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The Best Building in Kelowna award celebrates architectural excellence and innovative design that enhances the city's skyline and community spaces. This year's winners showcase a blend of functionality, aesthetics, and sustainability, embodying the spirit of modern urban living while contributing positively to Kelowna's built environment.   View Announcement

Aberdeen Hall Preparatory School in Kelowna has announced the opening of its new $12.5 million athletics and wellness centre.  The addition to the campus will serve as a hub for sports, fitness, student life, and the arts. "Belonging to powerful communities is essential for a fulfilling life, and the athletics and wellness centre serves as...

Text below from Engineering News Record website This building’s two-wing design reflects the classic planes it houses. The central fuselage area contains a freestanding cross-laminated-timber staircase in the form of a doubly curved spiral. The design team selected a composite timber and reinforced concrete structure for the spiral to avoid columns and provide the mass…

KF Centre For Excellence won big at the 2023 Thompson Okanagan Commercial Building Awards ceremony Thursday night at the Coast Capri Hotel in Kelowna.

The KF Centre for Excellence at B.C.’s Kelowna International Airport (YLW) is designed after the wishes of the founder of KF Aerospace—a Canadian aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul company—to “make it feel like a plane” and “use wood wherever possible.”

The terraced design of a proposed mixed-use development by the Gyro Beach in Kelowna reflects a unique response to adjust the buildings’ massing to harmonize with the size and surroundings of the neighbouring structures and streetscape.

The KF Aerospace Centre of Excellence has been awarded the Sansin Sponsorship Award by the The Wood Design & Building Awards presented by the Canadian Wood Council.

The future and past come together seamlessly in an impressive new building at the Kelowna International Airport. Less than 18 months after the ground breaking, a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at the KF Aerospace Centre for Excellence on Tuesday. The 60,000 square foot, state-of-the-art mass timber building includes two dedicated hangars showcasing a rare...

Text below from Sept 18, 2021 Vancouver Sun article Take the best beachside building site in the Okanagan and pour in the resources of one of Metro Vancouver’s leading luxury home builders, and it’s no surprise that you are run off your feet showing people what high-end condos can really look like. That’s been Taylor…