Presentation of Holcim Awards Acknowledgement prize 2005 North America for "Library and Classroom Building, Langara College", Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: (l-r): Stephen Richard Teeple, Teeple Architects, Toronto; Philippe Arto, CEO of St Lawrence Cement (now Holcim Canada) and Benoît-Henri Koch, Member of the Executive Committee, Holcim Ltd.
The authors are merited for their innovative effort to produce a facility that reflects the environmental factors to which it responds, most notably variable wind conditions. Such forces are put to work in an ingenious way by the warped concrete roof that is shaped so as to increase the velocity of air currents, thus eliminating the need for mechanical ventilation.
By Stephen Richard Teeple - Teeple Architects, Toronto, Canada
Located in Canada, this entry is driven from the outset by a concern for sustainable construction. The authors are merited for their innovative effort to produce a facility that reflects the environmental factors to which it responds, most notably variable wind conditions.
Such forces are put to work in an ingenious way by the warped concrete roof that is shaped so as to increase the velocity of air currents, thus eliminating the need for mechanical ventilation.
Project authors
Teeple Architects
Canada
