ST. PAUL UNIVERSITY
Ottawa, Ontario

St. Paul University, located on Main Street, is one of Ottawa's notable, early modern buildings. The library is well known throughout North America for its fine collection of rare books. In 1982, our firm prepared a master plan for the campus, and designed a 6,875 square-metre addition to the main University building.

Incorporated in the new addition were academic offices, classrooms, an auditorium, and a large expansion to the library and archival storage areas. The design also created an open courtyard within the interior perimeter walls of the campus. Materials and forms, similar to those used in the original building, were used so as to maintain the continuity of the existing campus atmosphere.

A single-storey, pedestrian, ground link that connects the existing University building and the Seminary building was completed in 2000. Formerly a quiet residence separated from the teaching facilities on campus, the Seminary building was renovated to house a new specialty bookstore on the main floor. Alterations to the existing parking lot, and the addition of a new entrance, created barrier-free access to the new bookstore.