gh3* | |
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Practice information | |
Key architects | Pat Hanson (Founding Partner and Principal) Raymond Chow (Principal) |
Founded | 2006 |
Location | Toronto ON. Canada |
Significant works and honors | |
Awards | Governor General's Medal in Architecture (2008, 2010, 2018, 2020, 2022)
Ontario Association of Architects Design Excellence Award (2006, 2008, 2010, 2020) |
gh3* is a Canadian architecture, urbanism, and landscape design practice based in Toronto, led by founding principal Pat Hanson and Raymond Chow. [1]
Employing both architects and landscape designers, [2] gh3* has worked on a variety of projects including private residences, pavilions, public parks, commercial buildings, and civic infrastructure, and describes itself as merging modernist values with sustainable design strategies. [3]
Replacing the existing public pool at Borden Park in Edmonton, AB, Borden Park Natural Swimming pool is the first chemical-free public outdoor pool in Canada. The project included the creation of a central pool as well as a single-story building housing changing rooms and bathrooms, and a landscaped area with sandy beaches. [4] The building's exterior is made up of gabion basket walls filled with dark Alberta limestone, and has a flat roof. [5] [6] The Borden Park Natural Swimming Pool was awarded the 2014 Canadian Architect Award of Excellence and 2019 RAIC Award of Excellence for Innovation in Architecture. [7] [8]
Selected by the City of Edmonton after a 2011 design competition, [9] gh3*'s concept for the Borden Park Pavilion incorporated the site's history as an amusement park and curving pathways. [10] They built a single-story cylindrical structure to house the park's amenities and walkway surrounding it. [11] The exterior is covered in triangular sheets of reflective curtainwall glazing while the interior has a similar triangular motif. [10] The project was awarded the Governor General's Medal in Architecture in 2018. [11]
In 2010, gh3* completed Boathouse Studio. [12] Located on Stoney Lake, in Southern Ontario, the photography studio is a glass cube on the edge of the water. The building uses a deep water exchange system for low energy heating and cooling year round. [13] Boathouse Studio received the Governor General's Medal in Architecture (2010). [14]
The Stormwater Facility, on Toronto's Lakeshore Boulevard in the West Don Lands area, was commissioned by Waterfront Toronto and Toronto Water. [15] Completed in 2020, [16] the facility includes a stormwater reservoir, a treatment plant, and a landscape of channels and gutters linking the two. [17] It was constructed from exposed, cast-in-place concrete. [17]
Kathleen Andrews Transit Garage is a bus maintenance and storage facility for Edmonton Transit Services. [18] It is 540,000 sf [19] with five skylit stairways that are topped by topographic installations by German artist, Thorsten Goldberg. [20] The building's corrugated stainless steel exterior is made of freezer panels, normally used for cold storage facilities. [18]
Windermere Fire Station in Edmonton's most notable feature is a pitched roof, with a subtle curve. [21] As part of the City of Edmonton's sustainability commitments, [22] the station is powered by a rooftop solar array and geothermal heating and cooling, making it the first net-zero emissions building in Edmonton. [23]
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gh3* | |
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Practice information | |
Key architects | Pat Hanson (Founding Partner and Principal) Raymond Chow (Principal) |
Founded | 2006 |
Location | Toronto ON. Canada |
Significant works and honors | |
Awards | Governor General's Medal in Architecture (2008, 2010, 2018, 2020, 2022)
Ontario Association of Architects Design Excellence Award (2006, 2008, 2010, 2020) |
gh3* is a Canadian architecture, urbanism, and landscape design practice based in Toronto, led by founding principal Pat Hanson and Raymond Chow. [1]
Employing both architects and landscape designers, [2] gh3* has worked on a variety of projects including private residences, pavilions, public parks, commercial buildings, and civic infrastructure, and describes itself as merging modernist values with sustainable design strategies. [3]
Replacing the existing public pool at Borden Park in Edmonton, AB, Borden Park Natural Swimming pool is the first chemical-free public outdoor pool in Canada. The project included the creation of a central pool as well as a single-story building housing changing rooms and bathrooms, and a landscaped area with sandy beaches. [4] The building's exterior is made up of gabion basket walls filled with dark Alberta limestone, and has a flat roof. [5] [6] The Borden Park Natural Swimming Pool was awarded the 2014 Canadian Architect Award of Excellence and 2019 RAIC Award of Excellence for Innovation in Architecture. [7] [8]
Selected by the City of Edmonton after a 2011 design competition, [9] gh3*'s concept for the Borden Park Pavilion incorporated the site's history as an amusement park and curving pathways. [10] They built a single-story cylindrical structure to house the park's amenities and walkway surrounding it. [11] The exterior is covered in triangular sheets of reflective curtainwall glazing while the interior has a similar triangular motif. [10] The project was awarded the Governor General's Medal in Architecture in 2018. [11]
In 2010, gh3* completed Boathouse Studio. [12] Located on Stoney Lake, in Southern Ontario, the photography studio is a glass cube on the edge of the water. The building uses a deep water exchange system for low energy heating and cooling year round. [13] Boathouse Studio received the Governor General's Medal in Architecture (2010). [14]
The Stormwater Facility, on Toronto's Lakeshore Boulevard in the West Don Lands area, was commissioned by Waterfront Toronto and Toronto Water. [15] Completed in 2020, [16] the facility includes a stormwater reservoir, a treatment plant, and a landscape of channels and gutters linking the two. [17] It was constructed from exposed, cast-in-place concrete. [17]
Kathleen Andrews Transit Garage is a bus maintenance and storage facility for Edmonton Transit Services. [18] It is 540,000 sf [19] with five skylit stairways that are topped by topographic installations by German artist, Thorsten Goldberg. [20] The building's corrugated stainless steel exterior is made of freezer panels, normally used for cold storage facilities. [18]
Windermere Fire Station in Edmonton's most notable feature is a pitched roof, with a subtle curve. [21] As part of the City of Edmonton's sustainability commitments, [22] the station is powered by a rooftop solar array and geothermal heating and cooling, making it the first net-zero emissions building in Edmonton. [23]
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