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Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre, University of Waterloo

Location
Waterloo, Ontario

Client
University of Waterloo

Completion
2012

Size
285,000 ft² / 26,477 m²

Project Type
Education

KPMB Team
Marianne McKenna (partner-in-charge), Mitchell Hall (principal/design architect), Glenn MacMullin (project architect), Lucy Timbers (project architect), Nic Green (contract administration), Sebastian Bartnicki, Jacki Chapel, Krista Clark, Virginia Fernandez, Omar Ghandi, Collin Gardner, Alexandra Gaudreau, Sabine Grimes, Takuma Handa, Fang Hsu, Ramon Janer, Lilly Liaukus, Bryn Marler, Elizabeth Paden, Olga Pushkar, Thom Seto, Roland Ulfig, Deborah Wang, Wendy Wisbrun, Garth Zimmer, François Brosseau, Alice Bowman

Consultants
HDR Architecture Inc. (laboratory consultants), Halsall Associates Ltd. (structural), H.H. Angus & Associates Ltd. (mechanical, electrical), Conestoga-Rovers & Associates (civil), Chung & Vander Doelen Engineering Ltd. (geotechnical), NAK Design Group (landscape architects), Martin Conboy Lighting Design (lighting), Leber Rubes Inc. (fire and life safety), Aercoustics Engineering Ltd. (acoustics), Colin Gordon & Associates (vibration consultant), RWDI Inc. (microclimate), Vitatech Electromagnetics (EMI / RFI consultant), Engineering Harmonics (AV), Curran McCabe Ravindran Ross Inc. (cost, quantity surveyor)

General Contractor
Aecon Buildings

Photography
James Brittain, Maris Mezulis, Double Space Photography

Awards
2017 Ontario Association of Architects, Award of Excellence
2014 Chicago Athenaeum International Architecture Award
2013 Canadian Consulting Engineering Award, Award of Excellence

Press
University of Waterloo – Daily Bulletin, August 2017
University of Waterloo, April 2017
Ontario Association of Architects, March 2017
Ontario Association of Architects, March 2017
Waterloo Heritage, February 2017
The Walrus, January 2012
Building Magazine, April/May 2010