Capilano Library / Patkau Architects + Group2
The Capilano Library is inspired by a ravine hidden within dense foliage at the edge of its suburban site. Orphaned from the North Saskatchewan River by intense urbanization in the 1960s, the ravine is a remnant of a riparian prairie ecosystem that once characterized the Edmonton area. Flanked by a residential street to the west and the orphaned ravine to the east, the site is ideal for a library, both accessible and connected to nature.
© James Dow / Patkau Architects
- architects: Group2
- architects: Patkau Architects
- Location: Edmonton, AB, Canada
- Project Year: 2018
- Photographs: James Dow / Patkau Architects
- Area: 1130.0 m2
