3. Richard Ivey School of Business, University Western Ontario

Hariri Pontarini Architects approached this design from the inside out, capturing what is meaningful and singular about Ivey to build community and design a building that reflects its unique team-based learning approach. With its more opaque masonry, the exterior conveys a timeless expression that relates to the form and materiality of a traditional campus. The inner core around the court is a space to experience vibrancy, energy and warmth, reserved for the inner experience of the school. At its most elemental, the design is a simple, three-storey quadrangle building surrounding a landscaped courtyard. The shaping of the design is anchored in the team-based learning that happens both formally and informally throughout the school. Special program elements—dining hall, library and amphitheatre—are afforded distinctive treatment as pavilions, attached to the main circulation. These pavilions extend into the surrounding landscape as distinct objects with unique social and spatial experiences, part of the external identity the school conveys as a confident global leader.