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Architects Four nominated for 2010 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award

admin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:23:53 +0000

Architects Four is a 2010 an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year nominee for the province of New Brunswick. The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® Awards honour outstanding Canadians who have turned their unique business vision into successful reality. Presented in over 50 countries, and now in its 17th year in Canada, Entrepreneur Of The Year is the world’s most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs.

$20 million expansion project to give NBCC Moncton a facelift

admin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:37:12 +0000

Moncton Campus of New Brunswick Community College unveils $10 million addition to the Moncton Campus of New Brunswick Community College. The 43,000 square foot building is targeting LEED Silver certification and will be ready for occupation March 2011. Dale Finnamore, Director of Administrative cited a number of features, including extensive daylighting and smart lighting controls.

http://thisweek.canadaeast.com/search/article/951219

Crandall University Expansion Project moves into the future

admin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:36:33 +0000

Crandall University is well under way with its expansion project, including the new academic building, slated to open in September 2010. The project contains bright student activity spaces, a variety of new classrooms, and offices for administration and faculty. The facility will operate an advanced energy plant, which stores unused energy for later use.

http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/search/article/943239

Corporate Sponsorship for NBYO

admin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:36:03 +0000

It’s Architects Four’s great pleasure to be a season sponsor for the New Brunswick Youth Orchestra. Four members of the orchestra and their Executive Director paid a visit to the firm for a promotional photo recently. We were also a sponsor for last season’s Blues on the Boulevard finale concert.

http://www.nbyo-ojnb.ca/

Chateau Saint John

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:54:17 +0000

Saunders Irving Chapel in association with Neal Prince Architects

admin — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:42:39 +0000

Résidence Médard-Collette, Université de Moncton

admin — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:40:30 +0000

Context
The Université de Moncton is committed to the creation of a residential prescient and to this end a planning exercise identified the site for 2 new residential buildings. The Residence Médard-Collette is the first of two. The Project is situated adjacent the Léopold Taillon facility.

Objective
In response to the planning exercise the building creates a focal point adjacent the Taillon entrance facilitating the ease of travel between facilities. Secondly the building provides 84–2 bed self contained suites in essentially 4 stories of building.

Significance
This project was given a very tight budget along with an equally ambitious building schedule. This necessitated the need to optimize wood frame construction and maximize its potential.
Response

Architecturally the building is L shaped. The main entrances are located at the intersection of two wings which contains the core services while breaking down the low-rise solution into two acceptable residential components.

The plan allows for an open ended vista along the corridors of both wings and each suite is accessed via its own recessed bay entry of the corridor further enhancing the feel and quality of the residential experience.

Essentially a 4 and a half story wood frame structure with a masonry clad exterior, the building comes off every bit as solid and stable as a non combustible structure. Hooked into the University heating grid and fed with natural gas the project sets an efficient example.

Place du Sommet de la Francophonie

admin — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:26:21 +0000

The world summit of Francophone nations held its 1999 gathering in Moncton and the showplace for the 90 nations was the temporarily enclosed Assumption Plaza in the heart of downtown Moncton. This enclosure would serve as an expanded atrium style lobby for the Summit’s main hotel and conference center, and as the prime lounge and relaxation center.

Showcasing the province’s wood industry, the enclosure’s form was built using modular wood trusses. Enclosed on the east, south, and west sides by separate buildings, the plaza’s regular grid, at 18 degrees from Main Street, set the 30 x 30 x 30 foot structural modules which supported a repetitive gabled roof. This module would prove ideal in working with the existing conditions.

Cost effective and repetitive to meet budget and schedule demands, a simple wood truss 3 x 30 feet long was chosen as the basic unit of design. In different configurations it became either a 30 foot high column, anchored to concrete piers or a girder truss, supporting the roof gables running east to west. Five separate roofs clad in corrugated Plexiglas with water troughs between each, were required to complete the 150 x 150 foot enclosure. Columns and exterior spandrels were clad in plywood and battens, and openings enclosed with corrugated Plexiglas. As a project that would be used for only three busy days and then dismantled, it proved to be quite a fulfilling and exciting exercise.

Paoli’s Wharf Condominums

admin — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:13:01 +0000

Nouvelle entrée, Pavillon Léopold-Taillon, Université de Moncton

admin — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:12:30 +0000