Thinkers' Lodge Funding

Thanks to one million dollars in funding from various levels of government, including Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Cumberland Regional Economic Development Association, Municipality of the County of Cumberland and the Province of Nova Scotia, Thinkers' Lodge in Pugwash is getting a much needed restoration. The Lodge, which was the property of Pugwash-born industrialist Cyrus Eaton, came to World attention in 1957 when Eaton hosted the first Conference on Science and World Affairs there. It is possible that the dialogue that was begun at Thinkers' Lodge saved the world from an unimaginable nuclear disaster and the village has given its name to the Pugwash Movement, whose aim is to rid the world of nuclear weapons.

WHW Architects' Ron Burdock is excited to take this project to the next phase which will include restoration and rehabilitation of the old "Lobster Factory", the dining hall for the Lodge and an overall landscape plan for the site, as well as interpretive planning and design and development of a business plan. Ron and our colleague Gary Hanley have been working on an assessment, stabilisation and restoration of the property since autumn 2008. Work on the main Lodge building is nearing completion.

WHW Participating in Bowl for Kids Sake!

This March, three teams of WHW employees will be lacing up their bowling shoes in support of Big Brothers Big Sisters in this year's Bowl for Kids Sake event! More information on how to support the teams will follow.

http://www.bowlforkids.ca/

WHW hosts students from Dalhousie School of Architecture

As part of the Dalhousie School of Architecture’s Professional Practice Week, WHW hosted four students – in the office and on site at one of our recent projects – École Secondaire du Sommet.  We got to show the students a project – everything from how project work flows through our office to what happens on the site (thanks to Tom at Maxim Construction for helping out with the site tour).    

Stacey Hughes, John Crace, and Ramzi Kawar really enjoyed having the opportunity to share their enthusiasm for architecture with the students.  They were really impressed with the students as well – especially their diversity!  With experience in art history, archaeology, film, music, physics, advertising, and more, these students will really bring a great base of knowledge to their future projects.

LSRI nears Completion

Dalhousie's Life Sciences Research Centre, featuring the new Brain Repair Centre and InnovaCorp Research Facility is nearing completion. We are looking forward to grand opening in the spring of this year!

WHW kicks off 2011 with five new staff members.  A warm welcome to Carrie, Oliver, Jon, Justin and Selen!  We now have a staff of 70 people!

Welcome Laura!

WHW welcomes back Laura Davis who was off on maternity leave for the past year.  Welcome back Laura - we missed you!