Location
Kitchener, Ontario

Client
City of Kitchener

Completion
1993

Size
120,000 ft² / 11,148 m²

Project Type
Civic, Office

KPMB Team
Bruce Kuwabara (partner-in-charge), Marianne McKenna (partner), Luigi LaRocca (associate-in-charge), David Pontarini, Howard Sutcliffe, Evan Webber, Mike Poitras, Judith Taylor, John Allen, Andrew Dyke, Mitchell Hall, Larry Chow, Birgit Siber, Bill Colaco, Glenn MacMullin

Consultants
Yolles Partnership Inc. (structural), Merber Corporation (mechanical), Mulvey & Banani International Inc. (electrical engineers), Milus Bollenberghe Topps Watchorn (landscape), James F. Vermeulen Cost Consultant Ltd. (costing), Tudhope Associates (signage/graphics), Leber/Rubes (fire and life safety)

Photography
Steven Evans, Eduard Hueber

Awards
1998 City of Kitchener Urban Design Awards, Honorary Award of Distinction
1997 Ontario Association of Architects Award of Excellence
1996 Pan American Biennale, Honorable Mention
1994 Governor General’s Award
1990 Canadian Architect Award of Excellence
1989 Winning scheme in an open national design competition

Press
Canadian Modern Architecture – 1967 to the present, October 2019
Global News, September 2018
The Walrus, January 2012