Rowan Lubke

Architecture & Design

Work

M.Arch. University of Calgary
B.Sc. (Hons.) McGill University
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Waterloo Physics Building

New Physics and Chemistry Building at the University of Waterloo

Waterloo, Ontario

Design Team 

2019+

Mass-Timber Office Building

New headquarters for a regional government agency, a mass-timber design of Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) panels.

Toronto, Ontario

Toronto architecture office in joint venture with European firm

Design Team 

2019+

Prince Sultan College for the Visually Impaired

New campus for the Prince Sultan College for the Visually Impaired, Prince Mohamed University

Bahrain, U.A.E.

Design Team & Job Captain

2018+

Engineering Innovation Tower

Engineering Innovation Tower addition and interior renovations to the Arthur N. Bournes Building, McMaster University

Hamilton, Ontario

Design Team & Job Captain

2017

Canoe Landing School

Shared-use building comprising Kindergarten, Public and Catholic Schools with a community centre and athletic facilities, in City Place, Toronto

Toronto, Ontario

Design Team

2016

Wastewater Treatment Facility

Addition for updated wastewater processing equipment and for staff offices and amenities, Ashbridges Bay, Toronto

Toronto, Ontario

Designer (Revit)

2015

South Shore Cabin

Nova Scotia

Small cabin for a remote site on the South Shore

2014

Laneway Houses

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Designs for a small, simple modern house, for a laneway, urban infill, backlot or wild site.

2015

Sheds

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Variations on a garden shed

 

2015

Rose Trellis

Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

Rose trellis built from cedar sticks

2014

Health Services Centre

Concept design for a new health services centre for the Department of National Defense

Halifax, Nova Scotia

2014

South Shore Regional Hospital

Concept design for addition and new main entrance to South Shore Regional Hospital

Bridgewater, Nova Scotia

2014

South Shore Health Signs

Signs and logo design for the South Shore Health Authority

Queens County, Nova Scotia

2014

Boulderfest 2013

Graphic design for Boulderfest 2013 climbing festival t-shirts

Dover Island, Nova Scotia

2013

Clam Shack

Concept design for renovated cafe, St. Margaret’s Bay

Queensland, Nova Scotia

2013

Wagmatcookewey School

Wagmatcook First Nation, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

Design Team: 3D modelling as well as design of furniture & exterior cladding. The cladding is based on traditional Mi’kmaq basket patterns – solid red was selected, with a basket pattern in the siding.

Winner of 2014 Nova Scotia Lieutenant Governor’s Award

2013

Dartmouth Multi-Pad Arena

Concept design and feasibility study for 4-Rink Ice Centre, Dartmouth Crossing

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

2013

Irving Shipyards Parking Garage

Concept for ‘fade’ colour scheme using tinted pre-cast concrete for new parking garage

Halifax, Nova Scotia

2013

North End Duplexes

Duplexes for an industrial/infill property in North End Halifax

Halifax, Nova Scotia

2012

Canstruction 2012

‘A Helping Hand’ – a sculpture of cans designed for and built in collaboration with Kent Building Supplies for Feed Nova Scotia – Micmac Mall, Dartmouth

Winner of Juror’s Choice for best Canstruction 2012

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

2012

Ochterloney Apartments

Concept design for 48-unit apartment building, Ochterloney Street

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

2012

Royal Artillery Park Deck

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Deck for the Officer’s Pub, Royal Artillery Park, Halifax: capable of seating about 75 people in privacy, easily accessible by ramps from both the rear door of the pub and the parking lot, with a raised platform for speech-giving and for access to the pub kitchen, and with a barbecue shed that is also used for winter storage. Instead of being tacked on as a begrudged obligation, the ramp and deck form a single object. For the ramp to be as short as possible it needed to curve rather than be straight; combined with a curved site, bordered by a curved street, overlooked by a curved building this decision dictated the form. The deck is tucked close to the building, where the ellipse embraces the grand trees around which the structure is built. Uprights for a privacy screen are bolted to the beams, amplifying the structure and curvature of the deck; angled to create a seatback and rising up to a prow they create an assembly reminiscent of the gunwale of a ship. The upper deck and barbecue shed comprise the bridge and wheelhouse from which proceedings ‘on board’ are directed. The privacy screen uses climbing plants rather than solid material; hops (Humulus lupulus) seemed an appropriate choice of vine.

2012

Caribou Provincial Park Administration Building

Pictou County, Nova Scotia

The administration & gatehouse building for Caribou Provincial Park, based on a design originally created for Laurie Provincial Park.

 

2012

Queens General Hospital Extension

Liverpool, Nova Scotia

Design Team: concept design, elevations and exterior details for new addition to regional hospital (new ward space and main entrance). Completed August 2014

2011

Colchester & East Hants Clinics

Truro, Nova Scotia

Design Team: design, drawings and specifications for the Colchester & East Hants Health Authority clinics within the Truro Civic Centre (Rath Eastlink Centre)

 

2011

Mobile Phone Slot

Soft slot to hold a mobile phone: velour fleece over an open-cell foam core

Halifax, Nova Scotia

2010

KCRC Recreation Centre

Waterville, Nova Scotia

Concept design for a multipurpose library and recreation centre for a rehabilitation facility in the Annapolis Valley

 

2010

Birch Lamp

Birch pendant lamp – low-wattage halogen fixture & birch bark from the Chilcotin mountains, BC

Ottawa, Ontario

2009

Waterside Theatre

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire UK

Award-winning landmark entertainment venue in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, with a 1,200-seat auditorium which can be converted to a 1,800 standing hall. Designed primarily for pop/rock concerts, it also caters for ballet, opera and theatre. Other features include foyers, bars, box office and a 225-seat function space – designed for flexible use including conferences, screenings, drama and dance recitals

Design Team

 

2008

Gloucester Green Bus Terminal

Proposal for renovations to the central Oxford bus terminal. The coloured panels show the striped scarves of the 38 Oxford colleges

Oxford UK

2007

House in the Abruzzi Foothills

Vacation home in the Abruzzi foothills: collaboration with Arch. Emanuela Gravina; completed 2009

Molise Italy

2007

Churchill Hospital Renal Clinic

Concept design for new main entrance, extension to patient wards and new dialysis room for the Renal Clinic at Churchill Hospital, Oxford

Headington, Oxford UK

2007

Radley College Socials

Abingdon, Oxfordshire UK

Two new-build boarding houses or ‘Socials’ for Radley College school, Oxfordshire. This project involved the reorganisation of some existing tutors’ houses and a major new build addition of staff and boys’ accommodation. Each Social houses 65 boys with a mix of cubicle sleeping accommodation and single study bedrooms, as well as communal spaces.

Design Team

2006-2008

Burlington House Renovation

Large-scale renovations to a bungalow in an older suburb

Burlington Ontario

2006

Worcester College Flats

Oxford UK

This project for Worcester College in the historic heart of Oxford comprised four main elements: stabilisation of structure, conservation of building fabric, sympathetic reordering of existing rooms and the creation of new accommodations in the rear. Two internal, linked courtyards were created, defined by two new wings, one of two stories and the other of four, creating two new ‘stairs’ in the established collegiate tradition. The preservation of the interior and exterior Georgian, domestic integrity of the properties integrated with a sustainable accommodation solution in the collegiate tradition earned the project a prestigious Oxford Preservation Trust Award in 2008.

Design Team, Construction Administration

2006-2007

Assisted Living House

Headington, Oxford UK

House for adults with severe mental and physical challenges, comprising two separate wings each containing three bedrooms and a kitchen/living area, linked by a caretaker’s living unit. Client: Oxford NHS Trust

Design Team, Construction Administration

2006

Georgian House Renovation

Henley-on-Thames UK

This project involved the sensitive refurbishment of a Georgian period house plus the development of its basement to create a modern living area. A 30ft deep well was uncovered during the renovation of the basement and now, glazed and down-lit it forms the centrepiece of the kitchen area.

Design Team: Design & Working Drawings of modern component

2005

Magnolia Cottages

Two houses for an infill lot in a medieval village

Coggeshall, Essex UK

2004

World Trade Center Memorial

Submission to the open design competition for a September 11th Memorial

New York City

2004

Stump stool

The beechwood stump came from the Beechwood Cemetery in Ottawa, while the wheels had been salvaged years previously from a shopping cart found in the Bow River, Calgary

Ottawa, Ontario

2003

House for the Xeni Gwet’in

Concept design for local timber & straw bale house for Xeni Gwet’in band housing program; derived from traditional pit house with central fire and entry.

Nemiah Valley, Chilcotin First Nation, British Columbia

May 2002

Bungalow Renovation

A new kitchen, family room, master bedroom, entryway and garage were added.

Burlington Ontario

January 2001

Mobile Computer Pod

A mobile computer station built from a single sheet of galvanized steel fastened with screws around elliptical birch plywood work surfaces.

The shape allows the pod to negotiate tight passages, and in its original, pre-laptop form as shown it trailed an umbilical cord in the form of an industrial orange power cable.

Calgary Alberta

2000

Bodum Cozy

Cozy sized for small Bodum coffee maker, carved out of a laminated block of oriented strand board

Vancouver BC

1998

Plywood Chairs

Plywood chair made from exactly two sheets of birch veneer plywood.

Studio project with Paul Stady

Calgary Alberta

1997

Coil Lamp

Lamp made from flexible galvanized steel automotive conduit and a porcelain fixture

London Ontario

1987

Sketching

Charcoal, pencil, pen and watercolour sketches

Montreal, Calgary, Long Beach BC, Barcelona, Cordoba, Seville, Granada

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