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Canadian Wood Council Design Awards Audain Art Museum

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Audain-Art-Museum-whistler-forest-productsIn Whistler, British Columbia, Patkau Architects’ sculptural Audain Art Museum has added another major award to its impressive list of honours. Already the recipient of the 2017 AIBC Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia Medal in Architecture, as well a Canadian Wood Council Design Award, John and Patricia Patkau’s project was named one of only eight winners at the 2018 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Awards.

The sole Canadian winner, the Audain Art ...

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Award Winning Supplier of Hemlock to The Audain Art Museum

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STORY OF HOW THE AUDAIN DECORATIVE HEMLOCK WAS MADE:

Audain-Art-Museum-whistler-forest-productsWhistler Forest Products Corp was chosen as the supplier of the challenging Pacific Coast Hemlock Decorative Wood Products to be used extensively around the up and coming Audain Art Museum, being built at 4350 Blackcomb Way, Whistler, B.C. We met with Axiom Builders, the General Contractors, Patkau Architects, the designers and finally Polygon the mother company owned by Michael Audain, the philanthropist paying ...

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Building a Stronger Log Home & Timber Frame Market

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100 Mile House, British Columbia – The log home and timber frame construction sector is building more than homes – it’s creating a stronger, more diversified economy. The new Log Home and Timber Frame Business and Market Expansion Initiative will continue this progress by capitalizing on the international market expansion potential of the industry.

This $263,000 initiative will identify ways that governments, the industry and B.C. builders can continue to work together to encourage growth and expansion into international markets. It ...

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