https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/2436 en-us http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17811 Fri, 07 Nov 2025 06:10:22 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17811-patkau-architects-delivers-a-high-performing-biomedical-building-for-the-university-of-british-columbia http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17084 Thu, 05 Sep 2024 00:06:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17084-a-luminous-residence-by-patkau-architects-celebrates-the-found-potential-of-its-coastal-cascadian-setting Recognizing the best built work in the Americas completed between December 2018 and June 2021, the prize spotlights six projects including a Mexico City museum expansion and an earthen housing block in Paraguay.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16086 Mon, 13 Feb 2023 09:54:57 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16086-meet-the-2023-mies-crown-hall-americas-prize-finalists An experimental sanctuary in Canada invites and intrigues with its flowerlike form.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13824 Thu, 03 Jan 2019 08:35:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13824-temple-of-light-by-patkau-architects Beside Kootenay Lake, the building’s curving lines relate to its landscape. Photo © Dan Seguin Beside Kootenay Lake, the building’s curving lines relate to its landscape. Photo © Amy Allcock Prefabricated panels are glazed along their base to provide expansive views. Photo © James Dow From the foyer, an oblique entrance to the sanctuary intensifies the arrival experience. Photo © James Dow The light and fluid architecture of the main volume, with an acoustic chandelier beneath a central oculus, supports performances as well as contemplation. Photo © Amy Allcock One of the temple’s eight doors, in the offset between two petals, is glimpsed on the way to the main entrance. The compound curves are constructed entirely of straight members. Photo © James Dow Image courtesy Patkau Architects Image courtesy Patkau Architects Image courtesy Patkau Architects Image courtesy Patkau Architects Image courtesy Patkau Architects Four new community gathering spaces raise the bar on acoustics.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13123 Fri, 01 Dec 2017 08:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13123-continuing-education-acoustics Studio Gang’s Writers Theatre in Glencoe, Illinois comprises two performance spaces that open onto a glass lobby structured by timber trusses. Photo © Steve Hall/Hedrich Blessing The main performance space at Writers Theatre includes an acoustic screen made of bricks salvaged from the company’s former home. Photo © Steve Hall/Hedrich Blessing The main performance space at Writers Theatre includes an acoustic screen made of bricks salvaged from the company’s former home. Photo © Steve Hall/Hedrich Blessing RDHA’s Idea Exchange (shown) in Cambridge, Ontario, and the Central Libarary in Austin, Texas, by Lake|Flato and Shepley Bulfinch, represent a new generation of library, with spaces that can accommodate a wide range of programming. Image courtesy RDHA RDHA’s Idea Exchange in Cambridge, Ontario, and the Central Library (shown) in Austin, Texas, by Lake|Flato and Shepley Bulfinch, represent a new generation of library, with spaces that can accommodate a wide range of programming. Photo © Casey Dunn Austin’s Central Library includes a six-story atrium with extensive skylights, clerestories optimized for their solar orientations, as well as a generous east-facing curtain wall. Photo © Casey Dunn The form of Patkau Architect’s Temple of LIght, a sanctuary and meeting place for the Yasodhara Ashram, was inspired by the shape of a previous building destroyed by fire, and its spectacular setting in the mountains of southeastern British Columbia. Photo © Daniel Séguin An early scheme for the Temple of Light included wood slats with acoustic backing on the underside of its petals. These interior surfaces were ultimately constructed of painted drywall with compound curves, to help mitigate sound-focusing problems. Image courtesy Patkau Architects A chandelier of melamine-foam baffles absorbs excess acoustical energy. Photo courtesy Patkau Architects http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12063 Thu, 01 Dec 2016 08:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12063-audain-art-museum-by-patkau-architects 1612-Art-Centers-Patkau-Architects-Whistler-British-Columbia-Audain-Art-Museum-01.jpg By elevating the museum and carefully positioning its narrow wings, the architects were able to preserve almost every tree on the site and protect the building and its precious contents from flooding. Photo © James Dow/Patkau Architects 1612-Art-Centers-Patkau-Architects-Whistler-British-Columbia-Audain-Art-Museum-02.jpg Visitors typically approach the museum by traversing a bridge and entering through what the design team calls a “porch.” This sheltered outdoor space is framed by planes of slatted hemlock and anchored by a large cylindrical sculpture by Squamish artist Xwalacktun. Photo © James Dow/Patkau Architects The porch is dramatically illuminated by a skylight. Photo © James Dow/Patkau Architects Visitors can also enter by ascending a stair that provides terraced seating on the building’s east side. Photo © James Dow/Patkau Architects Visitors can also enter by ascending a stair that provides terraced seating on the building’s east side. Photo © James Dow/Patkau Architects The slatted helmlock used to frame the entrance also makes up the ceiling of the building’s main circulation corridor, which affords a view of the wooded landscape. Photo © James Dow/Patkau Architects Through the glass doors of the ground-floor galleries, including one that focuses on historical aboriginal art, visitors can see into the main corridor and take in the landscape beyond. Photo © James Dow/Patkau Architects The tall, white-walled upper level galleries have the feeling of high-end artists’ lofts. Photo © James Dow/Patkau Architects One of the second-floor galleries sits at the meeting of the museum’s two wings. Its folded ceiling follows the cant of the roof. Photo © James Dow/Patkau Architects The sloped roof and angled facades help diminish the museum’s bulk and make it appear as though it floats above its site. Photo © James Dow/Patkau Architects Image courtesy Patkau Architects Image courtesy Patkau Architects Image courtesy Patkau Architects Image courtesy Patkau Architects Image courtesy Patkau Architects The Gleneagles Community Centre combines innovative green design with commonsense to provide a communal recreation facility for the citizens of West Vancouver, in British Columbia.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12084 Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12084-gleneagles-community-centre Photo © James Dow Photo © James Dow Photo © James Dow Image courtesy Patkau Architects Image courtesy Patkau Architects Upper floor plan  Image courtesy Patkau Architects Lower floor plan Image courtesy Patkau Architects