Nunatsiavut Assembly Building

Nunatsiavut Assembly Building
General information
Architectural style Postmodern with influences from Inuit and Moravian mission architecture
Town or city Hopedale, Newfoundland and Labrador
Country Canada
Client Government of Nunatsiavut
Design and construction
Architect Inuit Canadian Consultants Limited

Nunatsiavut Assembly Building is the home the Nunatsiavut Legislative Assembly and Executive Council and opened in 2012 in Hopedale, Newfoundland and Labrador.[1]

The building is the Assembly's first permanent home since it first sat in 2008 and has been meeting in temporary locations around Hopedale. The building is located at Nanuk Hill with Amos Comenius Memorial School located just to the north and a new residential area to the west.

Facilities and Features

The building has 10,000 square feet (929 square metres) of space[2] with various rooms:

There is a large common room is used for community events, public meetings, and used by the Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Justice for provincial court sessions.[3]

The Assembly building's front is an Igloo inspired topped by a half dome and rear structure pays homage to the nearby Hopedale Moravian Mission Complex (windows and steeple are borrowed from the mission but topped with a large green Inukshuk).[4]

Other government buildings

A list of other government buildings around Iqaluit:

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.dailybusinessbuzz.ca/Construction-%26amp-Transportation/2012-07-31/article-3042934/Nunatsiavut-building-and-rebuilding/1
  2. ↑ http://stephaniemclellan.com/2014/04/tdbook-week-labrador/comment-page-1/
  3. ↑ http://stephaniemclellan.com/2014/04/tdbook-week-labrador/comment-page-1/
  4. ↑ https://www.itk.ca/media/media-release/all-inuit-share-pride-nunatsiavut-governments-new-assembly-building

External links

Coordinates: 55°27′28″N 60°13′19″W / 55.457846°N 60.221969°W / 55.457846; -60.221969

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