architecture

The Greenest Building Is The One Already Standing

A historical gem, King Edward School in Calgary, gets creatively re-used >

From renewable power to energy efficiency bonds Duncan Kinney is your expert on the profits and possibilities of going green. Reach him at dkinney@albertaventure.com

Architects Build Environmental Features Into Design

Renowned Chicago architect Sara Beardsley of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture was a speaker at the Reimagine Series this spring in both Edmonton and Calgary. She spoke to Alberta Venture about redefining our urban landscapes >

Cutting-Edge Design

Calgary architect Fred Valentine remembers Nova Corp. of Alberta CEO Robert Blair as deriving from a “19th century tradition.” >

The Green Gold Standard

BACK In the 1980s when Tom Sutherland was a bright-eyed university student, a group of professors were teaching pupils that buildings should work with the environment rather than against it >

The Office of the Future

Trend #1 Sustainable design

Sprawling across four parcels of land, EnCana Corporation’s proposed downtown office complex in Calgary will set a new standard in architectural design. The building, to be designed by the British architectural firm Foster and Partners, is expected to be more than two million-square feet, retain a village-like feel and possibly house Calgary’s tallest towers. While the building’s impressive size will, no doubt, attract gawks from passersby, the real achievement is that it’s being designed, built and operated as a sustainable building. >