Honorable Mention Project

Project Name:
Grotto Falls Lagoon

Location:
British Columbia, Canada

Shotcrete Contractor:
Oceanrock Art Ltd.

Architect/Engineer:
Kontur Geotechnical

Material Supplier/Manufacturer:
Cardinal Concrete

Equipment Manufacturer:
Putzmeister

General Contractor:
Oceanrock Art Ltd

Ayla Golf Academy and Clubhouse

For the Ayla Golf Academy and Clubhouse in Aqaba, Jordan, Oppenheim Architecture took inspiration from the surrounding landscape and Bedouin tradition to deliver a distinctive building that evokes the aelemental beauty of the desert and mountains. The design amakes innovative use of shotcrete to create a continuous

The Making of Swamp Thing

It was early November and I was on top of a mountain, at the halfway point of a project that would take 18 months to complete. This is the moment I got a call to help build a swamp, indoors, for a movie set on the coast. We get all sorts of odd requests, but this was a different kind of strange. Without further ado, I said, “Sure, sounds great, when do you need it?” The studio replied, “By Thanksgiving,” as filming was starting the following week. This sort of answer required a little more digging