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“The economy along with cultural values
pushes us to build cheaply we’re not investing
in a culture in these areas, from a design and
architectural point of view,” he said.
However he mentions that the economy in
Newfoundland is particularly good and there is
growth happening there and in Nova Scotia.
“It is really hard to comment because the
Maritimes are so diverse, but culturally I will say
that we should design and build better build-
ings. The status quo has seemed to be good
enough for the Maritimes in many parts,” said
Sweetapple noting that the firm would love to
work on more projects throughout the region.
Right now, Sweetapple says, the firm is mov-
ing into the next thirty years and is hopefully in
a great position to take a look at specific proj-
ects with cultural public significance.
“We’re okay in theMaritimes, we love it here.
We’d love to do more university buildings and
more cultural buildings,” he said.
Presently MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple is
branching out into these kinds of culturally di-
verse projects such as cultural landscapes like
regional wineries and distilleries, commercial
tourism and eco-tourism. Recently they com-
pleted a master plan for La Massif de Charlev-
oix ski resort in Quebec and a large golf course
in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Always looking to
the next horizon in 2014 from one point on the
globe in Halifax to the other, one has to won-
der what will be next on the drawing table for
MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects.
Project: Canadian Chancery and Residence,
Dhaka Bangladesh - Photographer: Steven Evans
