Entrance of the Discovery Centre building with modern metal panels and a green circular logo under a clear evening sky.

Permanent galleries, daily programming, travelling exhibits, and an immersive dome theatre activate the interior. A four-storey atrium preserves the scale of the original hall and draws daylight deep into the building. The project reinforces Halifax’s relationship to its working harbour.

Exterior view of the Discovery Centre building with large metal letters spelling ‘DISCOVERY’ on a fence and a clear sky background.
Transforming industrial heritage into a contemporary science destination.
Three people with backpacks standing near a modern staircase and glass wall inside a building with a large blue-green abstract artwork.
Modern art gallery interior with colorful paintings on black panels and white walls, and white pedestals displaying black floral sculptures.
Modern interior with metal staircase, blue spherical lights, and a large digital screen showing Earth from space.
Interior view of a modern Innovation Lab with people working at tables and hexagonal wooden shelves visible through glass walls.

A 40-metre interpretive walkway includes a to-scale tidal chart display referencing Halifax’s fishing and shipping history. Custom perforated aluminum panels abstract lunar cycles, while interactive installations extend both indoors and outdoors. Designed to LEED Platinum standards, the project demonstrates the environmental and civic value of adaptive reuse.

Halifax Mayor’s Prize in Architecture
2018
Interior of a modern planetarium with curved rows of gray seats facing a large dome screen displaying snowy mountain landscapes under a blue sky.
Empty theater seats facing a large curved screen displaying a starry night sky with clouds and mountain silhouettes at sunset.