About
Patkau Architects is an architecture firm based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
It is a full-service firm practicing in Canada and the United States. Its project scope includes, but is not limited to, gallery installations, art galleries, libraries, university buildings, urban planning and private residences. The firm has received numerous national and international architectural awards. Patkau Architects also represented Canada at the Venice Biennale in 2006.
The work of Patkau Architects has been widely disseminated, with three volumes devoted to the firm's output, several essays in scholarly publications, and inclusion in international exhibitions. They have also published their own book entitled Patkau Architects: Material Operations' in 2017 that discusses the firm's beliefs and techniques through materials and unconventional practices.
From Wikipedia’s article on Patricia Patkau, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
Companies
- Patkau ArchitectsFounder11
Early life and education
- Date not recordedYale University3
University of Toronto Academic Wood Tower
Patkau Architects, alongside MJMA, designed a 15 storey wooden tower for the University of Toronto located in Toronto, Ontario to be used for classrooms and offices. It is designed to be 80 meters tall which will make it North America's tallest structural timber building. The entire structure of the tower is constructed using glu-laminated mass timber, some of which is left exposed to draw attention to the construction method. The design is hoping to create precedent for future mass timber construction as the zoning for height restrictions of tall wood buildings is being challenged in order to complete the project.
Educational
Current: Academic Wood Tower University of Toronto
Current: UBC Sauder Powerhouse Project
Current: Concert Properties Centre for Trades and Technology
2025: UBC Gordon B. Shrum Building
2014: Goldring Centre for High Performance Sport
2012: Daegu Gosan Public Library
2012: ARTLab
2009: Beaty Biodiversity Center & Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory
2005: Winnipeg Millennium Library
2005: Centre for Music Art and Design at University of Manitoba
2005: La Grande Bibliotheque du Quebec
1996: Nursing and Biomedical Sciences Building at the Texas Medical Center
1995: Strawberry Vale Elementary School
1995: Emily Carr College of Art & Design
1992: Newton Library
1991: Seabird Island School
From Wikipedia’s article on Patricia Patkau (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Career
Occupation: architect.5
- Date not recordedFounded Patkau Architects4
Known for: Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, Beaty Biodiversity Museum, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Goldring Centre for High Performance Sport.6
Personal life
Awards
- Date not recordedMember of the Order of Canada10
Sources
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- 1WikidataPatricia Patkau on Wikidata
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- 11WikidataPatkau Architects, Founder