Glenbow: A Museum Re-Imagined
This webinar is part of the RAIC 2023 Conference on Architecture, now available to stream!
Topics:ÌýHistory, Heritage and Culture
Length:Ìý1 hour |ÌýWhat's Included:ÌýVideo, Quiz, andÌýCertificate of CompletionÌý
Learning Objectives:
By the completion of this session, participants will be able to:
- Identify the many sustainable benefits of renovating existing buildings as opposed to replacing them.
- Describe the potentials and processes of contemporary GFRC in advanced building envelopes.
- Recognize and discuss the advantages of reprogramming museum spaces to be more user focused and front of house.
- Explain the concept of Threshold Anxiety and measures that this project has taken to overcome this phenomenon.Ìý
Subject Matter Expert:
Mr. Robert Claiborne
AAA, AIA, NCARB, MArch, BArch
Architect, DIALOG
A design partner at DIALOG, Robert has led many international cultural, institutional and master planning commissions. Robert is the creative force behind many national and international award-winning projects. He believes that each project has an opportunity and a responsibility to express a greater cultural meaning. Robert puts emphasis and focus on understanding and reshaping the many forces that influence each project and strives to find a unique and inspired response to those conditions. A keen observer with many interests, but particularly in the arts, Robert believes that architecture comes to us through our experiences with the world not from other architecture. Engaged and committed, Robert works closely with clients and colleagues alike and fosters a strong dedicated team approach to work with the studio. Robert is a licensed architect in both Alberta and California. He previously had his own architectural practice in Montreal, Studio 451, where he focused on cultural projects and international competitions. For almost a decade he was design lead with Studio Libeskind in Berlin and Los Angeles where he led many design projects in Europe, North America and Asia. Robert earned his Master of Architecture degree from SCI-Arc (Southern California Institute of Architecture) in 1993 and his Bachelor of Architecture degree from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo in 1985 and a certificate from the Ecole d’arts americaines in Fontainebleau, France. He has taught architecture for many years at universities including the University of Calgary, McGill University, the University of Toronto, the University of Southern California and California Polytechnic University, Pomona. His work has been exhibited both in Canada and internationally.
Pricing A-La-CarteÌý