in Education
2020 WAF Shortlist
2018 WAF Shortlist

Press
Architizer, October 2021
The Lethbridge Herald, December 2020 
The Architect’s Newspaper, December 2020 
Global News Canada, November 2020
WAN Awards, November 2020
AZURE, May 2020
AECCafe, February 2020
ArchDaily China, January 2020 
Canadian Modern Architecture – 1967 to the present, October 2019
ArchDaily, November 2019
Archello, November 2019 
Canadian Architect, November 2019 
Canadian Architect, July 2019 
Informed Infrastructure, December 2018 
ARCHITECT, October 2018
CBC News, January 2017