Lions Gate Community Recreation Centre & Library
North Vancouver, BC
A visionary strategy by the District of North Vancouver, this project spanned ten years to implement a community recreation centre into part of a much larger, high density development project at the core of the Lions Gate Town Centre. This community amenity was deftly planned to be opened at residents moved into the multi project, multi year, re-imagined neighbourhood – no small feat.
Photography: Ema Peter
Bella Coola Centennial Pool
Hagensborg, BC
Faced with budget, schedule, and location challenges, we replaced this 50+ year old outdoor pool in remote Bella Coola with a stainless steel pool shipped from all the way from Czechia – the first outdoor public pool to use this solution in Canada.
Photography: Chandos
Mackenzie Recreation Centre
Mackenzie, BC
2014: Arena Energy Upgrades; 2019: Renovation & Community Hall Addition; 2024: Arena Slab Replacement – that’s 10 years of investments in Mackenzie BC’s recreation centre that we’re proud to have been a part of.
Photography: Focal Point Studios
Bettie Allard YMCA Aquatic Centre
Coquitlam, BC
One of several YMCA projects in the office, we were the wet-side experts here for Stantec, helping them advance the YMCA’s mission:
Helping children and families thrive. Promoting healthy living. Fostering belonging and connection.
Photography: Carscadden, Michael Elkan
Mahon Park Childcare & Fieldhouse
North Vancouver, BC
A new state of the art day care in the middle of one of North Vancouver’s most important parks? And you say there’s a track, splash park, and wooded ravine right there? Sounds perfect.
Photographs & Images: Carscadden, Upper Left Photography
Lynn Creek Community Recreation Centre
North Vancouver, BC
Servicing the rapidly densifying Lynn Creek Town Centre, the new Lynn Creek Community Recreation Centre features a gymnasium, flexible community space, and a licensed childcare, across from the beautiful Seylynn Park.
Photographs: Upper Left Photography
Summerland Recreation Centre Feasibility Study
Summerland, BC
The well-loved Summerland Aquatic and Fitness Centre has served the citizens of this Okanagan community for decades and is due for a replacement. The District is undertaking a thorough and detailed process of discovery aiming ever closer to an appropriate and supportable new recreation facility. (With MAD Studio.)
Winskill Aquatic Centre
Delta, BC
The long-planned crown jewel of the City of Delta’s recreation facilities. We’re working fast and furious with our friends at Dialog – literally, their team includes two former Carscaddians, Edward Park and Stewart Burgess.
The band is back together! It’s amazing!
Images: Dialog + Carscadden
BCIT Campus Services Centre
Burnaby, BC
A major new project at BCIT in partnership with Moriyama Teshima Architects. The Campus Services Centre is the lynch pin for the new BCIT Trades & Technology Complex. Mass timber! Offices! LEED Gold! Logistics warehouse! Riparian remediation! Workshops! Low-carbon! Passive House targets! There’s even a kitchen sink.
Images: MTA + Carscadden
Covered Multi-Sport Boxes
Lower Mainland, Mostly
Historically intended as covered lacrosse boxes, we have advocated the use of covered multi-sport boxes across the Lower Mainland as a way to extend the playing season while also lowering capital costs, operational costs, and minimizing our carbon footprint. (‘Cause we’re all in this together!)
Photos: Andrew Latrielle; Renderings: Carscadden