The Labourers’ International Union of North America Building, Ontario Offices and Assembly Hall, Canada
The Labourers’ International Union of North America in Vaughan
Office Building Development in Ontario design by Diamond Schmitt Architects, Canada
1 Mar 2018
The LiUNA Building in Vaughan
Design: Diamond Schmitt Architects
Location: Vaughan, Ontario, Canada
The LiUNA Building
A highly transparent glazing system distinguishes the approximately 295,000-square-foot headquarters for the Labourers’ International Union of North America (LiUNA) Local 183.
The building comprises a six-storey tower and three-storey wing that sits dramatically on an Assembly Hall, which is buried in the landscape. This assemblage provides views and visual connection to a large landscaped forecourt designed for social gathering.
“The project creates an urban sense of place in a currently undifferentiated agricultural environment and, as the first building in a larger master plan, establishes a high standard for future developments,” said David Dow, Principal, Diamond Schmitt Architects.
The project comprises an office wing, a large Assembly Hall and an array of Member’s Services that may include medical clinic facilities, a pharmacy, financial services, training classrooms and recreational facilities for retired members. The Assembly Hall will have capacity to accommodate 3,000 diners.
The building is designed as an innovative and distinctive headquarters for Local 183. Large contiguous floor plates facilitate the varied requirements of a dynamic and contemporary working environment and provide a fresh identity for an established institution.
The soft landscaping will extend up and over top of the Assembly Hall with access to portions of the building’s rooftops. This unique amenity activates the outdoor space to socialize in a protected microclimate and supports the project’s LEED Silver sustainability goals for storm water retention and heat island reduction.
This active facility will have a strong street presence along an expanded Huntington Road with points of entry to underground and at grade parking from three sides. New public roads to the west and south boundaries of the site and an extension of Highway 427 prime the area for future development.
The project is to break ground in the fall of 2018 with a targeted opening date of 2020.
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Address: 8700 Huntington Rd, Kleinburg, ON L0J 1C0, Canada
Phone: +1 905-850-5877
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