Completion date: 1995 & 1999
Budget: $11 million

Overview

Located off Mt. Seymour Parkway in North Vancouver, Parkgate offers visitors a wide range of recreational facilities, a branch library, childcare, youth, and seniors centres, health care services, and a public square. The complex was designed to harmonize with its natural and residential surroundings, and to maximize available natural light and views of an adjacent forest.

The DA Difference

The greatest challenge presented by this project was to design a large complex while maintaining a pedestrian scale. Its brick-and-stucco exterior and pitched metal roof reflect the surrounding low-density residential neighbourhood, and convey a welcoming, home-like quality.