Engineering Marvel: The Amazing Story Of The Hunter Street Bridge
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heneghan peng Architects Announced As Winning Design For New Canoe Museum
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After working through 97 high quality Stage 1 submissions from leading firms located all over the world, the Canadian Canoe Museum announced on Thursday (January 21st) Ireland-based heneghan peng and Toronto-based Kearns Mancini as the designers of the new Canadian Canoe Museum at the Peterborough Lift Lock. One of the reasons why their design won is that their design worked organically with the land rather than overwhelming it.
"The organically-shaped volume banded on its top edge with local hardwood is embedded within the site’s drumlins, allowing the museum’s light-sensitive collections of historic birch bark canoes that date back to the 1780s and aboriginal artefacts to enjoy energy-passive, naturally dark spaces. The museum’s stunning two-acre green roof will provide the community with the possibility of creating edible gardens, native flower pollinators and aboriginal three sister plantings while facilitating efficient management of storm water and fantastic views to the Lift Lock."
The design includes:
17,000 sq ft of exhibition
20,000 sq ft of high bay storage that will be accessible to the public
250-seat multi-purpose room available for events and weddings
Eastern door for aboriginal sunrise ceremonies
Restaurant, café; local food
Gift shop
Toddler play area
Trent-Severn Canal Exhibition, Parks Canada
Artisanal workshops
On-canal programming, canoe skills for all ages, winter and summer
Citizenship ceremonies in canoes, next to the museum
Connections to Trent-Severn bike path, in front of the museum
Outdoor terrace and public space for yoga, food festivals
“The design looks forward to the importance of sustainability, respect and responsibility as we move forward as a Nation to the Sesquicentennial in 2017, and beyond,” says Richard Tucker, executive director of the Canadian Canoe Museum.
“The design speaks to the importance of the contents, programming and messages conveyed by the Canadian Canoe Museum and its craft to all Canadians,” Tucker adds.
White-model of #thenewcanoemuseum the museum embraces aboriginal wisdom to live and build lightly on the land. pic.twitter.com/tgDzrj32hE
— Canoe Museum (@CndnCanoeMuseum) January 22, 2016Learn more over at the Canadian Canoe Museum's website.
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242 Hunter St. Building Is Completed In Downtown Peterborough
/Ashburnham Realty has completed their beautiful new commercial/residential building at 242 Hunter St. (Hunter/Aylmer) in downtown Peterborough.
242 Hunter St.
"We are very excited that 242 Hunter St. is now complete," Ashburnham Realty co-founder Paul Bennett tells PTBOCanada. "This is the 3rd and final building addition to our Fleming Place block."
Inside 242 residential suite
"All of the commercial business are operating and experiencing great success," adds Bennett. "All of the residential tenants have settled into their cool new homes. More reasons to come downtown Peterborough to shop or live!"
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See The Finalist Designs For New Canoe Museum At Upcoming Open House
/The Canadian Canoe Museum will be sharing the five architectural finalist submissions for a new building at an Open House on September 23rd. At the Open House, you will hear from the architects themselves, see their presentations, and provide your own input into the designs to help shape the museum's future.
Amazing Historical Video Of The Construction Of The Little Lake Fountain
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This film below on the design and construction of the Centennial Fountain in Little Lake via Chex Daily is some of the best historical footage you'll ever watch.
The fountain, installed in 1967, is the highest jet fountain in Canada. This is ingenuity at its finest.
Watch this video below...
Post by Chex Daily.
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Read MoreHere Are The Engineers & Designers Behind The Lift Lock & Trent Canal
/Ever wondered who designed and oversaw construction of the Trent Canal and Lift Lock? Well Trent Valley Archives tell us it was Peterborough's Richard Birdsall Rogers—aka R.B. Rogers—a civil and mechanical engineer from Peterborough who studied at McGill.
In preparation for such an enormous undertaking, Rogers actually went to France, Belgium and England to study other (smaller) lift locks around the world. The whole canal project took many years—the Lift Lock itself was begun in 1896 and completed in 1904—and Rogers was the superintendant for most of the work. The lock officially opened to the public to a huge crowd in July 1904. Here are pictures below...
RB Rogers, pictured in the dark jacket near the centre, with his team of engineers (and a dog).
Opening Day
Here Are Photos Of A $80 Million Cham Shan Buddhist Temple Being Constructed Near Peterborough
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There is a massive $80 million Cham Shan Buddhist retreat temple project under development on Ski Hill Road near Bethany (about 30 minutes south of Peterborough) by the Buddhist Association of Canada that I toured. It will be a re-creation of the Sacred Mountains of China. The largest Buddhist complex outside of China, it is being constructed over the next 20 years, with the main temple opening in the next couple of years. Conservative estimates are it will attract about 45,000 visitors annually from around the world, a potential boom to tourism in the area. The site was chosen because of its serenity and tranquility in a natural environment, perfect for a retreat.
The wooden temple was actually built in China, then taken apart and shipped to Canada. It will take about two years to re-assemble. There are no nails or glue, just interlocking rosewood brackets. The site, which will be a meditation centre, will also eventually feature a gift shop, restaurant and onsite accommodation. Here are pictures of what it looks like now during construction, and what it will look like upon completion. —Jamey Coughlin
Current aerial view (supplied photo)
Conceptual aerial view (supplied photo)
photo by Jamey Coughlin
photo by Jamey Coughlin
photo by Jamey Coughlin
photo via Drew Van Parys
photo by Jamey Coughlin
photo via Drew Van Parys
photo by Jamey Coughlin
photo via Drew Van Parys
photo by Jamey Coughlin
Conceptual drawing
Trent U Looking Beautiful At 50
/Here's some great photos Trent University sent us of the campus, as they prepare to celebrate their big 50th Anniversary Alumni & Friends Reunion Kick-Off Weekend August 7th to 10th—which will also be a community celebration of Trent being in Peterborough 50 years. For more info on the weekend—which includes an Ideas That Change The World Symposium and much much more—click here.
