https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/1072 en-us http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17684 Tue, 05 Aug 2025 01:43:05 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17684-kpmb-maximizes-a-narrow-site-to-add-state-of-the-art-facilities-to-a-storied-toronto-concert-hall http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16530 Thu, 19 Oct 2023 02:05:39 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16530-kpmb-designs-a-transclucent-monument-to-horticulture-in-canadas-coldest-city The Toronto firm’s sweeping pavilion marks the latest addition to the province's largest art museum.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16023 Tue, 10 Jan 2023 15:16:42 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16023-kpmb-reveals-an-expansion-of-the-beaverbrook-art-gallery-in-new-brunswick-canada KPMB-Beaverbrook.jpg Harrison McCain Pavilion at Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton, New Brunswick.Photography by Doublespace KPMB_Beaverbrook_Julian_Parkinson4_result2.webp Photography by Julian Parkinson KPMB_Beaverbrook_Julian_Parkinson5_result2.webp Photography by Julian Parkinson KPMB Beaverbrook Doublespace 3_result2.webp Photography by Doublespace http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15953 Wed, 30 Nov 2022 08:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15953-design-ed-podcast-kpmb An existing building is transformed into elegant homes for two academic departments.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13050 Mon, 06 Nov 2017 09:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13050-princeton-university-economics-and-international-programs-building-by-kpmb-architects Glass conference rooms peek above the 1929 collegiate Gothic building’s original roofline. Photo © Adrien Williams The architects added two new atriums. One of them is for the consolidated economics and international-programs departments and looks out on Minoru Yamasaki’s 1965 Scudder Plaza. Photo © Adrien Williams In the atrium just off the building’s main entrance, a seminar room is suspended over an inviting, intimate lounge area. Photo © Adrien Williams The surrounding hallways have views into the daylight-filled central space. Photo © Adrien Williams The architects retained select pieces of the original core, including a wood-paneled library that is now a faculty lounge. Photo © Adrien Williams The architects retained select pieces of the original core, including a wood-paneled library that is now a faculty lounge. Photo © Adrien Williams In the south atrium, a café serves students, staff, and faculty. Clerestory windows drench the room in daylight. Photo © Adrien Williams Image courtesy KPMB Architects Image courtesy KPMB Architects Image courtesy KPMB Architects Image courtesy KPMB Architects Image courtesy KPMB Architects A $52 million project has doubled the Minnesota Orchestra's event revenues and created opportunities for valuable community outreach.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12466 Sat, 01 Apr 2017 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12466-orchestra-hall-renewal-by-kpmb KPMB upgraded the auditorium with improved lighting, seats, and technology. Photo © Nic Lehoux The small Target Atrium projects onto a patio and serves as an informal performance space. Photo © Nic Lehoux They transformed the original facade with an expanded, glazed lobby that engages the community. Photo © Nic Lehoux They transformed the original facade (above) with an expanded, glazed lobby that engages the community. Photo © Nic Lehoux Image courtesy KPMB Architects The 30,000-squarefoot lobby expansion has become a flexible urban stage for events, gatherings, and celebrations. It has also made it possible for the Minnesota Orchestra to host the Symphony Ball, its largest fund-raising event, in its own home. Photo © Nic Lehoux Existing lobby prior to the addition. Image courtesy KPMB Existing lobby prior to the addition. Image courtesy KPMB Photo © Nic Lehoux Photo © Nic Lehoux Photo © Nic Lehoux Photo © Nic Lehoux Photo © Nic Lehoux Photo © Nic Lehoux Photo © Nic Lehoux KPMB Architects, Diamond Schmitt Architects, HDR Architecture, and Stantec Architecture designed a new hospital that would better serve patients’ happiness and well-being.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11712 Wed, 01 Jun 2016 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11712-bridgepoint-active-healthcare-in-toronto The new Bridgepoint Active Healthcare facility sits on manicured grounds adjacent to the historic Don Jail. Photo © Nic Lehoux The former jail has has been adapted as an administrative and educational center for the hospital. Photo © Tom Arban The building borders the city’s Riverdale Park and overlooks the Don Valley River System and Parkway, connecting staff and patients to nature and community. Photo © Jeff Greenville The hospital’s daylit therapy pool has broad views of the valley and park. Photo © Tom Arban A spacious rooftop garden provides an alfresco alternative for patient visits and impromptu staff meetings. Photo © Tom Arban Patient rooms feature generous glazing that allows occupants to see outside even while lying in bed. Photo © Tom Arban An exterior view of the new facilities and the former jail. Photo © Nic Lehoux The hospital's facades are primarily clad with dark-gray zinc panels and studded with tall bay windows, one for each patient room. Photo © Nic Lehoux The 680,000-square-foot campus, commissioned by the University of Toronto–affiliated health network Bridgepoint and the province of Ontario’s Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, breaks the mold by opening itself to the city and to nature. Photo © Nic Lehoux Combined with the spacious patient rooms, the public and communal spaces also invite engagement of family and friends, a key to Bridgepoint Active Health’s strategy to improve and accelerate healing outcomes. Photo © Nic Lehoux Combined with the spacious patient rooms, the public and communal spaces also invite engagement of family and friends, a key to Bridgepoint Active Health’s strategy to improve and accelerate healing outcomes. Photo © Tom Arban Section - spa stairs. Courtesy the architects 10th floor plan. Courtesy the architects Typical Patient Floor Plan. Courtesy the architects