Masonry Magazine October 1970 Page. 17
Awards of Merit
COVER PHOTO
Project: Faculty Club, Waterloo University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Architects: Mathers & Haldenby
General Contractor: Ball Brothers Ltd.
Mason Contractor: George & Asmussen, Ltd.
This delightfully conceived and well-executed building impressed the competition jury very favorably. Natural, warm brick used structurally both inside and out and wood ceilings used without any affectation achieve a pleasant, club-like atmosphere.
The roof shapes work to give variety to interior spaces and the way natural light comes in has been carefully exploited to change the mood where required in the building. The unusually high standard of workmanship apparent in all trades added to the elemental quality of the design and caused the jury to rate this building very highly.
Project: Korah Collegiate Vocational School. Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
Architects: Craig. Zeidler & Strong
General Contractor: Samson Construction
Mason Contractor: Edmond Rosset Masonry Ltd.
The forms of this big building seem most fitting and appropriate to the surrounding countryside. The bold chimneys and cement asbestos-clad roof shapes suggest, in a very pleasant way, the basic industry of the city.
The promise of the bold massing is fulfilled in the large spaces of the interior where color has been informally and successfully used. The brown asbestos roofing and brick walls give a pleasing variety of texture and color to the exterior.
Project: Housing Complex B, Guelph University, Guelph, Ont.
Architect: John Andrews
General & Mason Contractor: Ellis-Don Ltd.
The fact that two university residences have survived the elimination process of the jury and have been found worthy of special attention makes it inevitable that the two be compared. Many of the features considered favorable in the Brock residence would apply to this complex, but here its great size works to its disadvantage and results in an overpowering scale. There is a more complicated circulation, lesser individuality and a monotony in the repetition of units.
The jury understands the designer's reasoning in having the two structural systems, each logical for its function, but the building has, in fact, a split personality. Half of it is severely, brutally concrete; the other half, warm, colorful, friendly and pleasant structural tile.
Photo Credits:
Cover N. & H. Studio: p. 15-Moore/Ede; p. 16-Penda/Croydon Assoc. p. 17-Roger Jowett & Panda/Croydon Assoc.
masonry October, 1970
Project: Humanities Building, Waterloo University. Waterloo, Ont.
Architects: Webb, Zerafa, Menkes
General & Mason Contractor: Ellis-Don Ltd.
Unquestionably the most exciting and interesting part of this large building is the exterior court, an element which may not even have been part of the program. In the open-ended courtyard the architects have created a very successful alfresco space, and the most successful part of the building surrounds this space.
The warm dark brick walls of the building are used to enclose the terraced outdoor courtyard where the various levels work together with the several levels and shapes of the surrounding balconies of the building.