University of Calgary Opens Engineering Expansion

The University of Calgary opened the CAD$174 million Canadian Natural Resources Limited Engineering Complex in November of 2016 in Alberta, Canada. Designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects, the expansion project comprises a 197,000-sf addition and 119,000 sf of renovated space for the Schulich School of Engineering. The collaborative facility features a programmable dynamic view glass façade and provides two new floors of research laboratories for the study of renewable energy resources and the development of clean energy technologies. Designed to attain LEED Gold sustainable design certification, the project includes a light-filled atrium, undergraduate design labs, study lounges, classrooms, workshops, a social staircase, and two 240-seat theaters. Renovation work on the engineering complex will continue into 2017.