Finalists' Designs for Canadian Canoe Museum Unveiled
John Hill
25. September 2015
The team of Bing Thom Architects of Vancouver and Lett Architects of Peterborough (All images courtesy of the Canadian Canoe Museum)
The Ontario-based museum has unveiled the designs of five architects/teams in a two-stage competition as part of their relocation to the Parks Canada Peterborough Lift Lock National Historic Site on the Trent-Severn Waterway.
The five designs were unveiled during a public meeting on September 23rd, four months after the non-profit Canadian Canoe Museum announced the six finalists: Kohn Pedersen Fox, New York; Heneghan Peng Architects, Dublin; team of Bing Thom Architects, Vancouver, and Lett Architects, Peterborough; team of Provencher_Roy, Montreal, and NORR, Toronto; team of Patkau Architects, Vancouver, and Brook McIlroy, Toronto; 5468796 Architecture, Winnipeg. All but the team led by Patkau Architects submitted designs.
The project, which would form a collaboration between Parks Canada and The Canadian Canoe Museum, would be an 80,000 sf building with space for a gift shop, a restaurant and a meeting room facility to accommodate up to 250 people. There is no timeline indicated on when a decision will be made, but people can comment on the designs via the museum's website.
Kohn Pederson Fox of New York City
Heneghan Peng Architects of Dublin
The team of Bing Thom Architects of Vancouver and Lett Architects of Peterborough
The team of Provencher_Roy of Montreal and NORR of Toronto
