The Balsillie School of International Affairs continues to move forward with the selection of Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects (KPMB) of Toronto as the firm to design its new home. The project will be directed by Bruce Kuwabara, design partner, and Shirley Blumberg, partner-in-charge. Internationally recognized for its design excellence, KPMB is the recipient of 10 Governor General’s Awards, Canada’s highest architectural honor....

Seven projects in London, including the Barking Learning Centre in the photo above, have been shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award 2008. The award was set up to highlight how good design can play a part in regeneration. Nationally, 21 buildings made the shortlist, with a third of them being from London. The Barking Learning Centre. The St Marylebone School Performing Arts Centre is another project in London that...
The PCL Centennial Learning Centre was built in celebration of PCL’s corporate centennial and focuses on staff training and education. It includes a large training room for up to 60 people, rooms dedicated to remote training for worldwide personnel, professional development and human resource offices, a new corporate boardroom, and an assembly hall to host PCL staff functions.