Canadian Architect


Keyword
Office of McFarlane Biggar (OMB)

NLAA Lecture Series: Steve McFarlane

NLAA Lecture Series: Steve McFarlane


Corten panels frame the lower entrance to Fort McMurray's airport. The building's palette includes bitumen-coloured steel, precast concrete panels, and an exposed mass-timber roof. Materials were chosen based on durability, with a preference for prefabricated systems to save on the high cost of skilled labour in northern Alberta.

Fort Mac Takes Flight

The Fort McMurray airport is a rare jewel in the region: an assertion that industrial buildings don’t have to be ugly; that even tough guys appreciate nice places; that sophistication can coexist with robustness.

gambier island house

Down by the Water

Gambier Island House, commenced by McFarlane Green Biggar and completed by successor firm Office of McFarlane Biggar (OMB), is located in Brigade Bay on the remote eastern edge of Gambier Island.

This recent addition to the College of New Caledonia campus projects a long, low-slung profile.

College of New Caledonia