The University of British Columbia has selected Toronto-based Diamond + Schmitt Architects in joint venture with CEI Architecture and Planning to design the new Faculty of Law building in Vancouver. This new facility is designed to meet the needs of a new generation of law students and legal researchers, replacing the existing Law School, currently housed in two aging structures. The 13,500-sm building will provide space for more than 50 faculty members, 600 undergraduates, and 100 graduate students. The Law School is the fifth project the University of British Columbia has commissioned Diamond + Schmitt Architects to design. Previous projects include the Sing Tao School of Journalism, the Creative Arts Building, the Chemical and Biological Engineering Building, and the recently completed Life Sciences Centre--the largest LEED Gold Laboratory building in Canada. Construction of the new UBC Law School is expected to begin in 2009.
University of British Columbia Designs Faculty of Law
Vancouver, B.C.
