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Diamond Schmitt presents New Brunswick Museum design

2024-03-31T08:00:00-04:00

Canadian practice Diamond Schmitt Architects, along with Associate Architect EXP, has unveiled the design of the new home of the New Brunswick Museum (NBM) in Saint John, New Brunswick.

Canada’s oldest continuing museum, the NBM’s footprint is set to expand, with its research work and exhibitions united within one sustainable, decarbonized facility.

Rendering by PLAY-TIME Courtesy of Diamond Schmitt.

The design integrates the east wing of the museum’s historic Collections and Research Center and adds five new wings to the north. The new facility will span 134,000 square feet. A new main entrance on street level will lead visitors into a multi-story, public great room. In addition to its use for the museum, this space will host community gatherings, festivals, events, and receptions. It will feature a boutique, café, ticketing services, and a public “Introduction to New Brunswick” gallery. Exhibition galleries on the second floor will overlook the great room.

Rendering by PLAY-TIME...

Get Lectured: Rutgers University, Spring '15

2015-03-16T15:47:00-04:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Winter-Spring 2015

Archinect's Get Lectured is back in session! Get Lectured is an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back frequently to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

The next featured poster comes from the Rutgers University Dept. of Landscape Architecture (RULA) with their Spring '15 Common Lecture Series.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

Below are upcoming lectures only. Unless noted**, lectures begin at 4 p.m. at CDL 110.

Apr 1
Peterson Rich Office
"Beginnings"

Apr 8
6 pm
M. Christine Boyer / Princeton University
"Approaching the City in the 21st Century" - Cekada Memorial Lecture
at Alampi Lecture Hall

Apr 15
Sheila Condon
"Recent Work: Clark Condon Associates"

Apr 22
Bryan Hanes
"The Informal Urbanist"

Apr 29
Tom Benjamin
"Small is Beautiful: The Desi...

Cabin design results for CFI’s International Sustainable Architecture Competition, New Brunswick

2014-03-14T15:15:00-04:00

If designing cabins is your thing, maybe you can find ideas from the Community Forest International's International Sustainable Architecture Competition in New Brunswick, Canada...The submissions presented new approaches to cabin design, but the jury decided "The Whaelghinbran Nomadic Cabin", by recent master's graduate Nathan Fisher from Toronto, was most suitable to be built at CFI's developing Rural Innovation Campus.

1st Prize – The Whaelghinbran Nomadic Cabin. Designer: Nathan Fisher, B.Arch Sci, M.Arch (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

1st Runner Up – Acadian Abstraction. Designer: Belle Stone, BA, M.Arch (New York, NY, USA)

Judge’s Award for Architectural Poetry – Hearth. Designers: Kyle Schumann, B.Arch & Katie MacDonald, B.Arch (Los Angeles, California, USA)

People’s Choice Award – Marlice. Designers: Alice Dupin, M.C.E, M.Arch and Marion Filliatre, M.C.E, M.Arch (Paris, France)

Find out more on Bustler.