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HFKS HFKS Architects Inc.: Expertise. Uncompromised. Accountable. HFKS Architects Inc. may be Alberta’s best kept secret. Although you have seen and admired their work across Alberta, many are unaware of the team and history behind some of the province’s most iconic buildings and other structures. Designing away from the limelight, HFKS has created, restored and improved many of Alberta’s high-profile healthcare, long term care, research, historical buildings and infrastructure – projects with construction values that, at times, exceed $400 million per project. “With experience comes design excellence,” points out Sergio Poles, an architect and one of four HFKS principals. “We are in close contact with our clients and their operations. We understand their projects and their needs,” agree architects/ principals: Christopher Filipowicz and Janet Koshuta, as A. Robert Timms, also a HFKS principal and David Brookes, specification
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writer, and the firm’s longest running member (since 1968) join the conversation. The firm focuses on design excellence and projects that will enhance or change lives, and they do this across a diverse range of sectors. From long term care facilities to biohazard containment laboratories, municipal buildings to infrastructure, preserving history through replication and restoration, and designing beautiful places of worship, HFKS is the firm that can do it.
As an experienced leader in laboratory design, HFKS’ projects include laboratories for chemistry, physics, microbiology, vivarium, and molecular genetics. “There are four levels of general bio safety classification”, Timms explains. “We have designed a level three (BSL3) and several level two facilities (BSL2).” “This speaks to the very careful process, from the initial planning, through design and documentation to execution, contract administration and post-construction,” adds Filipowicz. HFKS’ laboratory work is proudly seen at the University of Alberta’s Li Ka Shing Centre for Research Innovation, the Katz Group Centre for Pharmacy and Health Research, the Heritage Medical Research Centre, chemical technology and culinary arts instructional labs at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, along with many other labs that focus on innovation, research, health and technology. Balmoral Medical Isotope & Cyclotron Facility was a unique project for HFKS. Through repurposing
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of the former Balmoral Curling Club, a new, highly advanced facility unlike any other was created to accommodate a research and academic facility for University of Alberta and Alberta Health Services teams working on medical isotope research and the production of medical isotopes. The functional requirements of the facility include a cyclotron vault, laboratories (cGMP clean rooms, radioiso-
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tope, chemistry, research and development, instrumentation), materials handling and administrative offices. As experts in the field of health care design, HFKS was responsible for the $106 million phased renovation and expansion of the Cross Cancer Institute, the creation of the 280-resident Extendicare Michener Hill facility in Red Deer, the $23.5 million Tom Baker Cancer Centre in Calgary, and the recent Lethbridge and Red Deer Cancer Radiation Therapy Centres – to name just a few. HFKS has the privilege of working with the Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton, creating and preserving their beautiful churches, including renovations at St. Joseph’s Basilica, which has stood majestically in Edmonton for over 100 years. Yet, HFKS is easily able to transition between the old and the new, as proved by a modern church with a traditional design, the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Stony Plain. The award-winning Holy Trinity was so impressive, the firm was asked to replicate it in Grande Prairie. When HFKS designs a building, be it a place of healing, education, research or worship, no detail is overlooked. Each and every project focuses on the seamless integration of beauty and functionality, longevity and environmental sustainably, community spirit and emotional/physical wellbeing. The Strathcona County Community Centre, another major HFKS public project, forms a key component of central Sherwood Park. A source of civic pride, this $100 million complex combines the seat of the county’s governance and its administration, the library, the art gallery, a range of both public services and private commercial enterprises, and more. A measure of sustainable development applied to the Community Centre brought about the LEED® Gold Canada NC certification, to date the only facility at this level in the county.
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HFKS is responsible for bringing many historical buildings back to life. Bronze work, door pulls, copper elevator doors, arches, plaster work, marble, carvings, engravings, wood finishes – these are just some of the considerations required to make a building look the way it did a century ago, while
including modern touches such as plumbing and an HVAC system. The level of detail put into a restoration is nothing short of amazing. For example, during the 1980s, HFKS spent a couple of years restoring the 1930s Solicitor General’s building. Every square inch of the building was restored
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and elevated to how it had been envisioned in the 30s. Other restorations, including work on Edmonton’s Legislature building, receive the same level of care and attention to detail. Some buildings cannot be restored, but HFKS is still able to preserve their history. Replica building projects for the firm include several structures at Fort Edmonton Park that respectfully remind us of times gone by. Buildings are far from HFKS’ only
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“...Every project touched by HFKS is special, lasting, and a credit to Alberta’s landscape.” specialty. Bridges and transit infrastructure are also created. HFKS bridges more than gaps across rivers and roadways. Each bridge or overpass is designed with utility and beauty in mind, ensuring that these large structures are safe, lasting and blend into their natural surroundings. While you won’t find HFKS out tooting their own horn (they are far too busy creating, designing, and restoring for that) the architecture industry and their numerous satisfied clients are more than happy to give the firm the recognition it so richly deserves, as evidenced in numerous awards and recognitions received over the years. HFKS has served Alberta since the 70s. While the name has changed over time to reflect the different partnerships, the firm’s commitment to quality, excellence, and expertise has never wavered. From master planning, predesign services and studies conducted before each project breaks ground, to the phases of
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design, execution, conclusion and aftercare, every project touched by HFKS is special, lasting, and a credit to Alberta’s landscape. Think of HFKS the next time you drive past the wild roses imprinted on the Anthony Henday’s overpasses, when entering a church makes you feel peaceful, when you enjoy the upgrades to some of Calgary’s LRT stations or when you stroll over the long footbridge at Fort Edmonton Park. The secret is out. HFKS has been designing all around us for decades, and they are just getting started in showing us what they can do to keep Alberta progressive in our hospitals and research labs and commemorative in our history while also providing excellent facilities for our seniors and beautiful houses of worship. The firm offers heartfelt thanks to their clients. “They give us strength and place their trust with HFKS,” says Filipowicz. “That’s a tremendous responsibility.” The firm is also grateful to their founders, particularly, William (Bill) Hamilton. At one point, Hamilton was the only principal, allowing the bridge of continuation to go on unabated. HFKS looks forward to continuing to serve the needs of Alberta in a timely, professional, experienced and accountable manner from both Edmonton and Calgary offices.
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