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2022 Parkin Architects Year in Review

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We take this opportunity to express our sincere appreciation to our staff, partners, and all team members for their hard work and dedication over the past year. As we moved to a post-pandemic world, it has been rewarding to be able to contribute our services to the community, and to have worked with amazing teams. … Continued

AR and Potential Metaverse Implications for Our Work

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The Metaverse In the early 70s, Star Trek fans were introduced to the immersive fantasy of what came to be known as the Holodeck. Today, technology is turning that fantasy into reality. Recently, Facebook rebranded itself as Meta, introducing the world to the Metaverse. Drawing on the technologies of Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), … Continued

Winner: World Design Awards 2022

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We are pleased to announce that Parkin’s Red Fish Centre for Mental Health and Addiction project is a recipient of a World Design Award. This facility is arguably the first large, standalone, behavioural health centre dedicated to treating concurrent disorders of mental health and addictions. Client stays are longer than at other treatment facilities, providing … Continued

SickKids Adolescent Mental Health Inpatient Unit

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Parkin helped redesign the Slaight Family Integrated mental Health Unit at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto.  The unit cares for children and youth who are experiencing a broad range of complex mental health conditions and eating disorders. Our first video (series 1) explored the unit and focused on important design elements. Our recent … Continued

Durham Regional Police Services – Phase 2: Construction Update

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Construction for the new Durham Regional Police Services – Phase 2 project which will house specialty police services is well underway. General Contractor, Buttcon Limited, is working diligently towards completing the concrete foundation scope of work by the end of October 2022.

CHEO Opening IR/CATH & SIM Labs

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Parkin is pleased to have worked with the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) on their new Interventional Radiology (IR), Cardiac Catheterization (Cath) and Simulation (Sim) Labs. These spaces opened this month.

Gold Winner:  Kinngait Health Centre

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Parkin is pleased to announce that Global Future Design Awards 2022 awarded Gold Award to Parkin’s Kinngait ( ᑭᙵᐃᑦ) (formerly known as Cape Dorset) Health Centre, situated on Dorset Island at the southern tip of Baffin Island in Nunavut. The location is rocky, exposed, and windswept. The literal translation of Kinngait from Inuktitut is “high … Continued

Maclean’s ranks uOttawa among Canada’s leading medical doctoral universities

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Parkin is proud to be a part of the uOttawa’s team for the Advanced Medical Research Centre feasibility study. The study identifies opportunities and challenges associated with the expansion of medical laboratory capacity and explores how the Ottawa Health Sciences Centre and regional partners could participate in the process. As part of the analysis, Parkin … Continued

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