Pools: Aquatic Architecture : Hughes Condon Marler Architects

Having completed more than twelve public Aquatics Centers across Canada in the past decade, Hughes Condon Marler Architects has developed significant architectural expertise in the design of pools without having ever defaulted to a repetitive aesthetic. Pools: Aquatic Architecture traces the evolution of those ideas, beginning at Eileen Dailly Leisure Pool, all the way through to current projects being developed in Surrey, British Columbia. Through orthographic drawings, diagrams, professional photography and editorial text, the strategies employed in each project are clearly illustrated. Editorial direction by Trevor Boddy examines seven completed Aquatics Centres and delves into the design process of one building that is currently under development, in order to bring to light the origin and evolution of ideas that have become HCMA’s architectural ethos.

Hughes Condon Marler Architects (HCMA) is an internationally recognized team of 50 people with an extensive body of work focusing on socially sustainable architecture. First established in 1976 and based in Vancouver and Victoria, the firm is a collaborative practice between five principals—Roger Hughes, Darryl Condon, Karen Marler, Stuart Rothnie and Carl-Jan Rupp. Vancouver-based Trevor Boddy is a critic of contemporary architecture, and commentator on recent urbanism and city-building. His writing has been recognized both regionally and internationally. As a consulting urban designer, he has co-devised various architectural competitions and his work has been included in a number of significant exhibitions. As an architectural curator, Trevor Boddy produced the 2008 internationally exhibited "Vancouverism: Architecture Builds the City" shown in London, Paris, and Vancouver.